Monday, 11 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Face mask defaulters risk jail - Kano Governor” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Face mask defaulters risk jail - Kano Governor” plus 29 more

Face mask defaulters risk jail - Kano Governor

Posted: 10 May 2020 10:27 PM PDT

Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday, warned that anyone, who refused to wear face masks in Kano, risked jail term. Ganduje directed security agencies to enforce the wearing of face...

"I didn’t violate any law" – Owner of hotel demolished by Governor Wike cries out

Posted: 10 May 2020 10:24 PM PDT

The owner of Prudent Hotel demolished by the Rivers State Government, Promise Gogorodari, has denied violating any law to warrant the demolition of his structure. Gogorodari told newsmen that he...

FG warns vice-chancellors against reopening universities

Posted: 10 May 2020 10:19 PM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered vice chancellors to maintain the closure of federal, state and private universities in order to keep students and university communities safe from...

11 Nigerians killed by security forces during lockdown – NHRC

Posted: 10 May 2020 10:16 PM PDT

The National Human Rights Commission said on Sunday 11 persons were killed extra-judicially by the men of the Nigerian police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and others during the...

SERAP threatens to sue Governor Wike over hotels’ demolition

Posted: 10 May 2020 01:24 PM PDT

A Civil Society Organisation, the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, has threatened to institute legal action against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, over the demolition of two...

UK extends lockdown by three weeks

Posted: 10 May 2020 01:22 PM PDT

Britain's coronavirus lockdown will stay in place until at least June 1, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, as he unveiled cautious plans to lift restrictions imposed seven weeks...

Nigerian nurse dies in UK after contracting coronavirus

Posted: 10 May 2020 01:13 PM PDT

A United Kingdom based Nigerian nurse, Onyenachi Obasi, has died after contracting coronavirus from one of her patients. Obasi, 51, of Barking and Dagenham succumbed to the disease on Wednesday,...

Lockdown: Gov. Ayade sees catastrophe, wants ban on domestic flights lifted

Posted: 10 May 2020 09:49 AM PDT

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the ban on domestic flights as Nigerians grappled with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Ayade made the appeal on...

COVID-19: Rivers demolishes two hotels for flouting lockdown

Posted: 10 May 2020 09:31 AM PDT

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday supervised the demolition of two hotels in Eleme and Onne for violating the Executive Order 6 of the state government, which banned the operation of...

Kaduna announces two new COVID-19 deaths

Posted: 10 May 2020 08:34 AM PDT

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El Rufai, says the state recorded two fresh deaths from COVID-19 pandemic. He said this brings the total deaths so far to three in the state. The state recorded...

Five La Liga players test positive for coronavirus

Posted: 10 May 2020 08:28 AM PDT

Five players from Spain's top two leagues have tested positive for coronavirus, La Liga confirmed on Sunday. Players in Spain's top-flight and Segunda division were allowed to carry out individual...

Mystery deaths: Another traditional ruler, two others die in Kano

Posted: 10 May 2020 08:23 AM PDT

The Kano State traditional institution has again been thrown into a mourning state with the death of another traditional ruler, Dan Iyan Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero. A source who confirmed the death...

Pastor Adeboye seeks divine mercy over COVID-19

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:30 AM PDT

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday begged God to have mercy on the entire world over the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adeboye, who...

Buhari’s woeful failure compelling Nigerians to appreciate Jonathan’s disastrous administration – Shehu Sani

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:17 AM PDT

Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, on Sunday said the President Muhammadu Buhari's has failed Nigerians woefully. Sani lamented that indices on ground point to the fact that Buhari and the...

CBN gives medical firms conditions to access N100bn loans

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:12 AM PDT

To access the N100bn loans provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria for firms in the healthcare sector, a corporate entity must submit its application to a participating financial institution which...

Lyon criticize ‘sudden’ decision to end Ligue 1 season

Posted: 10 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT

Lyon hit out at the French football league on Sunday for "suddenly" ending the Ligue 1 campaign, saying the decision could see the division slip further behind Europe's top leagues and calling for it...

UCH records 1 new COVID-19 case among surgical staff – CMD

Posted: 10 May 2020 06:53 AM PDT

The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has recorded a new COVID-19 case within its surgical services unit. The hospital's Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, disclosed this...

Oyedepo complies with police, suspends plans to reopen his churches nationwide

Posted: 10 May 2020 06:31 AM PDT

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, has on Sunday complied with the police and government's directives on religious gathering despite his earlier threat to...

US court grants Nigeria access to key documents in $9 billion P&ID case

Posted: 10 May 2020 06:27 AM PDT

A US court has granted Nigeria access to key documents in the $9 billion case with Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), which agreed to build a gas-processing plant in the...

BREAKING: Police officer dies of COVID-19 in Ogun hospital

Posted: 10 May 2020 05:05 AM PDT

The authorities of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta have confirmed the death of an officer of the Nigerian Police Force as a result of coronavirus-related complications. The Head of...

Accountant General defends delay in payment of armed forces personnel salaries

Posted: 10 May 2020 05:17 AM PDT

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Sunday said it had completed paying April salaries of Armed Forces personnel. Its Director (Information, Press and Public Relations),...

PDP ward congresses crisis: Trouble looms as members accuse Secondus of manipulation

Posted: 10 May 2020 05:11 AM PDT

Again, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  is engulfed in crisis as trouble looms over the inauguration of the new Ward Executive Committees of the Party across Nigeria in which accusing...

Breaking: 160 stranded Nigerians depart U.S. for Abuja

Posted: 10 May 2020 04:30 AM PDT

The first batch of Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is on their way back home. The 160 Nigerians, including eight infants, made the first batch of...

COVID-19: 2020 still has more to offer ― Kemi Adetiba

Posted: 10 May 2020 03:46 AM PDT

In the face of hopelessness, fear and gloom occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic that have characterized much of year 2020 most people in the world have written off the year as a year of total...

COVID-19: Liberia Govt. extends lockdown, allows places of worship to reopen

Posted: 10 May 2020 03:40 AM PDT

The government of Liberia has extended the lockdown to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country for another 14 days, but following calls from religious leaders, has...

COVID-19: Labour minister speaks against impending total lockdown in Nigeria

Posted: 10 May 2020 03:36 AM PDT

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has aired his personal opinion, speaking against any plan to further place the country on total lockdown as a measure to curtail the...

Feeding programme: Publish details of suppliers, SERAP tasks FG

Posted: 10 May 2020 03:25 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the Federal Government, asking "the authorities to urgently publish details of the...

Lagos may continue to experience spike in COVID-19 cases — NIMR boss

Posted: 10 May 2020 02:37 AM PDT

Director-General of Nigeria Institute for Medical Research, Prof. Babatunde  Salako, says three factors are responsible for the continued spike in cases of people who test positive for COVID-19...

No definitive treatment for COVID-19 patients —Physicians

Posted: 10 May 2020 02:28 AM PDT

President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Francis Faduyile; and a nephrologist, Prof. Babatunde Salako, say there is no definitive treatment for the treatment of the novel...

Kano quarantines 431 almajirai from Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara

Posted: 10 May 2020 02:23 AM PDT

Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru, has said the state has quarantined no fewer than 431 almajirai before they would be evacuated to their respective states. He also said...
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