
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced it has approved Nigeria’s request for “emergency financial assistance” of $3.4 billion under its Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). This is...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday announced the gradual relaxation of lockdown declared on April 1, 2020, as part of measures to check the...
As Lagos, the epicentre of Covid-19 in Nigeria, braces up to resume economic activities in four days’ time after a month-long Covid-19 lockdown, the rate at...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Nigeria’s request for emergency financial assistance of $3.4bn, under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to...

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States topped one million on Tuesday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The pandemic has...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed states and security operatives across the country not to obstruct movement of essential goods during the period of the extension...
Edo State has recorded 29 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) with three deaths, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Patrick Okundia, has said. Mr Okundia spoke to...

The Presidency has made clarifications on school resumption following the gradual relaxation of the lockdown. President Buhari had ordered a gradual relaxation of the lockdown starting...
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed disappointment that the president failed to offer post lockdown stimulus to Nigerians in the private sector. A statement signed by PDP’s...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it remains focused on the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The agency said on Monday...