

Wole Soyinka, playwright and Nobel laureate, has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to lock down Lagos, Ogun and Abuja amid the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement on...
Dapo Abiodun, Ogun state governor, says the lockdown of the state as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari would commence on Friday. Buhari had ordered a lockdown...
The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) has faulted the claim of Adepelumi Adekunle, a geophysicist, that the reported explosion in Akure, Ondo state, was an...
Sadiya Farouk, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says the ministry has commenced cash transfer to poorest households in the country to cushion...
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says only Lagos, Ogun and the federal capital territory territory (FCT) are on lockdown, warning against...
Nigeria has recorded 20 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 131. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that cheque clearing should be suspended. According to a notice signed by Sam Okoreje, director of CBN banking...
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, human rights lawyer, goofed when he described as illegal the order of President Muhammadu Buhari restricting...
As part of plans to effectively lock down the Lagos metropolis, the police have blocked the inbound and outbound sections of the Lagos-Ibadan express way. This...
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Quarantine Act (CAP Q2 LFN 2004), and all other powers...