Tuesday, 31 March 2020

NigerianEye: “We have started distributing cash to poor Nigerians to ease coronavirus lockdown - FG” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “We have started distributing cash to poor Nigerians to ease coronavirus lockdown - FG” plus 29 more


We have started distributing cash to poor Nigerians to ease coronavirus lockdown - FG

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:09 PM PDT

Sadiya Farouk, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says the ministry has commenced cash transfer to poorest households in the country to cushion effect of...

BREAKING NEWS: 20 new cases of Coronavirus confirmed today, total cases in Nigeria shoot up to 131

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 01:18 PM PDT

Nigeria's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed Twenty new cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the total to 131. Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in...

Recently discharged Coronavirus patient shares her experience at the Yaba Infectious Disease Hospital

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:07 PM PDT

Oluwaseun Osowobi was one of the five persons discharged from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) after fully recovering from the novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Although the government did...

We don’t know how long Coronavirus will last – FG

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:08 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Monday said it did not know how long COVID-19 would last in the country. The Secretary to the Government of Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this at a press conference...

South Korea set aside $7.4 Blllion to pay families to ease impact of Coronavirus

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:44 PM PDT

South Korea will make emergency cash payments to all but the richest families and draw up a second supplementary budget on April. This will be in a bid to ease the drawn-out economic impact of the...

Dollar exchange rate shoots up to ₦412/$1

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:41 PM PDT

The dollar exchanged for ₦412 on Monday at the Bureau De Change segment of the market. This followed a temporary suspension of sale of forex to the Bureau De Change operators in the industry by the...

Two Chinese kidnapped in Ebonyi despite ongoing Coronavirus epidemic

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:37 PM PDT

As the nation battles the deadly Covid-19 virus, a group of unknown gunmen, on Monday, kidnapped two Chinese working in Ebonyi State, Sout-Est, Nigeria The incident occurred in the Ishiagu...

Ecobank commits N100 million to fight Covid-19

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:30 PM PDT

Ecobank Nigeria says it is committing about N100m to drive its national radio campaign tagged, 'StaySafeNigeria,' as part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the COVID-19...

Coronavirus deaths hit 35,000 worldwide

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 07:03 PM PDT

More than 35,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic since it emerged late last year in China, most of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally at 1615 GMT Monday using official...

Lagos governor receives N1 Billion from UBA to fight coronavirus

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:31 PM PDT

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday received a cheque for the sum of 1 billion naira from the United Bank for Africa as part of the bank's commitment to help curb the devastating...

Buhari signs COVID-19 Regulations 2020, to "legally" shutdown Lagos, Abuja and Ogun

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:28 PM PDT

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the COVID-19 Regulations 2020, declaring coronavirus a dangerous infectious disease. In a statement on Monday night in Abuja, the...

"Drinking hot water won’t cleanse Coronavirus from system" – Immunologist warns, suggests better ways to boast immune system

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:25 PM PDT

A professor of Immunology, Dr Ganiyu Arinola, says the assumption that drinking hot water will wash Coronavirus from the system is untrue. Arinola of the Department of Immunology, University of...

Oyo governor contracts coronavirus

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:06 PM PDT

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in self-isolation. Makinde disclosed this in a series of tweets on Monday, saying he had designateda former...

Price of foodstuffs skyrocket in Lagos and Abuja as residents panic buy over COVID-19 lockdown

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:21 PM PDT

Several residents of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states on Monday battled to stock their homes with food items President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday declared a 14-day...

VIDEO: How I treated 500 coronavirus patients with anti-malaria drug -US doctor

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:17 PM PDT

Vladimir Zelenko, a medical doctor in the United States, has narrated how he treated hundreds of coronavirus patients with anti-malaria drugs with no death recorded. Zelenko, who has been in the news...

418 people die from COVID-19 in France within the last 24 hours

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:14 PM PDT

France on Monday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 418 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,024. There are now...

Coronavirus: Atiku reacts as Seyi Makinde tests positive

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:11 PM PDT

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has reacted to reports that Governor Seyi Makinde tested positive for coronavirus. Recall that Seyi Makinde in a series of tweets from his official handle on...

Author of the popular English handbook ‘Brighter Grammar’ Ajibola Ogundipe dies at 92

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:04 PM PDT

Co-author of popular early learners English handbook, Brighter Grammar, Ajibola Ogundipe has died at the age of 92. Ogundipe died on 27 March 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States,...

Buhari gives Osinbajo new appointment

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:04 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of an Economic Sustainability Committee. The team will be chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Secretary to the Government of the Federation...

Pastor dumped in prison for denying coronavirus existence

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 11:27 AM PDT

Controversial pastor, Augustine Yiga, who allegedly denied the existence of the new coronavirus, has been charged and remanded in prison. The Ugandan Police said this on Monday, AFP reports. The...

Imo governor shuts down motor parks over COVID-19

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 11:23 AM PDT

Imo Governor Hope Uzodinma has directed immediate closure of all motor parks operating within the state. The directive was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. He...

BREAKING: Ogun lockdown to commence Friday – Abiodun

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:42 AM PDT

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Monday, said the lockdown of the state has been shifted to Friday. Abiodun said the state government made a request to the President, Major General Muhammadu...

How 25-year-old US-based Nigerian died of coronavirus — after being denied test

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:36 AM PDT

Bassey Offiong, a Nigerian who is a student of Western Michigan University in the US, has died of coronavirus. The 25-year-old chemical engineering student passed away on Saturday. He was expected to...

Every state should have isolation centre… even if it’s a hotel -Health Minister

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:32 AM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, has urged all states to have isolation centres for treatment of coronavirus. The minister, who spoke at a briefing by the presidential task force on coronavirus...

Lockdown of Lagos, Ogun over coronavirus illegal -Prof. Soyinka tells Buhari

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 11:53 AM PDT

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday described the total lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States by President Muhammadu Buhari over coronavirus as illegal and unconstitutional. Soyinka, in a...

Who can be tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria?

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:20 AM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has updated the national case definitions for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), itemizing three categories of individuals that can be tested for the virus...

BREAKING: Nigeria records second death from coronavirus

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:27 AM PDT

The Nigerian Government has confirmed the second death from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monday during the Presidential Task...

Monarch isolates’ from coronavirus with 20 women in hotel

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:10 AM PDT

Thailand's king has taken over a luxury German hotel to isolate from the coronavirus — along with a harem of 20 women, according to reports. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, reportedly booked the...

UEFA to discuss Champions League fate on Wednesday

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 10:04 AM PDT

UEFA will discuss the fate of this season's Champions League and its other competitions that have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in a video conference meeting on Wednesday, European...

COVID-19: Anambra Gov, Obiano in self quarantine

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 09:37 AM PDT

The Anambra State Government has confirmed that the Governor of the State, Chief Willie Obiano has gone into self-quarantine. The Secretary to the State Sovernment, SSG, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu and...

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