Thursday, 21 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Lagos records highest daily toll as NCDC confirms 284 new COVID-19 cases” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Lagos records highest daily toll as NCDC confirms 284 new COVID-19 cases” plus 29 more

Lagos records highest daily toll as NCDC confirms 284 new COVID-19 cases

Posted: 21 May 2020 12:01 AM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 284 new COVID-19 cases in 12 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). The agency made the announcement at 11:20 pm on Wednesday via...

Buhari fires NECO registrar, four other management staff

Posted: 21 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Prof. Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, (NECO). Similarly, he has dismissed four...

US topping COVID-19 cases is ‘badge of honour’, says Donald Trump

Posted: 20 May 2020 11:11 AM PDT

President Donald Trump says the feat recorded by US as the top on the list of countries with COVID-19 confirmed cases is a badge of honour. The country currently has 1,574,507 confirmed cases of the...

BBNaija announces date for Season 5 audition, lists criteria

Posted: 20 May 2020 11:14 AM PDT

Multichoice Nigeria has begun online auditions for the fifth season of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija), calling for video entries which often precede the selection of prospective housemates. The call...

WHO sends message to countries on coronavirus vaccines, others

Posted: 20 May 2020 10:56 AM PDT

Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has told countries that the agency will use every tool at its disposal to fight coronavirus. Ghebreyesus assured that the UN...

Almajirai not welcomed in any part of Ebonyi – Umahi

Posted: 20 May 2020 10:34 AM PDT

Almajirai are not welcomed in Ebonyi, Governor David Umahi has declared. Speaking on reports of Almajirai being smuggled into the Southeast after expulsion from some Northern states in wake of the...

Allow herbal remedies for COVID-19, Archbishop Martins tells FG

Posted: 20 May 2020 09:51 AM PDT

‌ Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has appealed to the Federal Government to allow traditional medicine practitioners to use local herbs and roots as a cure for...

Six more workers in Oyo company test positive for COVID-19

Posted: 20 May 2020 09:45 AM PDT

Six more workers at iSON Xperiences, a company in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, have tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 63 cases have now been recorded at the company which specialises in,...

NASS tasked to withhold NDDC Budget for 2020 until new governing board resumes

Posted: 20 May 2020 09:45 AM PDT

A Civil Society Organization has called on the National Assembly to withhold the 2020 Budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC until the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the...

Insecurity: Benue, Nasarawa govs meet

Posted: 20 May 2020 08:51 AM PDT

Benue and Nasarawa State Governors, Samuel Ortom, and Abdullahi Sule, on Wednesday, met and agreed to jointly constitute security committees at the Local Government Areas in their border communities...

78-year-old COVID-19 patient dies in Delta

Posted: 20 May 2020 08:48 AM PDT

A 78-year-old COVID-19 patient on Wednesday died at the Central hospital in Warri, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths to six in Delta State. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mordi...

Alleged COVID-19 cure: Nigerian govt did not receive 170,000 Euros bill from Madagascar – Presidency

Posted: 20 May 2020 08:00 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to reports that Madagascar billed Nigeria 170,000 Euros for the COVID-19 alleged cure sent to the...

President Buhari sends message to General Oladipo Diya

Posted: 20 May 2020 07:52 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a condolence message to former Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya, over the passing of his wife, Chief Deborah Folashade Diya. General Diya was charged...

COVID-19: Nigerians blast Buhari govt as ‘Chinese doctors turn ‘engineers’

Posted: 20 May 2020 07:51 AM PDT

Nigerians on social media have blasted the Federal Government for allegedly deceiving the people on the real mission of the 15 Chinese that arrived the country on April 8, 2020. They cried out that...

Most COVID-19 deaths are from wealthy people who chose home-based care -Health minister

Posted: 20 May 2020 09:56 AM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says most COVID-19 deaths are from educated and wealthy people who initially chose home-based medical care. Speaking on Tuesday at the COVID-19 presidential task...

