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The Presidency, yesterday, descended heavily on critics of the Buhari administration; berating those it called “purveyors of wickedness” as responsible for the propagation of falsehood against President Muhammadu Buhari. Reacting through the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, the Presidency wondered why some people choose to imagine vain things and […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has received four ambulances from the Aliko Dangote Foundation to support the COVID-19 pandemic response activities in Lagos State. The NCDC disclosed this through its verified Twitter account on Saturday. It expressed gratitude for collective efforts demonstrated by the government and private sector in response to […]

Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma has ordered a complete lockdown of the state as part of measures to prevent the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease from entering the state. Uzodinma gave the order in a state broadcast on Saturday in Owerri. He said the move was in line with his commitment to protect the lives of the […]

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 81, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Friday night. The NCDC confirmed 11 new cases. Eight of the cases were discovered in Lagos, while two were discovered in Enugu and one in Edo State. “As at 11:55pm 27th March, there are […]

One of the leading global rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), has downgraded Nigeria’s credit rating further into junk territory with a B- rating, down from “B/B,” on the country’s weak external position linked to the plunge in oil prices. This was a one-notch downgrade. S&P Global Ratings downgraded Nigeria further into junk territory just […]Read More

The Supreme Court in a four-to-one ruling on Friday refused to set aside its consequential order that made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) beneficiary of all elective positions in the 2019 general election in Zamfara State. The apex court in a majority ruling just like in earlier rulings held that the Supreme Court cannot review […]

Millions of Nigerians may be caught between a rock and a hard place, should federal and state authorities shut down the nation in a desperate bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak. To rein in the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials have been urging people to shelter indoors; a move that has witnessed deserted streets as state […]

As the number of Nigerians infected by the Coronavirus continues to rise, reaching 81 on Friday, the College of Nigerian Pathologists (CNP) has asked the federal government to substantially decentralize the testing centres to accelerate the control of the outbreak, warning against the use of non-validated test kits in handling Covid-19 disease tests. In a […]

The Publisher of Sahara Reporters and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the federal government of planning to re-arrest and infect him with COVID-19. In a post on his Facebook page, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election said his planned re-arrest was due to a […]