COVID-19: Anambra closes Niger Bridge head

Following the closure of land borders by the Delta State government over coronavirus, Anambra Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has announced the closure of Onitsha Bridge head with immediate effect. Only vehicles transporting food items and medicines will be allowed to pass the Niger

Buhari places more premium on cows than Nigerians – Odumakin

Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere in this interview speaks on the on latest developments in the polity amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpts: As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cases of people in Nigeria keeps

BREAKING: Nigeria records another death from coronavirus

The Federal Government, Monday, confirmed the second death from COVID-19 in the country. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the confirmation during a press briefing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Recall the first to die from COVID-19 in the country was Engineer

JUST IN: Nigeria confirms 14 new cases of Covid-19, total now 111

Few minutes after President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Nigerians, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the confirmation of 14 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The public health agency on Sunday said 14 new cases have been reported in two states:

COVID-19: Asiwaju Tinubu donates N200m to fight pandemic

National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has announced a donation of 200 million naira to fight the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu tweeted that in pursuant to the pledge, N100 million will be made available to the government of Lagos

Oyedepo under fire over online offering, tithe collection

Criticisms have trailed the introduction of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code by the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), introduced by Bishop David Oyedepo, to enable members make online payments of offerings and tithes, as services are largely held online due to

Canadian PM’s wife recovers from coronavirus

Trudeau Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the novel coronavirus, she said Saturday. “I am feeling so much better and have received the all clear from my physician and Ottawa Public Health,” she wrote on her

IsraelCovid – 19: evacuates over 270 citizens from Abuja

The Israeli government has commenced the evacuation of its citizens resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to the government, this comes as part of efforts to protect its citizens from contacting coronavirus (COVID-19) which has killed thousands of people around the

BREAKING: Buhari imposes curfew on Lagos, Abuja, Ogun

President Muhammadu Buhari has imposed a curfew on Lagos and Ogun states as well as on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. He announced the curfew during a nationwide broadcast at 7pm today, Sunday, Mach 29, 2020. The curfew is for two weeks,

Covid – 19: Pastors demanding for tithes, offerings from members this time are satanic— Ambassador Ephraim

The founder of Power House and Ephraim Ononye Ministries Worldwide, an interdenominational assembly, Ambassador Ephraim Ononye, has expressed anger over pastors who demand that tithes and offerings should be paid online by their members during this trial period in the country. He described