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NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria's Coronavirus cases increase to 1,932” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Nigeria's Coronavirus cases increase to 1,932” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Nigeria's Coronavirus cases increase to 1,932

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 05:28 PM PDT

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 204 new cases of coronavirus, its highest daily figure since the first case was recorded in February. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced new cases...

Some states are using COVID-19 to make money - Northern Elders

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:40 PM PDT

The Professor Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum on Thursday accused states of allegedly playing politics with the coronavirus that is currently ravaging the world. The NEF noted in particular...

Atiku blasts Buhari's govt for taking additional foreign loans

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:41 PM PDT

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned the Federal Government against taking additional foreign loans, noting that the nation's debt profile has quadrupled in just four years. In a piece...

Rivers governor blasts Buhari's government - "Stop using Coronavirus to play politics"

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:34 PM PDT

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the Federal Government of playing politics with the fight against COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Wike also attributed most of the new COVID-19 in the state ...

Fela’s drummer, Tony Allen is dead

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:26 PM PDT

Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who created afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, died suddenly at the age of 79 in Paris on Thursday, his manager told AFP. "We don't know the exact...

Five family members die mysteriously in Enugu

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:21 PM PDT

Residents of the Amaokpo suburb of Nike in the Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State were in tears on Thursday as the corpses of five members of a family, who died mysteriously in their...

Lagos state issues new guidelines for transport operations

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:07 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said commercial vehicles, from May 4, 2020, will operate from 6am to 7pm daily. Commercial motorcycle riders and inter-state travels were suspended...

Number of Nigerian health workers infected with COVID-19 rise from 40 to 113 in one week

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 07:46 PM PDT

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, revealed that 113 health workers had been infected with COVID-19. Ehanire, who disclosed this at the press briefing of the Presidential Task...

Coronavirus skyrockets in Kano with 80 new cases in single day

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 05:31 PM PDT

There is serious danger in Kano as the state recorded a whopping 80 new cases of Coronavirus on Thursday. Kano's total coronavirus cases is now put at 219, overtaking Abuja that has 178...

Nigeria lacks enough bed spaces for Coronavirus patients - NCDC boss laments

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 02:59 PM PDT

The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the country is facing challenges to curb the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Abuja and Kano State. He said this...

BREAKING: Lagos discharges 12 COVID-19 cases including Ukranian

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:31 AM PDT

Lagos State government has announced that 12 patients including a Ukrainian have been discharged from isolation facilities in the state. The patients comprising of nine males and three females were...

Ogun PDP Crisis: I am ready for genuine reconciliation — Kashamu

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 11:01 AM PDT

Senator Buruji Kashamu has declared his readiness to support any genuine reconciliation that will reposition the Ogun State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to a formidable party ahead...

Presidency clarifies alleged appointment of dead person by Buhari

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:32 AM PDT

An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media matters, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to reports that President Muhamadu Buhari appointed a dead person into the board of one the federal...

Oronsanye report: Buhari asks SGF, HoS to scrap, merge some govt agencies

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:25 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the implementation of a report submitted by the presidential committee on restructuring and rationalization of federal government parastatals, commissions and...

Yobe confirms COVID-19 index case in state

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:25 AM PDT

Yobe State COVID-19 Committee on Prevention and Control has confirmed that, the state has recorded its first Coronavirus case. Chairman of the Committee and the State Deputy Governor, Idi Barde...

Edo declares runaway COVID-19 positive nursing mother wanted

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:05 AM PDT

Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has declared wanted a nursing mother, Mrs. Amaka Okoro, for fleeing after testing positive for COVID-19 in the state. He also extended the dusk-to-dawn curfew, which...

BREAKING: We are struggling with bed spaces to treat COVID-19 patients in Lagos – NCDC

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:00 AM PDT

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says it is currently "struggling" for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state which has the highest number of persons infected...

Bundesliga starts testing players amid restart hopes

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 09:09 AM PDT

The German league confirmed Thursday that clubs have started testing players for the coronavirus as part of plans for the Bundesliga to resume next month. Testing players for the virus, which has so...

FG directs civil servants from level 14 to resume Monday

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:51 AM PDT

The Federal Government has ordered civil servants in the country to resume duties effective Monday, May 4. This was contained in a memo signed on Thursday by the Head of Service of the Federation,...

Government offices to open May 4 – Presidential Task Force

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:45 AM PDT

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has included Federal Government establishments on the list of sectors to open from May 4. The PTF disclosed that it would engage state governments to...

APC confirms Buhari appointed dead person, gives reason for mistake

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:42 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to reports that President Muhamadu Buhari appointed a 'dead man' from Ebonyi State as member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). Chief Tobias...

We did not approve ‘fresh N850bn loan’ for Buhari – Senate

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:42 AM PDT

The Senate on Thursday said it did not approve a "fresh loan of N850 billion" for President Muhammadu Buhari during its special plenary session on Tuesday. The new Chairman, Senate Committee on Media...

COVID-19: Nigerians in China appeal to FG for speedy evacuation

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:39 AM PDT

Nigerians resident in China have cried out to President Muhamadu Buhari to come to their rescue from the hands of Chinese authorities, who they accused of harassing and maltreating them, following...

Completing the season will be good for football – Mourinho

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:32 AM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho believes resuming the Premier League season, halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and playing it to completion will be good for the sport. Soccer in England...

Jigawa records first COVID-19 death

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:28 AM PDT

‌ Jigawa State has recorded its first coronavirus-related death in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. The state's Commissioner for Health and Chairman, Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Abba Zakari,...

PSG to be crowned as Ligue 1 champions

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 08:21 AM PDT

Paris St Germain moved within a fingertip of being crowned Ligue 1 champions when the French league recommended to freeze the 2019-20 standings amid the COVID-19 crisis on Thursday, French sports...

‘Show evidence I’m IPOB’s sponsor’ — Alex Otti replies Ikpeazu

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 07:44 AM PDT

Alex Otti, former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, has asked Okezie Ikpeazu, the state governor, to show proof of his alleged sponsorship of the...

Fayemi rewards man who took his son to isolation centre after he sneaked into Ekiti from Lagos

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 10:29 AM PDT

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti, has appointed Femi Adeoye, the retired civil servant who refused his son entry into his home after he sneaked into the state from Lagos, as a "response ambassador"...

COVID-19 lockdown: You have taken a dangerous gamble – Shehu Sani tells Buhari

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 07:39 AM PDT

A former lawmaker at the upper legislative chamber, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned against the decision to relax the Coronavirus lockdown in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun States. Sani, who represented...

NCDC warns against drinking palm oil as cure for COVID-19

Posted: 30 Apr 2020 07:35 AM PDT

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC has reacted to reports that drinking palm oil can stop the spread of Coronavirus. Reports had emerged a few days ago that drinking palm oil could stop a...
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