BREAKING: FEC approves N623m for customs to buy computers

Posted: 20 May 2020 07:16 AM PDT

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N623.7 million for the Nigeria Customs Service to buy computers for its zonal and area commands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai...

COVID-19: Enugu commences decontamination of all court premises, offices, fuel stations

Posted: 20 May 2020 07:13 AM PDT

The Enugu State Fire Service, today, commenced the decontamination and fumigation of all court premises and offices in the state, starting from the State Judiciary Headquarters complex at the...

Eld-Fitri: Pray in your homes – Sultan tells Muslims

Posted: 20 May 2020 06:43 AM PDT

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has urged Muslims across the country to pray in their...

‘You are a great asset to Nigeria’ — Ban Ki-Moon hails Buhari's Chief of Staff, Gambari

Posted: 20 May 2020 06:39 AM PDT

Ban Ki-Moon, former United Nations secretary-general, has described Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, as "a great asset to Nigeria and Africa in a broader sense". The new...

We recorded two not 10 COVID-19 cases, Zamfara counters NCDC

Posted: 20 May 2020 06:38 AM PDT

Zamfara government says there is an error in the number of new COVID-19 cases announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for the state on Monday. Yahaya Kanoma, the commissioner for...

Decision to extend lockdown not punitive — Boss Mustapha

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:48 AM PDT

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF), on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, has assured Nigerians on Tuesday said the decision to extend the...

Buhari, ministers hold second virtual FEC meeting

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:42 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari and ministers are attending a virtual Federal Executive Council meeting. Buhari attends from the Presidential Villa in Abuja. It is the second virtual FEC meeting since...

Another Pastor who defied religious gatherings order hit with COVID-19

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:21 AM PDT

A popular US Pastor who disobeyed President Donald Trump's order on religious gatherings and held a Mother's Day Church service has tested positive for coronavirus. Redwood Valley Assembly of God...

General Diya’s younger wife, Shade, dies of COVID-19 as second wife down with virus

Posted: 20 May 2020 10:06 AM PDT

Folashade, a 66-year old younger wife of retired Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya was diagnosed and confirmed dead of Coronavirus pandemic following a possible infection of the Diyas by some of their...

COVID-19: ‘Your Ignorance Stinks’ – Lady Lambasts Ibiyeomie, Says His Followers Have No Brains (VIDEO)

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:16 AM PDT

NigerianEye has sighted a video showing a yet-to-be-identified woman going berserk over COVID-19 comments made by PastorDavid Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt in Rivers...

Coronavirus alleged cure: South Africa reveals discussion with Madagascar

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:16 AM PDT

South Africa has disclosed that Madagascar contacted the government on its solution for coronavirus. The herbal remedy is called COVID Organics. Zweli Mkhize, South Africa's Health Minister spoke to...

COVID-19: Two positive patients refuse isolation, allege coronavirus is scam

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:05 AM PDT

Bauchi state government has lamented the refusal of two Coronavirus positive cases to isolate themselves. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr...

BREAKING: Nigerian Postal Service headquarters on fire

Posted: 20 May 2020 04:06 AM PDT

The Nigerian Postal Service Headquarters was on Wednesday hit by an early morning fire, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The Federal Capital territory Fire Service personnel were, however,...

EDO 2020: Athletes urge sports ministry on suitable time frame for NSF

Posted: 20 May 2020 04:02 AM PDT

Desirous of picking Tokyo Olympics qualification standard at the National Sports Festival, top Nigerian athletes have asked the Sports Ministry not to fix the new date beyond August 2020. The Sports...

Dortmund welcome Arsenal contact for Akanji

Posted: 20 May 2020 03:39 AM PDT

Arsenal are eyeing Borussia Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji. The Gunners are in the market for a young centre-half signing this summer and been linked with a raft of prospects. Fussball Transfers...
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