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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of three University of Port Harcourt students reportedly murdered by their kidnappers and their bodies buried in a shallow grave in April. The President also extended condolences to the university authorities and the Rivers State Government over the unfortunate incident. Describing the tragic occurrence as “sad and […]
Nigeria has recorded 170 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 2,558 According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday, of the new infections, 39 are in Lagos, 29 from Kano, 24 in Ogun and 18 from Bauchi. The FCT and Sokoto had 12 […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported the highest figure of COVID-19 cases recorded in a day. In a late-night tweet on Thursday, the agency revealed that a total of 204 new infections were reported across the country – the peak since the beginning of the outbreak in late February. According to the […]
Death toll in the building collapse along Yar’Adua Drive in Owerri has risen to 15, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The latest casualty figure was given by Mr Evans Ugoh, Head of the Imo/Abia State Operations Office of the National Emergency Management Agency. He spoke in an interview with a NAN correspondent on […]
Spanish football expert, Guillem Balague, has claimed that Real Madrid wants to ‘offload’ four of their players, Luka Modric, James Rodriguez, Gareth Bale, and Lucas Vazquez, this summer transfer window. Balague also said that Zinedine Zidane’s side is not planning to sign any player this summer. Real Madrid has been linked with a summer move […]
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi says the index COVID-19 case in the state is in a stable condition. Addressing journalists at the Government House in Abakaliki, Governor Umahi said the patient has not manifested any symptoms at the isolation centre. According to him, the index case got hit by the deadly virus while on […]
Members of the House of Representatives have resolved to investigate the legality of Chinese nationals living in Nigeria for possible repatriation back to their country. They made the resolution on Tuesday at a resumed plenary following their return from recess which lasted about five weeks as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus in the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to approve his request to secure a fresh loan of N850 billion to fund some projects in the 2020 budget. He made the request in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday on the floor of the upper chamber of the National Assembly in […]
The board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the sum of $3.4 billion to support Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight. The emergency financial assistance to Nigeria is the highest so far to any member country. The IMF Executive Board today approved US$3.4 billion to help #Nigeria address the severe economic impact of the #COVID19 pandemic and the sharp fall […]
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 195 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,532. According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), of the new infections, 80 were recorded in Lagos, 38 in Kano, while 15 were recorded in the Ogun State. In Bauchi State, 15 cases […]
