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The police in Kano have rescued over 600 labourers who were forced to spend three months in a factory called ‘popular farm rice’, in Challawa industrial area. The workers told Premium Times that they were threatened with their jobs if they opted to go home to see their families. Members of the Kano police command stormed […]

The Federal Government has submitted proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country to the National Assembly. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba made the presentation on Tuesday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he intimated the lawmakers of the ministry’s […]

Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 20, 919 on Monday as 675 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Seven deaths were recorded from the virus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 525. There was an increase in the number of confirmed […]

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Monday it had started reviewing the guidelines for lifting of the ban on interstate travels. Speaking at the daily press briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the roads would be opened when the bus termini in […]

The aviation industry lost over N63 billion to the ravaging effects of coronavirus pandemic, a report by the Ministry of Aviation has shown. Describing the air transport value chain as the hardest hit to the deadly virus, the report said over 90 per cent of operations and activities were adversely affected resulting in monthly losses […]

The Federal Government has received medical supplies and test kits valued at $22m from the United Nations. The items donated through the UN COVID-19 Basket Fund and the European Union is to help boost the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. The donations, which arrived Abuja on Saturday, include 545 oxygen concentrators, infrared digital no-touch thermometers, over 100,000 […]

Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 436 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,244. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 436 new confirmed cases were from 19 states. The NCDC said Lagos reported the highest number […]

Grigor Dimitrov said on Sunday he has tested positive for coronavirus after pulling out of an exhibition tournament which also featured world number one Novak Djokovic. “I want to reach out and let my fans and friends know that I tested positive back in Monaco for Covid-19,” world number 19 Dimitrov wrote on Instagram. “I […]

Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the nation runs a large and expensive government. Mr Osinbajo explained that there is need for a national debate on issues surrounding the size and cost of governance on Nigeria. According to the Punch, Mr Osinbajo said this at a webinar organised by the Emmanuel Chapel on Friday. The webinar, […]

The Naira depreciated by N24 to close at N385 per dollar on Thursday at the official market. It had exchanged at N361 to a dollar on Wednesday as demand pressure intensified. The pressure on the Naira was heightened after news of Federal Government’s plan to adopt flexible exchange rate broke. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), […]

Until last week, Beijing seemed to have all but moved on from the coronavirus pandemic. For 55 days, the Chinese capital had not reported any locally transmitted infections and life had been returning to normal. Businesses and schools reopened, people went back to work, and the city’s public transports and parks were once again teeming with crowds. […]

The World Health Organization warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease’s accelerating spread. The warning came as it emerged the virus was present in Italy in December, months before its first confirmed cases and about the same time as the disease was […]

Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single-day COVID-19  infections with 745 new cases.  This was revealed in a late-night tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the NCDC, Lagos State had the highest number of infections for the day with 280 cases and is followed by Oyo and Ebonyi states with […]

The Federal Government has asked Nigerians to be watchful of increased cases of coronavirus as the country moves fully into the rainy season. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, gave the warning on Thursday. Mustapha warned that “the rainy season comes with cold, […]

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, has explained why the date for the resumption of domestic flights in the country was postponed. He said the aviation industry has not yet adjusted to the current public health reality. Nigeria shut its airports, except for essential flights, in March as the country began to grapple […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the socio-economic disruptions that had so far characterised the COVID-19 pandemic had proved too hard for many countries to cope with. Buhari said the health systems of many nations had also been severely tested by the pandemic. The President said these in a statement he presented at a virtual […]