Tuesday, 7 April 2020

NigerianEye: “FG opens new job vacancy, to employ 774,000 Nigerian youths” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “FG opens new job vacancy, to employ 774,000 Nigerian youths” plus 29 more

FG opens new job vacancy, to employ 774,000 Nigerian youths

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 03:10 PM PDT

The President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the temporary employment of 774, 000 people who will engage in sweeping of streets, markets and clearing of gutters for a period of three months. The...

Nigeria records fresh six Coronavirus cases, total now 238

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:53 PM PDT

Nigeria has recorded another six new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total national figures to 238, with Kwara State joining the league. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,...

The Lagos State Coronavirus Relief packages not meant for everybody – Lagos state govt

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 03:32 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Monday said food and other relief packages being distributed across the State were not meant for all Lagosians but for the indigents and vulnerable. Commissioner for...

Buhari's govt is using names of poor Nigerians to loot our national treasury - PDP

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 03:15 PM PDT

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has described the federal government's Social Intervention Programme (SIP) as a hoax. In a statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan,...

My Coronavirus experience - Oyo governor

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 03:12 PM PDT

Governor Seyi Makinde on Monday said aside from using his isolation period to fight the health challenge occasion by his testing positive to Coronavirus, he also used the period to reflect on his...

‘They’ve turned Gbagada road into a gym’– outrage as Lagosians violate lockdown order

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:15 PM PDT

Some Lagosians have provoked outrage on social media after they were spotted en masse working out along Gbagada-Oshodi expressway, despite the lockdown and ban on large gatherings in Lagos. On...

Police arrest Lagos Guber aspirant, Gbadamosi for attending Funke Akindele’s party

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:15 PM PDT

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested and detained the former gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, Babatunde Gbadamosi, for allegedly contravening lockdown order declared by the State...

FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:23 PM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 10 and Monday, 13, as public holidays to mark the 2020 Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on...

‘Nigerians own Abacha loot’ – UK, US, warns Buhari against giving Atiku Bagudu $100m

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:13 PM PDT

The United Kingdom government has warned against President Buhari government's plan to give more than $100million to Kebbi Governor, Atiku Bagudu. The money is part of funds stolen by the late Head...

COVID-19: Medical team from China will not interact with patients, says FG

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:20 PM PDT

The federal government says the medical team, which has been invited from China, will not have direct interference with patients diagnosed with coronavirus in Nigeria. Osagie Ehanire, minister of...

Engage 774k Nigerians, share rice seized by customs… FG’s COVID-19 stimulus package

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:23 PM PDT

Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, announced the fiscal stimulus measures to be carried out by the federal government in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Briefing...

Coronavirus: Edo govt confirms two new cases of COVID-19

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:24 PM PDT

Edo State Government on Monday confirmed two new cases of Coronavirus, taking the state's overall figure to 11. The State Deputy Governor and Chairman, Edo State Response Committee on COVID-19,...

Bayern Munich resume training but hugs, handshakes are banned

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:35 AM PDT

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich resumed training Monday for the first time since the German league was suspended due to coronavirus but the players were put through their paces in small groups and...

Coronavirus: Chimamanda expresses worry over husband’s safety

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:29 AM PDT

Celebrated author, Chimamanda Adichie, says she is selective of what she reads about coronavirus. Adichie said she has been reading some selected poems to distract herself from the pandemic. The...

Celebrities call for arrest of journalists over failure to observe social distancing during arraignment of Funke Akindele

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:16 AM PDT

A myriad of Nigerian celebrities have called on the Lagos State Government to arrest journalists and security operatives swarmed around Funke Akindele and her husband while they were arraigned in...

Coronavirus: Bill Gates reveals only way normalcy can return

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:03 AM PDT

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has said that life can only fully return to normal once a 'vaccine' to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is available globally. Gates said this in...

COVID-19: More people have Coronavirus in Nigeria – Fani Kayode faults official figure

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:05 AM PDT

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has expressed deep worries over the continuous cases of coronavirus being reported daily in the country. The former Minsiter took to his Twitter handle...

COVID-19: We’re monitoring 8,881 passengers, says NCDC

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 10:59 AM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is monitoring 8,881 "passengers of interest" in relation to COVID-19. This was contained in its situation report dated April 5, 2020. The report...

BREAKING: Two more coronavirus patients discharged in Lagos

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 10:06 AM PDT

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday said two more Coronavirus patients have been discharged in the state after testing negative twice. The governor, in a statement, said those...

Coronavirus: Fake chloroquine 250mg tablets in circulation – NAFDAC warns

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 10:09 AM PDT

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians on the circulation of fake chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets. This was made known in a statement...

Chinese medical team coming with more than a million masks, says health minister

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 10:03 AM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says the medical team being expected from China is coming into the country with more than a million masks. Speaking at the media briefing of the presidential task...

‘50% pay raise for health workers, free water for all’ — Ghana’s relief plan for citizens

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 10:17 AM PDT

The Ghanaian government has announced some social intervention measures to ease the burden of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on its citizens and frontline health workers. In a televised address...

BREAKING NEWS: Court sentences Funke Akindele, husband to 14-day community service

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 07:24 AM PDT

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband AbdulRasheed Bello have been convicted and fined N100,000 each by an Ogba Magistrate Court for flouting the Lagos State Infectious Disease (Emergency...

Boko Haram: Nnamdi Kanu mocks Nigerian Army, as Chadian troops rescue soldiers

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 09:34 AM PDT

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has mocked Nigerian army after the gallant display of Chadian soldiers led by the country's civilian President Idriss Deby at the...

President Buhari orders distribution of 150 trucks of rice to Nigerians

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:34 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered distribution of 150 trucks of rice seized by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the 36 states of the federation. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National...

Naira Marley is now with us - Police

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:20 AM PDT

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that artist Azeez Fashola alias Naira Marley has turned himself in. Fashola was among the guests at the 42nd birthday party organised weekend by actress...

We are distributing N500 Million to poor people in Kwara state - FG

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:37 AM PDT

The National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) of the Federal Government, on Monday began payment of N20,000 to more than 25,000 beneficiaries of the Cash Transfer Programme in Kwara. The News Agency of...

Nigeria seeks fresh $3.5b loan from IMF, AfDB amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:19 AM PDT

Nigeria's finance minister Zainab Ahmed said the country has applied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) to access $3.5 billion in concessional funding to...

Pep Guadiola's mother dies of Coronavirus

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:15 AM PDT

Pep Guardiola's 82-year-old mother has died after contracting coronavirus, Manchester City announced on Monday. "The Manchester City family are devastated to report the death today of Pep's mother...

COVID-19: Otedola advises Adenuga, others to redeem pledges

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 08:10 AM PDT

        Oil magnate, Femi Otedola, has advised billionaire businessman and founder of Globacom, Mike Adenuga, to redeem his pledge to donate N1bn to the fight against the COVID-19...
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