Thursday, 23 April 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian governors agree on 14-day national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian governors agree on 14-day national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19” plus 29 more

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian governors agree on 14-day national lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 03:20 PM PDT

Governors of the 36 States of the Federation on Wednesday "unanimously" agreed to the implementation of an inter-State lockdown for two weeks to contain the spread of COVID-19. 25 States have...

Trump orders U.S. Navy to ‘shoot down’ Iranian gunboats

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 02:52 PM PDT

U.S.President Donald Trump has tweeted an order to the U.S. Navy to destroy any armed Iranian boats that harass American ships. Trump announced his new instructions to the Navy on 22 April. He...

FG secures freedom for 60 Nigerians imprisoned in Tanzania

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 02:39 PM PDT

The Nigerian Government has now finalized arrangement for the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians imprisoned in Tanzania on different charges. Their repatriation was made possible by the Nigerian...

Another COVID-19 patient dies in Borno

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:12 PM PDT

Borno has recorded another death from COVID-19 complications, bringing the number of persons who have lost their lives in the outbreak in the state to two. The state's index case died on Sunday. At a...

Lagos pipeline explosion: Sanwo-Olu compensates 23 bereaved families

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:12 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has compensated families of the 23 persons who died in a pipeline explosion in March. Recall that on Sunday, March 15, 2020 an explosion rocked the Abule-Ado Area of Lagos...

COVID-19 no longer a disease for the rich -Nigeria's Minister of health warns

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:06 PM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says COVID-19 can no longer be described as a disease of the rich. Speaking at the presidential task force briefing on Wednesday, Ehanire said the disease has...

Two police officers killed in Atiku’s company

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 01:12 PM PDT

Two senior policemen have been killed at a factory in Adamawa State. The officers, a DSP and an ASP, were killed in yet to be ascertained circumstances at Rico Gado Nutrition, a company belonging to...

Covid-19: Kano bans Tafsir, Taraweeh prayers

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:13 AM PDT

 The Commissioner of Religious Affairs, Dr Muhammad Tahir Adam said the state government has banned Tafsir, Taraweeh and Tahajud prayers. Adamu said the government will sponsor some Imams who...

COVID-19: WHO warns against complacency amid progress

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:10 AM PDT

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has warned against complacency in countries that were making progress against the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during...

Coronavirus will visit anyone who diverts palliatives – Buhari’s minister, Ramatu

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:22 AM PDT

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has placed a curse on any official that diverts palliative materials. The FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu, spoke during the inspection of...

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau should be killed, not imprisoned – Fani-Kayode

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:04 AM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has urged Nigerian authorities not to allow Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, to surrender. Fani-Kayode said Shekau should be killed instead...

We paid N50m to kidnappers for my release – Bauchi governor’s brother

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:03 AM PDT

Alhaji Adamu Mohammed Duguri, the elder brother of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, has recounted his ordeal in the hands of kidnappers. The 65- year- old retired Customs Officer, who spoke to...

UK Police arrests Nigerian for allegedly firing several gunshots

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:03 AM PDT

The Police in the UK on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian after he carelessly fired several gunshots. Known as 'flexingmike' or Instagram, the suspect recorded himself shooting and screamed, "call me the...

Coronavirus: Ikpeazu orders shut down of private hospital

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:44 AM PDT

Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday announced the indefinite closure of the private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention...

JUST IN: Ekiti records first Coronavirus death

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:25 AM PDT

A 29-year-old health worker, who was the third index case of coronavirus in Ekiti state, has been recorded as the first casualty after she died of the pandemic on Wednesday. The Commissioner for...

Sultan of Sokoto issues directives to Muslims on Ramadan

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 09:49 AM PDT

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alh. Sa'ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday, directed the Muslim community to look out for the crescent moon of Ramadan 1441 AH from Thursday, April 23, 2020. Abubakar made the call...

Like UK, Germany approves human trial of ‘COVID-19 vaccine’

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 09:45 AM PDT

Germany has approved the first human trials of a possible COVID-19 vaccine. The trial vaccine is said to be the fourth of its kind in the world to get approval for clinical testing. The German...

Ebonyi Gov. Umahi bars two journalists from state functions ‘for life’

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 09:45 AM PDT

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, has barred two journalists — Chikoke Agwu and Peter Okutu — from entering the government house or any government facility in the state. Agwu is a correspondent of The...

#Dagrin10years: Remembering Nigerian rap icon

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:18 AM PDT

Fans of the late Nigerian rapper Dagrin are paying tributes to him, ten years after his death. Dagrin died on April 22, 2010. He was just 25 years old, but his exceptional style of rap music was...

Health workers to be tested for COVID-19 – Minister

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:54 AM PDT

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnibe Mamora, has said that part of the protocol in the management of COVID-19 cases was that health workers in the forefront would undergo testing. He said...

COVID-19: Extend hazard allowance beyond April, Medical Guild tells Sanwo-Olu

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:39 AM PDT

The Medical Guild has appealed to the Lagos State Government to extend the increment of hazard allowance to health workers in the state beyond April. Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, Chairman of the Guild, made...

Nigerian govt to investigate N20,000 double payments for COVID-19 palliative

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:38 AM PDT

The Nigerian Government has said that two members of a family cannot be paid N20,000 from the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya...

COVID-19 cases in Africa surge to 24,000 in 24hrs – WHO

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:37 AM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has said the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa had risen to over 24,000 in the past 24 hours. The...

Destroy hostile Iranian boats – Trump orders US Navy

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:37 AM PDT

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States Navy to destroy Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships. This followed a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf. "I have instructed the U.S. Navy...

COVID-19: Tiwa Savage turns praise worship leader (VIDEO)

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:35 AM PDT

Tiwa Savage, Nigerian Afro-popstar stunned her fans on Tuesday 21st of April 2020 when she took to her Instagram Live to sing praise  worship songs. Fans of the 'Attention' singer were shocked...

Lockdown violation: Lagos arrests, arraigns popular cleric

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:26 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government has charged the General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministries for Africa alias Jehovah Sharp Sharp, Archbishop Samson Benjamin with lockdown violation. Benjamin was...

Lockdown: Lagos Assembly begs Lagosians to stay at home

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:11 AM PDT

Lagos State House of Assembly has pleaded with Lagosians to adhere to directives of stay at home by federal government in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The Assembly during a...

COVID-19 vaccine: Swiss scientist conducts successful tests; mulls mass immunisation

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:02 AM PDT

Mass immunisation with a newly developed vaccine against the coronavirus disease could start in Switzerland in October, according to immunologist Martin Bachmann. The national regulatory body...

IPOB makes clarification on Nnamdi Kanu’s reported death

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:01 AM PDT

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, rubbished a claim that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is dead. Speaking with Dailypost, IPOB National Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, insisted that...

Coronavirus: FG blocks five governors from flying out of Nigeria

Posted: 22 Apr 2020 06:57 AM PDT

Nigeria's Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has revealed that he has denied five governors flight approval, since the closure of the airports and the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari to...
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