The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered the release of 26 inmates across correctional facilities in the state. The move is part of efforts towards decongesting the correctional facilities
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The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered the release of 26 inmates across correctional facilities in the state. The move is part of efforts towards decongesting the correctional facilities
Two Pastors, Daramola Abiodun and Sunday Akinwade, were on Tuesday arraigned at an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly allowing a religious gathering of more than 30 persons on Sunday contrary
The Kano State Police Command has arrested 30 youths for violating the lockdown order imposed to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the state. Abdullahi Haruna, the Commands’ spokesman, told
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday, passed away. He died after three years of struggling with diabetes, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, announced in a
North Korean President, Kim Jong Un has missed one of the country’s most important events, as he receives treatment after cardiovascular surgery earlier this month, Al Jazeera reports. Speculation mounts
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has denied issuing a statement, which claimed the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, made him governor. Kyari, who
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19. The FCTA in a post shared on its Twitter handle, confirmed that the total number of
A six-week-old baby has tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos State. This was confirmed by Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health.. Abayomi said it was not clear if
The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu has debunked rumours that some COVID-19 patients in FCT and Kano States’ isolation centres broke protocols, escaped from their centres,
Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have agreed to a 30 percent slash in their monthly allocation. DAILY POST gathered that the slash in the allocation takes effect
The founder of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, on Monday announced the donation of medical equipment to Africa to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his
Given the community spread of COVID-19 across the country, the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja has ordered that all patients or visitors entering the hospital must put on face mask before
The Defence Headquarters on Monday confirmed that several key Boko Haram terrorists/ISWAP leaders have been killed in multiple airstrikes conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole at
As confirmed cases of coronavirus keep increasing in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Enugu State chapter has called for more efforts towards mitigating the impact of the lockdown
The Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has expressed worry that no case of Coronavirus has been recorded in Imo State. Ihekweazu wondered why the
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, came to the rescue of some students of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, who got stranded following the shutdown of schools to curtail
The Kaduna State government has discharged three COVID-19 patients. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni, who made the confirmation on Sunday, said the “three patients are among
The Jigawa State Government has announced a lockdown as the state has recorded first COVID-19 case in Kazaure Local Government. Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse
A Nigerian man based in New York, United States, has died of complications from Coronavirus. The man named Jonathan Adewunmi, is the owner of a popular Nigerian restaurant named Amarachee
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest attacks by bandits in Katsina State in three local government areas that left 47 persons dead. Reacting to the incident in a statement