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…
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…
Aliko Dangote, ex-Emir of Kano test negative for…
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote on Sunday (March 29) revealed that he had tested negative for COVID-19. According to him, he took the test as a global citizen and business leader. “The COVID-19 pandemic has…
Nigerian footballer Taye Taiwo loses father
Former Nigerian international Taye Taiwo has announced the death of his father, Pa Salisu Taiwo. Taye Taiwo made this announcement on his social media page as he shared a picture of his father with some…
Coronavirus: Enugu records cases of Covid-19 as Nigeria’s…
Nigeria now has 81 cases of Covid-19, as 11 new cases were announced Friday evening by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The new cases were announced less than four hours after health authorities unveiled…
Anti-‘Boo-hari’ tweet by Iranian topples coronavirus on Nigeria…
Despite the coronavirus pandemic dominating news and social media spaces since the last few weeks, there is a ‘competitor’ that on Friday dethroned coronavirus to become the top Twitter trend in Nigeria. Mohammed Tawhidi threw…
BREAKING: 14 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night, confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This was disclosed via a tweet on their verified Twitter page. "4 new cases of #COVID19…
How terrorists killed 70 Nigerian soldiers in restive…
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by terrorists in the restive northeast, military and security sources said on Tuesday. Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a lorry carrying troops…
Turkey accused of supplying arms to Nigerian terrorist…
Turkey has been branded a “terrorist state” and is under investigation by the Nigerian military over allegations it supplied “sophisticated weapons” to jihadist terror group Boko Haram, according to a senior army official. In the…
Nigeria oil mogul prayerfully ‘rebukes, cancels’ coronavirus globally
One of Nigeria’s richest women Folorunsho Alakija has advanced prayer as a sure route to beat the coronavirus pandemic. According to her Africa’s most populous nation has beaten past plagues and the current one will…
Coronavirus: Nigeria president tests negative, chief of staff…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took a coronavirus test and was declared negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), multiple local news portals have reported. The test was carried out on Monday and the…
