The women’s Under-17 World Cup, due to be held in India in November, has been postponed by three month, FIFA said Tuesday. The tournament, to be played in five cities across the country, will now start...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has offered over 400 health facilities across Nigeria to be used as COVID-19 isolation centres. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr...

Mauritius has declared total recoveries from coronavirus infections as of May 11, 2020. The country’s  official COVID-19 page said 322 people had recovered out of the 332 confirmed cases which...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said 242 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria. This brings the total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country to 4641.   242 new cases...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned against resumption of any school at any level, saying all schools remain closed to keep students and university communities safe from coronavirus. The National...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has announced the temporary lifting of the total lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas of the state for two days only. The governor made...

At least 19 sailors have been killed and 15 wounded after an Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, Iran’s army has said. The...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 248 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The information was released via its official twitter handle as follows:   248 new cases of #COVID19; 81-Lagos 35-Jigawa 26-Borno 26-Kano 20-Bauchi 13-FCT 12-Edo 10-Sokoto 7-Zamfara 4-Kwara 4-Kebbi 2-Gombe 2-Taraba 2-Ogun 2-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Bayelsa 4399...

There are now 60,556 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Africa. According to the latest data by the Johns Hopkins University and the Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the total...

239 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4,151. This was disclosed via the official twitter account of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

The Rivers State Government has demolished two hotels in the state for violating the lockdown order in the state. The affected hotels are Prodest Hotel in Alode and Etemeteh Hotel in Onne both in Eleme...

Nigeria has recorded 386 new cases of the dreaded coronavirus, COVID-19. This was disclosed via the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).   386 new cases of #COVID19; 176-Lagos 65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi 2-Ondo 1-Enugu 1-Imo 1-Gombe 1-Osun 3912...

Former Governor of Abia state and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial district,Orji Uzor Kalu, has been released from prison custody. Mr Kalu’s release came moments after the Supreme Court voided...

The Nigeria Armed Forces have said that 343 members of  Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), as well as 19 of the sect leaders were killed in operations in the last two months. 153...

Ten persons associated with the state house in Marina have tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi,via his twitter handle this...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 195 new COVID-19 cases in the country. This brings the total number of confirmed casses in Nigeria to 3,150. Of the new cases, 82 are...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of petrol from N113.28k per litre to N108.00K per litre across all its products loading facilities...

TThe Nigerian Federal Government has extended the flight ban imposed to curb the COVID-19 virus by four weeks. This was disclosed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha at...

Nigeria has received $3.4bn emergency financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund. The Federal Government said it will use the funds ‎to address challenges arising from the economic impact...

The Federal Government of Nigeria will today commence the evacuation of Nigerians stranded abroad. This will commence with the evacuation of 265 of its citizens in the United Arab Emirates . This was disclosed...