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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 70-bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre located within the premises of Landmark Exhibition Centre in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 70-bed Eti-Osa Isolation ...

Ex-PDP national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, loses dad in fire outbreak The Galadima of Dikwa and father of former Governor of Borno State and National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Modu Sheriff, has died in his Maiduguri ...

The minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, is one of the first Nigerians that reacted to the death of Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to the president. Keyamo disclosed on Twitter that he had a discussion ...

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Some hoodlums are reportedly robbing Lagos residents after the lockdown imposed in the state over the COVID-19 pandemic. Suspected robbers armed with different types of weapons on Sunday, April 12, reportedly invaded Mangoro, Ogba, Agege, Iyana Ipaja and Dopemu regions ...

The federal government has released names of Nigerians who died from Coronavirus complications abroad.

The identity of the army personnel, who killed a young man named Joseph Pessu in Delta State while enforcing a stay-at-home order by the state government, has been unveiled, SaharaReporters can report. Pessu was shot dead by the army personnel ...

Austria and Sweden have been added to the list of high-risk countries restricted from entering Nigeria over the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. Nigeria had, on ...

The Federal Government has ordered the immediate closure of the ongoing National Youth Corps Service orientation camps nationwide over coronavirus fears .

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says that a gas explosion caused the blast which rocked Abule Ado area of Lagos State. In a statement by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Dr Kennie Obateru, on Sunday, the blast ...