The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Nigeria:President Buhari extends lockdown by 14 days
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the initial 14-day lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, by another 14 days. Buhari confirmed this today during a nationwide broadcast. When Buhari gave the stay-at-home order on March…
Nigeria:lives and livelihoods are my priority – Buhari
In Nigeria, we are taking a two step approach. First, to protect the lives of our fellow Nigerians and residents living here, and second, to preserve the livelihoods of workers and business owners,” President Buhari…
Online Easter mass services held in Nigeria
This might be the norm for faithful in most parts of the world at least during this lockdown. Catholics in Nigeria attended Easter mass Sunday via a live telecast from the Holy Cathedral in Lagos…
Breaking: Nigeria records 13 fresh cases of COVID-19
Nigeria has recorded another 13 new cases of Coronavirus, taking the national figures to 318. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos accounted for 11 of the 13 new cases, with Delta…
Taribo West narrates how his teammates sneaked women…
Legendary Super Eagles defender Taribo West claims that some of his teammates at France 1998 World Cup sneaked women into their hotel rooms before their round of 16 tie against Denmark. According to West, who…
Chad ends involvement in Boko Haram, Sahel anti-terrorism…
Chad has announced its withdrawal from a multinational task force aimed at combating the threat of terrorist group Boko Haram, President Idris Deby Itno announced on Friday, April 10. “Our troops have died for Lake…
Nigeria to cut oil production
Nigeria will cut its oil production by 1.9 million barrels per day. This will reduce its daily crude oil production to 1.412 million barrels. Abuja is hoping for a $15 rebound in the price per…
Nigeria’s booming hydroalcoholic gel business
Nigeria’s hydroalcoholic gel business booms amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In this edition, we speak with Dr. Stephanie Sodangi, who set up a local gel manufacturing plant in her clinic in Abuja. High demand for sanitary…
COVID-19: Nigeria court orders compulsory quarantine for 34…
A Magistrate Court in Lagos has sentenced over 30 lockdown flouters to fourteen-day quarantine and a month community service. Lagos is currently under a lockdown imposed by the federal government to curb the spread of…
Nigerian football star Ighalo finally names his closest…
Nigerian football star Odion Ighalo has named Juan Mata as his closest Manchester United teammate at Old Trafford. The 30-year-old joined the Red Devils from Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua on a six months…
Nigeria to set up $1.39 billion fund to…
Nigeria plans to create a 500 billion naira ($1.39 billion)coronavirus fund to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure to tackle the virus, the government said on Saturday. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila…
Close up’ social distancing as Lagos distributes coronavirus…
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, is the country’s most impacted with coronavirus infection. As of April 3, Lagos alone accounted for 98 out of 190 cases recorded across Africa’s most populous country. The state government led…
Nigeria’s IDPs concerned about COVID-19 infection
There are deep concern among internally displaced persons in the north-eastern region of Maiduguri in Nigeria over the spread of the coronavirus. Around Maiduguri in the north-east, thousands of displaced people are crammed into state-controlled…
Nigeria:I have found a cure to coronavirus –…
The Provost of Luminar International College of Alternative Medicine, Enugu, Prof. Joseph Akpa, says he has found a cure for coronavirus pandemic. Prof. Akpa, made the claim to newsmen in a press conference held in…
Coronavirus donations hit N15bn in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday said that monetary contributions to its relief fund under the auspices of Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) stood at N15 billion. CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications,…
Coronavirus: Zimbabwe, Nigeria adopt cash-transfers to most vulnerable
The Zimbabwean government on Monday (March 30) reported that it had budgeted over $600 million to cover one million vulnerable households under a cash transfer programme for the next three months. The move is part…
My take on Buhari’s nationwide broadcast – Fani-Kayode
Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode said he was pleased with the nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on coronavirus on Sunday. Buhari had on Sunday briefed the nation on the coronavirus after much pressure had been mounted…
Ex-governor donates $520,000 to Lagos, national disease control…
National leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has donated over half a million dollars to the coronavirus combat in the country. Tinubu, a former Lagos state governor on Sunday pledged…
