[Premium Times] The official noted that the reopening of airports and increased local and international travels also fuelled the rise in coronavirus cases.

[Premium Times] The official said there are "genuine ongoing efforts by the federal government to restart the process of vaccines production".

[This Day] The new provisional quarantine protocol for passengers arriving Nigeria introduced by the federal government has come into effect from Monday, 11th January, 2021.

[This Day] The federal government on Monday signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mota- Engil Group on the construction of $1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway lines.

[Vanguard] FOUR Nigerian women have been named among 100 Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives Leaders by the Women in Global Health.

[Premium Times] Mr Zulum says Borno government will provide social welfare and other forms of assistance to parents who allow their children to go to school.

[RFI] The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than three million cases have been logged on the continent since the start of the pandemic, with South Africa accounting for more than 30 percent.

[Premium Times] The magistrate, Mabel Segun-Bello, imposed a N20 million bond on Mr Sowore, and demanded he produce two sureties.

[Premium Times] Three people died from the disease on Monday, taking the death toll to 1361.

[Premium Times] The closure of the bridge will be between January 15 and January 29.

[Leadership] Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has said that the inauguration of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line has been put on hold due to the upsurge of COVID-19 in the country.

[Premium Times] Mr Buratai says there is no room for incompetent soldiers in the Nigerian Army.

[Vanguard] The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government as part of its commitment to link the entire country by rail, Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mota-Engil Group for the construction of US$1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard ga...

[This Day] Last week, the monarch of Igbariam community in Anambra North senatorial District bowed to death, eight days after his suspension by the Anambra State Government was lifted. David-Chyddy Eleke examines the incidents that preceded his demis...

[Leadership] Abuja -- The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Prof Suleiman Elias Bogoro has described the late Chairman and Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah as fearless in demanding justice and good go...

[Leadership] Abuja -- Prominent Nigerians and leaders are expected to gather this week to brainstorm on the state of the nation 51 years after the Nigerian Civil War.

[Leadership] Abuja -- A kidnap kingpin, who has been terrorising Abuja-Kaduna expressway and Abuja-Lokoja expressway, Mohammed Ahmadu a.k.a Confirm, has been kidnapped by another kidnap gang, when he went to sell arms and ammunitions.

[Vanguard] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday congratulated former Nigeria Ambassador to the United States, Prof. George Obiozor, on his election as the President-General of the Ohaneze Ndigbo.

[Vanguard] Local government Chairmen's Forum in Cross River has called on the National Working Committee of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, to discipline erring members of the National Assembly for taking the party to court.

[Vanguard] Contrary to expectations, there are indications that Nigeria's electricity sector has recorded huge set back since the private sector take-over seven years ago.

[This Day] The Nigeria Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has attributed the seeming slow rate of progress in the local research effort aimed at developing anti COVID-19 vaccines on poor funding.

[This Day] The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was in the news for all the wrong reasons in the year 2020. The agency that was established 20 years ago to bring development to the nine oil-bearing communities of the Niger Delta became an em...

[Vanguard] Oba of Benin, Omo N'Oba Ewuare II, has warned that his earlier decision banning Community Development Associations, CDAs, throughout his kingdom remained in force.

[This Day] The organised labour in Ekiti State has tackled the state House of Assembly over what it termed as alleged secret attempt to sack some workers under the guise of staff audit.

[This Day] Lagos and Abuja -- The federal government has said that it may suspend the ongoing enrolment for National Identification Number (NIN) in view of the large crowds at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices in many states.

[Leadership] Abuja -- A team of experts commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to investigate the origin of COVID-19 is scheduled to arrive in China on Thursday after a long strained application process.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revealed that Nigeria lost about ₦5.4 trillion between 2007 and 2017 through tax evasion by multinational companies operating in Nigeria.

[Premium Times] The official was welcomed into his office in the morning hale and hearty, an official, who sought anonymity, said.

[Vanguard] Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has hinted at relocating the popular luxury bus terminal at Milverton Street in Aba, to decongest traffic in the city center.

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday night alerted that the non-adherence to public health and social measures by Nigerians was exacerbating the public health response efforts to limit the continued spread of COVID-19 in...