Wednesday, 25 March 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase to 46” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase to 46” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase to 46

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 11:18 PM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced two new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of persons infected in the country to 46. The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle...

Nigerian governors, minister panic as Abba Kyari, Bala Mohammed test positive for COVID-19

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:50 PM PDT

Panic on Tuesday gripped some governors and ministers as the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, tested positive for COVID-19. The panic...

COVID-19: Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo under 14 days self-isolation

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:55 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is in self-isolation. Osinbajo's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, stated this on Tuesday. Akande said his principal is self-isolating in...

Lai Mohammed warns Nigerians of another type of 'Coronavirus'

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the alarm over the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent coronavirus Ransomware application, which claims to provide updates on COVID-19 and...

Coronavirus is a lie, they want us to stop praying - Islamic leader says

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:54 PM PDT

Leader of Izala Muslim sect in Plateau State, Sheikh Sani Jingir, claims coronavirus is Western conspiracy to stop Muslims from performing their religious rites. The Islamic leader in a sermon on...

UPDATE: Number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increase to 44

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:55 PM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced two new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of persons infected in the country to 44. The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle...

Anambra doctors suspend strike to help battle coronavirus

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 06:21 PM PDT

Medical doctors in the service of the Anambra State Government have suspended their four-week industrial action. The doctors said they had to do so to help contain coronavirus spread. Speaking at a...

God will save us from Coronavrus - Fr Mbaka

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 05:30 PM PDT

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Tuesday said God would save the world from the coronavirus pandemic. This is coming as the Catholic Diocese of...

Nigerian senate on a break to allow members’ self-isolatate

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 04:35 PM PDT

The Senate said on Tuesday that it adjourned plenary for two weeks to enable senators, especially those who recently returned from foreign trips, to go on self isolation. The Senate Spokesperson,...

India on total lock-down over Coronavirus, 1.3 Billion citizens forced to stay at home

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 11:13 AM PDT

India on Tuesday announced a 21-day lockdown of the entire country of 1.3 billion people to halt the spread of coronavirus in the world's second most populous country. Health researchers have warned...

A letter to Abba Kyari in isolation

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 11:07 AM PDT

Dear Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, I have not come to gloat over your affliction by coronavirus (COVID-19); I have come to sympathise with you and to wish you strength as...

BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu orders immediate closure of markets across Lagos over coronavirus

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 10:11 AM PDT

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has ordered the immediate shut down of markets, apart from those where food and medical items are sold. The governor gave the directive at a press...

BREAKING: Bauchi Governor tests positive for coronavirus

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 10:10 AM PDT

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has tested positive for coronavirus. The governor had gone into self-isolation after shaking hands with a son of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, who...

BREAKING: COVID-19: Seven on quarantine in Niger

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 10:07 AM PDT

The Niger State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Makunsidi Muhammad has disclosed that seven people in the state are currently on quarantine for coronavirus. Briefing newsmen in Minna, Makunsidi said that...

Three of Kyari’s staff test positive for COVID-19

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:50 AM PDT

Three officials in the of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, have reportedly tested positive to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A presidential source confirmed the...

Coronavirus: Osun senator in self-isolation after UK trip

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:32 AM PDT

The lawmaker representing Osun Central District in the Senate, Ajibola Basiru, is self-isolating after his trip to the United Kingdom. Basiru made this known while reacting to a letter by the Chief...

Coronavirus test kits arrive Nigeria as cases toll 42

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:26 AM PDT

Nigeria's share of the coronavirus kits donated by Jack Ma Foundation and Ali Baba Foundation to African Union Member States arrived in the country on Tuesday afternoon. The donations were brought...

Don Jazzy mocks Nigerian leaders over COVID-19

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 08:57 AM PDT

Michael Collins Ajereh, a Nigerian record producer better as Don Jazzy, has aimed a dig at some Nigerian leaders over their inability to travel abroad for medical treatment as a result of the...

Covid-19: Companies to get 50% PAYE refund with new bill passed by reps

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 08:47 AM PDT

The house of representatives has passed a bill requiring the federal government to refund to companies 50% of the income tax paid on employee salaries. The 'emergency economic stimulus bill'...

COVID-19: You are insensitive – Gov. Fayemi blasts Buhari’s aide, Ojudu

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 08:45 AM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday declared that he was more concerned about protecting people of the state from the scourge of Coronavirus. Fayemi who spoke through Elder Sam...

Coronavirus: I’m in support of total shutdown – Tinubu

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 08:57 AM PDT

The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said he was in support of total shutdown if necessary to halt the spread of Coronavirus. Nigeria has so far recorded...

Everybody that attended AMVCA were exposed to Coronavirus - Lagos State Commissioner for Health warns

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:26 AM PDT

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said on Tuesday that participants at the recently held Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award have been exposed to confirmed cases of...

Only prayers, fasting can end Coronavirus – Gov. Matawalle

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:12 AM PDT

Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that his administration was working on its approach to addressing the twin problems of security and COVID-19, saying that his government has called...

Ecobank shuts Wuse II branch after customer dies of coronavirus

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:38 AM PDT

Ecobank Plc says it temporarily closed its Wuse II branch in Abuja because Suleiman Achimugu, who died of coronavirus, visited the branch. Achimugu, a former managing director of the Petroleum...

COVID-19: Drama as journalists boycott Senate briefing amid reports of infected Senators

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:14 AM PDT

Some journalists covering the National Assembly, on Tuesday shunned the press briefing undertaken by the Senate Spokesman, Senator Godiya Akwashiki. This was not unconnected to the rumour that about...

Coronavirus: Fani-Kayode confirms Abba Kyari tested positive

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:13 AM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation has confirmed that Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has tested positive to Coronavirus. Report emerged on Monday morning that...

South Africa deploys police and army to enforce 3-week coronavirus lockdown

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:12 AM PDT

South Africa has announced a nationwide lockdown of its 56 million inhabitants for 21 days, enforced by police and the army, in a bid to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Confirmed cases in the...

BREAKING: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Postponed

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 06:13 AM PDT

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially postponed the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after talks with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. IOC said the games will be postponed from its...

COVID-19: Domestic flights still in operation – FAAN

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:06 AM PDT

The Federal Airports Authourity of Nigeria (FAAN) said that passengers could still travel within Nigeria in spite of the suspension of international flight operations. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the...

BREAKING: Nigeria records two new coronavirus cases — toll now 42

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 05:44 AM PDT

Cases of Coronavirus infection in Nigeria have risen to 42, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. Two new cases were recorded on Tuesday, adding to the already existing 40...
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