Monday, 4 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Nigeria records 170 new cases of COVID-19, total now 2558” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria records 170 new cases of COVID-19, total now 2558” plus 29 more


Nigeria records 170 new cases of COVID-19, total now 2558

Posted: 03 May 2020 11:39 PM PDT

Nigeria, on Sunday night recorded 170 new cases of Coronavirus. According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), Lagos State recorded 39 cases, Kano State had 29 cases,...

Task force to arrest motorists defying new COVID-19 safety rules

Posted: 04 May 2020 12:01 AM PDT

As the phased easing of lockdown begins in Lagos State on Monday, May 4, the state government says it will not spare any erring motorist, be it private owners or commercial operators, who fails to...

Gnassingbe sworn in for fourth term as Togo president

Posted: 03 May 2020 11:59 PM PDT

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony that was minimised to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Some 200 guests – all wearing face masks and practicing...

Trump blasts George Bush for failing to support him

Posted: 03 May 2020 11:50 PM PDT

US President Donald Trump on Sunday struck out at former President George W. Bush, who in a video called for compassion and solidarity over the coronavirus pandemic. Bush, like Trump, a member of...

Mysterious deaths of hundreds in Kano caused by Coronavirus

Posted: 03 May 2020 11:38 PM PDT

Leader of the Presidential Task Force committee on coronavirus (COVID-19) has revealed that the mysterious deaths in Kano state was caused by the virus. Dr Nasiru Sani Gwarzo who spoke on Sunday,...

50 Almajiri from Kano test positive for Coronavirus in Kaduna – El-Rufai

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:36 PM PDT

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa'i has disclosed that, repatriated Almajiri children from Kano State account for 50 of the 59 active COVID-19 cases in Kaduna. Governor El-Rufai...

VIDEO: Check out the new BRT seating arrangement as Lagos eases COVID-19 lockdown

Posted: 03 May 2020 02:16 PM PDT

Check out what the new Lagos BRT sitting arrangement will be as the lockdown is set to be eased on Monday, May 4, 2020. As the partial ease of the lockdown by the Federal Government in Lagos, Ogun,...

Oshiomhole violating directives to halt Coronavirus spread in Edo – Obaseki

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:54 PM PDT

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of violating directives to halt the spread of coronavirus...

Don’t resume on Monday, Sanwo-Olu orders civil servants

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:36 PM PDT

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered all civil servants in the state to stay away from work on Monday, May 4. The five-week-old total lockdown imposed on the nation's economic...

CBN orders Nigerian banks to suspend planned sack of workers

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:37 PM PDT

The Central Bank of Nigeria and the banks in the country have agreed to shelve the planned sack of workers in the banking sector as a result of the pandemic. This was contained in a statement on...

PDP lawmakers to Buhari: 'Relaxing lockdown insensitive, callous'

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:49 PM PDT

Lawmakers from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has warned against lifting the lockdown imposed on country as a result of the covid 19 pandemic,...

Attendees of Abba Kyari's burial test negative for Coronavirus

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:40 PM PDT

The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration said it has discharged the individuals who attended the burial of the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba...

‘I died for two minutes’ — 12-year-old COVID-19 survivor recounts ordeal

Posted: 03 May 2020 10:14 AM PDT

For a 12-year-old juvenile whose parents couldn't wait to see grow into a vibrant young woman in pursuit of big dreams, Juliet Daly didn't think that what had started out as mere stomach ache would...

Ogun resident doctors to begin strike amid COVID-19 outbreak

Posted: 03 May 2020 10:04 AM PDT

The association of resident doctors at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun state, has asked members to embark on a three-day warning strike starting from Monday. In a letter...

VIDEO: BBNaija’s Mike and wife are expecting their first child

Posted: 03 May 2020 10:15 AM PDT

Big Brother 2019 first runner up Mike Edwards and his wife, Perri Shakes Drayton, on Sunday, announced they are expecting their first child. The couple made the announcement on their social media...

COVID-19: Lagos Govt issues new guideline for reopening of market

Posted: 03 May 2020 09:41 AM PDT

Amid efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Lagos State Government has issued new guidelines for the reopening of markets and shopping malls across the state. Wale Ahmed, the State's...

Lagos records three fresh COVID-19 deaths

Posted: 03 May 2020 10:18 AM PDT

Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner of health, says three more COVID-19 patients have died in the state. Abayomi broke the news via Twitter on Sunday. Giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the...

Nigerian Man narrates how the "blood of Jesus" saved him from getting robbed

Posted: 03 May 2020 09:03 AM PDT

A Twitter user has narrated how pleading the "blood of Jesus" saved him from getting robbed at about 4am today, May 3  According to @ayoajetomobi, the robber who asked for money and his phone...

'We are probably looking at murder' - Police arrest music director, Clarence Peters, over death of dancer, Kodak

Posted: 03 May 2020 08:27 AM PDT

Music director and cinematographer Clarence Peters has been arrested by the police in Lagos over the death of dancer Love Divines alias Kodak. Kodak was said to have been electrocuted while charging...

COVID-19: Reduce interest rates now – Tinubu tells Buhari

Posted: 03 May 2020 08:18 AM PDT

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari on how he can reduce the suffering of Nigerians and save the economy currently being...

No more subsidy, increased tax… what FG promised IMF to secure $3.4bn loan

Posted: 03 May 2020 07:51 AM PDT

The federal government assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would not return to the era of fuel subsidy after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In a letter of intent requesting for the...

‘Doctors prepared to announce my death’ – Boris Johnson reveals how he battled COVID-19

Posted: 03 May 2020 07:46 AM PDT

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has revealed that doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled the coronavirus disease after testing positive. The Prime Minister made his first public...

COVID-19: Ogun state extends lockdown till May 9

Posted: 03 May 2020 07:44 AM PDT

Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state, has extended the lockdown in the state till May 9. The governor announced the extension of the restrictions in a statement issued at the weekend. On April 27,...

Nasarawa assembly member dies of COVID-19

Posted: 03 May 2020 07:01 AM PDT

Suleiman Adamu, a lawmaker representing Nasarawa central at the state house of assembly, has died of complications from COVID-19. Suleiman is the first patient to die of the disease in the...

Why I retired from Super Eagles – Ighalo

Posted: 03 May 2020 06:59 AM PDT

Former Flying Eagles captain and Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has revealed the real reason he ended his international career with the Super Eagles. Ighalo quit international career shortly...

Isolation Centres: Stop begging for houses, use seized assets – SERAP tells Buhari govt

Posted: 03 May 2020 06:52 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami, to...

Pastor Adeboye in new message to Christians, reveals why COVID-19 recovery rate is high

Posted: 03 May 2020 06:48 AM PDT

  The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, said many people have survived coronavirus because 'someone took a strip for all the...

BREAKING: Zamfara emir dies while in isolation

Posted: 03 May 2020 05:51 AM PDT

Mohammed Ahmad Asha, emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara state, is dead. According to The PUNCH, the emir died on Sunday in isolation. He was said to have died of suspected COVID-19-related...

Poor Nigerians to revolt soon – Dino Melaye warns ruling class

Posted: 03 May 2020 05:47 AM PDT

Senator Dino Melaye, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the November 16, 2019 Kogi-West senatorial election, has warned Nigerian leaders of impending violent revolution by the...

VIDEO: Presidency reacts to video of thousands allegedly attending Emir’s burial

Posted: 03 May 2020 05:43 AM PDT

The Presidency, through the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has reacted to the video showing thousands of mourners at the burial of the late emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida...

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