FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Department of State Services (DSS) has rebutted the alleged arrest of Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by officials of the service. This was declared by the Service’ Public…

Chairman of the Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Musliu Akinsanya better known as MC Oluomo has been appointed as member of a 20-man Federal Government committee. The committee is set…

Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has revealed that the Federal Government is expected to announce the next phase of eased lockdown in the country on Tuesday, June 30. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the…

Federal government has announced the partial closure of the Kara Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway following a tanker accident that claimed two lives on Kara bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on last Sunday. Controller of Works in…

National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced the suspension of its strike with effect from Monday, June 22, 2020. It would be recalled that the body embarked on the nationwide strike on Monday, June 15 following the…

Federal Government has announced that it has concluded arrangements to evacuate more Nigerians from the U.S. The evacuation which is slated for July 3, will be the second special flight for Nigerian citizens stranded in the U.S. due to…

Many Nigerians have reacted to a viral video showing Singer Naira Marley and his fans disobeying COVID-19 social distancing guidelines during a drive-in concert that took place in Abuja on Saturday night.  Marley performed at the…

President Buhari has assured Nigerians that lockdown measures put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus would not remain longer than necessary. The President gave the assurance in his Eid-el-Fitri message to Muslims. The…

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has said Chinese experts who arrived Nigeria in early April were brought in primarily to assist its staff to prevent the COVID-19 infection. CCECC, a Chinese construction firm…

Managing Director of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in Nigeria, Michael Yigao, has revealed that 15 Chinese medical experts whose whereabouts were unknown, are in their care. The CCECC MD disclosed this on…

Republic of Madagascar has asked Nigeria to pay 170,000 Euros (N78, 200,000) for the ‘COVID-19 cure’ herbal drugs sent to the Federal Government, it emerged on Monday. TheNation made this known in a recent report, as the media outlet…

Federal Government has said it does not know the whereabouts of the 18 Chinese doctors and technicians who came into the country to offer assistance to fight against the coronavirus. The shocking statement was made by the Minister of…

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has on Sunday cautioned the Federal Government against treating coronavirus patients at home as intended. On April 30, the Nigeria…

Federal Government has extended the ban earlier imposed on local and international flights due to the coronavirus pandemic by four weeks. President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 26 outlined measures to help check the spread of…