Friday, 22 May 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases shoot up past 7,000” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases shoot up past 7,000” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases shoot up past 7,000

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:59 PM PDT

Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have jumped to 7,016, with 339 new cases recorded on Thursday. Lagos has continued to record a spike in infections, ramping up 139 new cases, while Kano and Oyo came...

Nigeria Customs seize the largest single seizure of cannabis in Nigeria's history, worth N1.2 Billion

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:15 PM PDT

Operatives of the Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) have intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa valued at N1,002,050,000 during a seagoing patrol on Lagos waters. The...

Man demands N10 Million from DSS as damages after he was detained for buying SIM card previously owned by Buhari’s daughter

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:16 PM PDT

Delta-based trader, Anthony Okolie, has written a letter to the Department of State Services demanding the payment of N10m to him as ordered by a Federal High Court in Asaba last week. Justice...

75-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 in Ekiti

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:15 PM PDT

A 75-year-old woman has died of coronavirus-related complications in Ekiti State. This was confirmed by the state government on Thursday. With the new fatality, the number of COVID-19 deaths has...

DPO arrested for alleged murder in Lagos

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:12 PM PDT

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the Divisional Police Officer of Ilemba Hausa, Ojo Local Government, CSP Yahaya Adeshina, and Inspector Charles Okoro over the alleged murder of two...

Massive jubilation in Rivers as Wike relaxes lockdown

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:09 PM PDT

Some Rivers residents in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor LGAs on Thursday expressed joy over the announcement of a six-day suspension of the total lockdown by the state government. The state Governor,...

FG asks churches, mosques, others to submit guidelines for reopening

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:06 PM PDT

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday said COVID-19 patients, who spent a long period at isolation centres were at the risk of depression. Ehanire, who stated this in Abuja at the...

Sultan to muslims in Nigerian - "Observe sallah prayers at home"

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:49 PM PDT

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has asked Nigerian Muslims to observe the congregational prayers for this year's Eid-el-Fitri in their...

Nigerian military quarantines Boko Haram members, give them masks

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:36 PM PDT

The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said its troops now quarantine and give face masks to Boko Haram, bandits and other suspects arrested in the line of operation. The Coordinator of the DHQ'S...

Beware of COVID-19 patients, minister cautions herbalists

Posted: 21 May 2020 11:41 AM PDT

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has cautioned traditional medicine practitioners to refer patients with symptoms of coronavirus to the appropriate authorities. Mamora, while...

BREAKING: FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays

Posted: 21 May 2020 09:38 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to mark Eldi Fitri Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the...

Lagos reduces 2020 budget to N920.5 billion

Posted: 21 May 2020 10:20 AM PDT

Lagos State Executive Council has approved a reduction of the State's 2020 Budget to N920.5 billion to help mitigate the economic and social headwinds precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic on the...

Governor Uzodinma motivates each Judge with N22m car gift

Posted: 21 May 2020 10:18 AM PDT

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has been applauded by the Executive Council of the State for motivating the state's judges with car gifts. The Council said on Wednesday after their meeting that...

‘My IG account has been hacked’ — Seyi Shay reacts to unclad photos

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:33 PM PDT

Oluwaseyi Odedere, Nigerian singer better known as Seyi Shay, says her Instagram account has been hacked after unclad photos of herself appeared on the page. On Thursday, three racy pictures of the...

Lagos has spent at least N640m on COVID-19 tests -Commissoner for health

Posted: 21 May 2020 10:13 AM PDT

Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos, says the state has spent N640 million on COVID-19 tests. He disclosed this  on Thursday, while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in...

We never promised Obaseki automatic ticket – APC reveals

Posted: 21 May 2020 09:54 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state loyal to the National Chairman of to Parry, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed claims by former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie...

Lagos raises alarm: 'More COVID-19 patients still on the run'

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:34 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Thursday raised the alarm over alarming rate at which people who tested positive for Coronavirus are absconding from treatment. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin...

Buhari under fire for giving ‘strategic’ appointments to Fulani, Hausa, Kanuri

Posted: 21 May 2020 09:08 AM PDT

A Civil Rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed apprehensions over the lopsided appointment by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal...

78 COVID-19 cases linked to one company in Oyo

Posted: 21 May 2020 09:03 AM PDT

Fifteen more workers at iSON Xperiences in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, have tested positive for COVID-19. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, made the announcement in a statement issued on Thursday...

Church of satan rebukes Fani-kayode after he condemns them

Posted: 21 May 2020 08:47 AM PDT

On Wednesday, May 20, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, a staunch believer in Christ Jesus led an online prayer against the Church of Satan after a picture showed the latter having a procession in the United...

TRENDING VIDEO: Nigerian soldier curses Army boss, Buratai on battlefield

Posted: 21 May 2020 08:44 AM PDT

The video below appears to show an officer of the Nigerian Army expressing frustration and heaping his anger on Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, over an attack by Boko Haram...

Coronavirus: Trump, other G7 leaders to meet

Posted: 21 May 2020 08:43 AM PDT

President Donald Trump said he was considering conducting the upcoming G7 summit in the United States. The American leader suggests that he prefers an in-person meeting rather than a teleconferencing...

BREAKING: Lagos records four more COVID-19 deaths

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:42 AM PDT

Lagos State has recorded four additional coronavirus fatalities. The state Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Thursday via Twitter. He said the new COVID-19 associated deaths...

Benue government approves reopening of religious centres

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:45 AM PDT

Benue state government has approved the reopening of churches and mosques for religious worships two months after they were shut following the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. The government...

PHOTO: I spend nights at our borders to guard Cross River against COVID-19 -Ben Ayade

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:24 AM PDT

Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River, says he spends nights at the state's borders to prevent an index case of COVID-19. Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Thursday, Ayade said his government...

Alleged N48bn Agric Ministry scam: ‘Your govt stinks, FEC filled with corrupt racketeers’ – PDP blasts Buhari

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:24 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said the revelation of alleged over N48 billion fraud in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has exposed the "monstrous corruption,...

Cross River suspends doctor over death of Ayade’s aide

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:16 AM PDT

The Cross River Government says it has suspended Dr Offiong Okoho, over an alleged unprofessional practices leading to the death of Prince Otu-Otu Duke, a patient under his care. Duke, who was the...

VIDEO: American accuses Bill Gates of making up covid-19, says people will be killed

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:13 AM PDT

An American woman has accused Bill Gates of trying to use the novel COVID-19 to kill humans all over the world through the enforcement of the use of face masks. In a video trending online, the angry...

Shehu sani tackles El-rufai’s son in a wild twitter exchange

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT

Former Senator and author Shehu Sani has attacked Bashir, the son of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, describing him as "a gnomish heir from a lunatic dynasty". It went down on Wednesday...

Nollywood actor, Temitayo Phillips allegedly stabs neighbour to death

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT

Police in Lagos have reportedly arrested an actor for allegedly stabbing his neighbour to death in the Ikotun area of the state. Actor Temitayo Phillips Ogunbusola, 30, allegedly stabbed his...
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