Friday, 27 March 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigera jump up 65 - Over 4,370 contacts being traced” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigera jump up 65 - Over 4,370 contacts being traced” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigera jump up 65 - Over 4,370 contacts being traced

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:11 PM PDT

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 14 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 65. According to NCDC: 14 new cases of...

United States overtakes China and Italy to become the world’s worst coronavirus ravaged country

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:00 PM PDT

The United States overtook China and Italy on Thursday as the world's worst-hit country by the raging coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. took the morbid distinction after new 14,336 confirmed cases were...

Founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu donates N1 Billion to fight coronavirus in Nigeria

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:05 PM PDT

In a bid to strengthen national response to COVID-19 in Nigeria, Industrialist and Founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has announced a donation of N1billion cash through the BUA Foundation and...

Fidelity Bank staff infected with coronavirus

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 05:09 PM PDT

Fidelity Bank on Thursday revealed that one of its staff who returned from a holiday in the United Kingdom has tested positive for coronavirus. The bank noted that the individual had embarked on...

Coronavirus kills 365 people in one day in France

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 04:36 PM PDT

The number of people who have died from coronavirus in the United Kingdom hospitals has risen by 115 in a single day to 578, as of 5pm on Thursday. It is the biggest daily rise in deaths across the...

"I am giving N10 billion to Lagos state to fight Coronavirus" - Buhari says

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 02:05 PM PDT

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has released the sum of N10 billion to Lagos for the battle against deadly Coronavirus. Lagos has 44 of the 65 cases of Coronavirus reported in Nigeria so...

Femi Adeshina defends Buhari on his silence amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic - "It is not his style to talk to Nigerians everytime"

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:38 PM PDT

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has defended the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari not to address Nigerians daily amid the raging COVID-19...

PICTURES: Lagos converts Onikan Stadium to Isolation centre for Coronavirus victims

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:53 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has commenced plans to establish makeshift isolation centres that would be closer to the people. This idea followed the announcement of more confirmed cases of COVID-19...

Kaduna imposes curfew to curb spread of coronavirus

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:20 PM PDT

The Kaduna state government has imposed a curfew across the state to curb the spread of coronavirus. Hadiza Balarabe, deputy governor of the state, announced this on Thursday. She said the decision...

South Africa’s COVID-19 cases rises to 900

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:08 PM PDT

The number of COVID-19 cases in South Africa on Thursday rose to 900, President Cyril Ramaphosa says as the country prepares to institute a lockdown. "We now have more than 900 people who are...

Violators of coronavirus lockdown face jail term as Lagos assembly passes COVID-19 law

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 12:30 PM PDT

The Lagos state house of assembly on Thursday passed into law an emergency bill to help the state combat coronavirus. Of the 51 confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria, the state has the highest...

22,334 deaths recorded as coronavirus cases hit 500,000 mark globally

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 12:19 PM PDT

At least 500,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded across the world, with the death toll at 22,334 as of the time of filing this report. This is according to data from Worldometer, a website that...

BREAKING: Bauchi state confirms another coronavirus case

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PDT

The confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease have increased to two in Bauchi State. Bauchi Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aliyu Maigoro, announced this during a press conference on Tuesday. He...

BREAKING: US offers $15m for arrest of Venezuela President Maduro

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 10:00 AM PDT

The United States on Thursday slammed a $15million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The reward is for information that could lead to his for drug-trafficking charges. Secretary of...

Coronavirus: We are tracing 4,370 people, says FG

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 10:13 AM PDT

The federal government is currently in search of 4,370 persons who may have had contact with coronavirus patients. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja...

Coronavirus: Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu to be used as medical store

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:50 AM PDT

Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu will be used as a storage centre for medical equipment to help Spain's fight against the coronavirus, the club confirmed on Thursday.  The 81,000-seater stadium...

Orji Kalu’s co-convict gets bail to treat tuberculosis, cancer

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:37 AM PDT

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted post-conviction bail to a former Director of Finance and Account at the Abia State Government House, Jones Udeogu, who was sentenced to 10 years'...

Coronavirus: Crocodile kills, eats man who disobeyed government’s orders

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:36 AM PDT

Crocodile has reportedly killed and eaten a man in Rwanda who ignored a national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government of Rwanda had on Sunday directed its 12 million people to...

EFCC forces contractor to complete N305m abandoned projects

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:32 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has supervised the completion of two abandoned projects awarded to Fariq Interbiz Limited. The projects were worth N305,000,000 and located in...

COVID-19: Why Nigeria will no longer have president soon – Nnamdi Kanu reacts as Abba Kyari contracts Coronavirus

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:22 AM PDT

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the Coronavirus status of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that on Tuesday...

BREAKING: Buhari to release N6.5bn to NCDC to fight COVID-19

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:15 AM PDT

Barring any last minute change, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government will release N6.5bn emergency fund for the fight against Coronavirus. Buhari-led federal government is expected...

Coronavirus lockdown: Provide relief for Nigerians, Lawan tells Buhari

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:43 AM PDT

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Federal Government to immediately devise ways of providing relief for poor Nigerians whose daily livelihood will be affected as a result of...

FG’s strategy against coronavirus is working -Lai Mohammed

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:23 AM PDT

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the strategy of the federal government in containing coronavirus is working. But the minister said the government is not getting the kind of...

Coronavirus: 6 actions all countries must effect now – WHO

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:13 AM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged nations to take urgent steps in the fight against coronavirus. The global pandemic has affected 200 countries and caused over 20,000 deaths globally. Dr....

People now ask for corona money as if it’s Christmas period -Bobrisky

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:05 AM PDT

Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, controversial self-acclaimed transgender better known as Bobrisky, says it's funny how people now solicit financial help online — amid the coronavirus crisis — as if it's...

UPDATED: Lagos Assembly reinstates suspended lawmakers

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:39 AM PDT

The Lagos State House of Assembly has reinstated lawmakers who were earlier suspended indefinitely on March 9. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, announced their reinstatement during plenary on...

COVID-19: Agency charges residents of Warri, Uvwie to clean up surroundings

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 07:16 AM PDT

As part of measures to enhance personal hygiene and curb the spread of diseases including the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Warri/Uvwie and Environs Development Agency (WUEDA) has charged...

Buhari is not coughing, he does not have Coronavirus, It is fake news - Lai Mohammed

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 05:36 AM PDT

The Federal Government said it is still on the trail of 4,370 people of interest over COVID-19 pandemic. It expressed regrets that most of the returnees from abroad submitted wrong addresses. It...

UBA donates N5bn to battle Coronavirus in Africa

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 06:27 AM PDT

The United Bank for Africa, UBA, has said it would provide N5 billion (U$14 million) to the COVID-19 Relief Support across Africa. The bank said it would provide the money through the UBA...

I tested negative for coronavirus, Mamora reveals

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 06:27 AM PDT

The Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, says he has tested negative for coronavirus. Mamora said this in a text message sent to newsmen on Thursday. He admitted that he came...
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