Monday, 27 April 2020

NigerianEye: “Massive uncertainty in Nigeria as millions await President Buhari's decision today over COVID-19 lockdown” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Massive uncertainty in Nigeria as millions await President Buhari's decision today over COVID-19 lockdown” plus 29 more


Massive uncertainty in Nigeria as millions await President Buhari's decision today over COVID-19 lockdown

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:54 PM PDT

In what can be largely described as one of the most uncertain Monday mornings in Nigeria's recent history, millions are confused and uncertain over whether the lockdown to check the spread of...

BREAKING: Nigeria records 91 fresh COVID-19 cases, total 1273

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 04:27 PM PDT

Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Sunday night, said 43 of the new cases are in...

VIDEO: TB Joshua weeps as he spends 4 days in "Prayer Mountain" over COVID-19

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 03:17 PM PDT

Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has spent four days at an undisclosed "prayer mountain" to "present the nations" to God in prayer. The cleric was notably absent from the usual Sunday broadcast from...

Asthmatic patients lament - "We are being mistaken for COVID-19 patients"

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 06:47 PM PDT

People suffering from Asthma have complained of being mistaken for coronavirus patients because of the occasional breathing difficulties they encounter. Some of them, who spoke to newsmen said they...

Like Oyo state, Ondo rejects FG’s palliative rice

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 06:38 PM PDT

The Ondo State Government has rejected expired bags of rice from the 1,800 bags sent to the state by the Federal Government. NigerianEye also recalls that the Oyo state government few days ago also...

Coronavirus spreads to 4 new states in Nigeria, total states with the virus now 32

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 04:39 PM PDT

Coronavirus has spread to four new states in Nigeria – Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba. With the four new states, the disease has spread to 32 new states in the country. The Nigeria Centre for...

COVID-19 Lockdown: Health minister, NCDC boss meet Buhari in Aso Villa

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 03:40 PM PDT

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, and the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Sunday evening met with the President, Major General Muhammadu...

President Buhari will determine when COVID-19 lockdown will end – Health Minister

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 03:31 PM PDT

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says President Muhammadu Buhari will determine when to lift the lockdown order in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ehanire disclosed this...

Ohanaeze warns against extension of COVID-19 lockdown

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 03:19 PM PDT

The National President of Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC) Comrade Igboayaka O Igboayaka has warned the Federal and State Governments against extension of the COVID-19 lockdown. Addressing newsmen in...

Residents ignore health warnings, feast on decomposing Whale in Bonny, Rivers state

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:58 PM PDT

Despite warnings on the health hazards of consuming a massive whale washed ashore Bonny coastline in Rivers State, residents of communities in the area at the weekend feasted on the dead aquatic...

TOP 10 PRIVATE GATED RESIDENTIAL ESTATES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Gabriel Oputeh

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:33 PM PDT

Finding the ideal residential property in Lagos to live in can sometimes be a daunting task. As much as you want a residential estate in a location that shares proximity to the commercial hubs, you...

Two Coronavirus patients abscond in Borno

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:32 PM PDT

Two people who tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus disease have absconded in Borno State, sending panic of mass infections. Borno has ramp up 30 coronavirus infections in less than a week and...

COVID-19: Kaduna extends lockdown for 30 days

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 01:10 PM PDT

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has extended the quarantine orders being enforced in the state for another 30 days based on the recommendation of the Standing Committee on COVID-19. A statement by...

Face masks are now compulsory in Lagos state - Governor Sanwo-Olu

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:46 PM PDT

As part of ongoing efforts to rid the State of the coronavirus pandemic, Lagos State Government has made wearing of face masks at public gatherings mandatory. This announcement was made yesterday by...

More people die in Kano including popular professor

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:40 PM PDT

Professor Balarabe Maikaba, a senior lecturer of mass communication at the Bayero University, Kano, has just been confirmed dead. While the actual cause of his death still yet to be established as...

Lockdown Violation: 39 arrested at Lagos strip club

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:37 PM PDT

The police in Lagos have arrested 39 suspected strippers at a hotel in Idimu during Coronavirus lockdown. They were arrested on April 24 by officers of the Idimu Police Station around 1:30am, acting...

President Buhari should visit Kano after the mass deaths - PDP

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 12:28 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday urged the President  Muhammadu Buhari, to "immediately" visit Kano State after many persons have reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last...

Don't listen to Trump, drinking bleach cannot cure Coronavirus - NCDC warns Nigerians

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 11:04 AM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has cautioned the public against consuming bleach or other disinfectants as proffered by United States President, Donald Trump. Trump had, at a news conference...

Osun state records fresh COVID-19 deaths

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 10:52 AM PDT

Two of the 12 new coronavirus patients admitted at the Osun State Isolation Centre are dead. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola made this known while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, the state...

UNILAG medical centre shut after exposure to COVID-19 patient

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 10:50 AM PDT

The management of the University of Lagos has announced a temporary closure of the UNILAG Medical Centre after being exposed to a COVID-19 patient. A statement on Sunday said the temporary closure...

COVID-19: Presidential committee proposes gradual easing of lockdown

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 10:47 AM PDT

The sub-committee of the Economic Sustainability Committee led by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has proposed the easing of the current COVID-19 lockdown in some states and the...

We’re in need of extraction kits for more COVID-19 testing – NCDC DG

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:48 AM PDT

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the centre is in dire need of more Ribonucleic Acid extraction kits as testing for the coronavirus disease is...

COVID-19: 13 Togo returnees arrive in Lagos

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:12 AM PDT

‌ The Nigeria Immigration Service says it had received 13 Nigerians that arrived from Lome, Togo at Seme-Krake joint border post. The spokesman for NIS, Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a...

Lockdown Violations: FCT Mobile Courts convict 3 Imams, 2 Pastors, 68 others

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:07 AM PDT

A Mobile Court sitting at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation's capital, has convicted five clerics, among them are three Imams and two Pastors for violating the presidential order shutting down...

2020 WASSCE not cancelled — WAEC

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 08:06 AM PDT

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has stated that West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, 2020 WASSCE, has not been cancelled. In a statement by the Head of WAEC, Nigeria,...

South Korea’s big churches reopen with designated seats, size limits

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 08:00 AM PDT

South Korea's large churches reopened on Sunday, requiring worshipers to keep their distance and wear masks after the government relaxed restrictions on religious gatherings aimed at slowing the...

2Baba speaks on raging coronavirus pandemic

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 07:12 AM PDT

Nigeria's leading singer and musical activist, Innocent Idibia, famously known as 2Baba, has aired his opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic which has continued to ravage the world, pretty much-putting...

WBC president warns Wilder career’ll be over if he loses to Fury again

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 07:07 AM PDT

Deontay Wilder's boxing career is over if he loses his third fight against Tyson Fury, according to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman. The Bronze Bomber lost his WBC heavyweight title after suffering...

COVID-19: Davido, Wizkid still winning on global scale

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 07:03 AM PDT

Despite the lockdown, it's good to know that Nigerian artistes are putting to good use their time as they continue to release new songs, with some taking it a step further by having intercontinental...

Appeal Court sets up special panels to preside over time-bound cases

Posted: 26 Apr 2020 06:58 AM PDT

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has set up special panels with mandates to preside over time-bound matters during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a circular dated April 24, the Acting President...

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