Friday, 8 May 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria confirms a massive 381 new cases of COVID-19, highest ever recorded in 24 hours” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria confirms a massive 381 new cases of COVID-19, highest ever recorded in 24 hours” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Nigeria confirms a massive 381 new cases of COVID-19, highest ever recorded in 24 hours

Posted: 07 May 2020 03:37 PM PDT

Nigeria has recorded 381 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 3526.  This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on...

We’re under pressure to announce fake COVID-19 case — Kogi state government

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:31 PM PDT

The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna, has said the state is under pressure to declare that it has COVID-19 cases where there is none. The commissioner made the claims in a...

NAFDAC meets researchers, herbalists over local treatment for COVID-19

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:30 PM PDT

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday indicated that Nigeria was making headway in getting local cures for COVID-19. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the...

300 Nigerians in UK arrive today

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:31 PM PDT

About 300 Nigerians stranded in the United Kingdom will be brought home in a charter flight on Friday (today). The evacuees will on arrival in Abuja undergo the mandatory 14-day supervised...

Lagos sets new record for daily Coronavirus infections

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:32 PM PDT

Lagos State has set a new Coronavirus record, as it ramps up 183 new infections on Thursday, the highest in a single day. This has taken Lagos' total figures to 1,491. Kano had previous broken the...

10-year-old Coronavirus patient flees Oyo Isolation Center

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:18 PM PDT

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that one of the two cases that absconded before they could be treated for coronavirus is a 10-year-old boy. According to him, the boy and one other...

Again, court prevents FG from extraditing Buruji Kashamu to US

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:12 PM PDT

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday restrained the Federal Government from taking fresh steps to extradite the former Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to...

Shutting church services should not affect the true worship of God

Posted: 07 May 2020 09:58 PM PDT

The Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos, Pastor 'Poju Oyemade, has said shutting church buildings does not affect the true worship of God. According to Oyemade, Christians do not...

VIDEO: COVID-19 patients in Niger state protest against poor treatment, threaten to abscond

Posted: 07 May 2020 03:25 PM PDT

Suspected Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients receiving treatment at a government facility in Minna, Niger State, staged a protest against poor treatment in the facility. On Wednesday, the COVID-19...

COVID-19: Self isolation policy has failed - Health minister laments

Posted: 07 May 2020 01:45 PM PDT

The Federal Government Thursday admitted that its policy on self-isolation, especially for those coming into the country by air, land or sea, has failed because at that time, there were a...

Lagos Assembly to Governor Sanwo-Olu - "You will account for COVID-19 donations"

Posted: 07 May 2020 01:35 PM PDT

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called for a separate account for donated funds for COVID-19. The Assembly also said the appointment of the Amotekun Corps Commander by the state...

BREAKING: 48 patients recover from COVID-19 in Lagos

Posted: 07 May 2020 12:14 PM PDT

48 more patients receiving treatment for coronavirus at Lagos State Isolation facilities have been discharged after testing negative for COVID-19 twice. This brings the total number of discharged...

BREAKING: Lagos records two COVID-19 deaths

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:37 AM PDT

Two more patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Thursday. While giving an update on...

I recovered from COVID-19 after 21 days without infecting anybody ― Edo Speaker

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:30 AM PDT

Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye, has revealed that he recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) after 21 days in isolation without infecting anyone with the deadly...

Zamfara governor appoints serving army major as Emir of Kaura

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:14 AM PDT

The Zamfara state government has appointed Sanusi Mohammed, an army major, as the new emir of Kaura Namoda in Kaura Namoda local government area. Mohammed succeeds Ahmed Asha, his father who died on...

Fresh $319m Abacha Loot in UK, France, says US

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:05 AM PDT

The US embassy in Nigeria says another $319m (N121bn) looted by Sani Abacha, former military dictator, is in the United Kingdom and France. This comes three days after Nigeria repatriated $311...

69 percent of 3,145 COVID-19 cases in Nigeria are male

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:05 AM PDT

A significant percentage of male patients have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria. This is according to the latest situation report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for May...

COVID-19: Israel donates 2,000 face masks to Nigeria

Posted: 07 May 2020 09:31 AM PDT

The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria on Thursday donated 2,000 protective face masks to support Nigerian medical personnel in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Ambassador of Israel to...

Many feared dead, 300 injured, 50 missing as two Anambra communities clash

Posted: 07 May 2020 09:26 AM PDT

Fresh facts have emerged on the communal clash between Umumbo and Omor communities in Ayamelum local government area of Anambra State, with an eye witness claiming that many people were feared dead,...

WHO reacts as goat, pawpaw test positive for COVID-19

Posted: 07 May 2020 09:23 AM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday rejected claims by Tanzanian President John Magufuli that coronavirus tests in his country had been faulty. Recall that Tanzanian President, John...

BREAKING: Judge who pronounced annulment of June 12 election is dead

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:08 AM PDT

Dahiru Saleh, the judge who pronounced the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, is dead. Details of his death are sketchy but reports have it that he died in Bauchi state and would...

Nollywood Actress, Iyabo Ojo and Dino Melaye reacts to reports of their upcoming wedding

Posted: 07 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT

Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has debunked the report that she is secretly engaged and set to walk down the aisle with former senator, Dino Melaye. A report has it that the divorced mother of two got...

COVID-19: 270 Nigerians in US for repatriation Saturday

Posted: 07 May 2020 08:35 AM PDT

The first batch of 270 Nigerians stranded in the United States will be repatriated home on Saturday. They are part of about 700 Nigerians in the US who registered for the emergency evacuation on...

Ohanaeze outlines issues Buhari must tackle in Southeast before exiting power in 2023

Posted: 07 May 2020 08:35 AM PDT

The Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Thursday listed critical issues the Southeast expects the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to tackle before it leaves power in...

COVID-19 is not the major challenge for many in Katsina —Gov. Masari

Posted: 07 May 2020 08:32 AM PDT

Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina, says many people in the state do no see coronavirus as a problem but banditry. Speaking on Thursday when he received Leo Irabor, chief of defence training and...

COVID -19: I have seen so many deaths, it bothers me- Regina Askia Williams

Posted: 07 May 2020 08:31 AM PDT

Former Nollywood actress, Regina Askia-Williams who is now  a Family  Nurse Practitioner in New York,  has opened up on her experience attending to patients who tested positive for...

COVID-19: Japan to approve drug for treatment on Thursday

Posted: 07 May 2020 07:43 AM PDT

Japan has said it will approve the antiviral drug, Remdesivir, to treat coronavirus patients on Thursday. The country also said it might approve another medication, Avigan, later this month. This...

COVID19: Vehicles impounded during Rivers State lockdown will be auctioned – Wike warns

Posted: 07 May 2020 07:13 AM PDT

The Rivers State government has said all cars impounded during the lockdown in the state will be auctioned to members of the public. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus...

Sanwo-Olu takes another coronavirus test after 10 persons associated with Lagos State House, Marina test positive

Posted: 07 May 2020 07:10 AM PDT

The Lagos State Minister of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi has announced that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife Joke have tested negative for the deadly coronavirus disease. Abayomi made...

Court fines NUC, Airtel N703m over copyright infringement

Posted: 07 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT

A federal high court in Abuja has awarded the sum of N703 million as damages to the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) over copyright infringement. Both...
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