Tuesday, 26 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 8,068” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 8,068” plus 29 more


Nigeria's confirmed COVID-19 cases rise to 8,068

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:09 PM PDT

Nigeria has recorded 229 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 8,068. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Monday. Data...

47 die of COVID-19 in Lagos

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:09 PM PDT

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Lagos increased to 47 on Monday after an unnamed patient undergoing treatment in one of the isolation centres passed on. This was disclosed in a tweet by the state...

Sterling bank offers to help Cynthia Morgan resurrect her music career

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:09 PM PDT

Sterling Bank PLC has offered to help popular Nigerian singer Cynthia Morgan get back on her feet again. The singer had been out of the music scene for sometime after a contract crisis with her...

Cementary workers arrested with human heads

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:08 PM PDT

The Ondo State Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of four men, who were allegedly caught with human heads. The suspects, who were said to be workers at the Akure South Local Government ...

Power generation sinks to 2,627MW

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:06 PM PDT

The number of the nation's power plants sitting idle increased by three on Monday to 10, prompting generation to tumble below 3,000 megawatts. Total power generation in the country fell to 2,626.9MW...

Masks, sanitisers, thermometers coming to polling stations - INEC Chairman

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu said COVID-19 poses health challenges to the electoral process. He stated that in order to protect voters,...

US demands immediate probe of the president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:56 PM PDT

The United States has demanded a fresh probe of the president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, over allegations leveled against him. Bloomberg reports that Adesina was accused by a...

Celestial church donates N25 million to Lagos, Ogun to fight coronavirus

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:46 PM PDT

The Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide on Monday said it donated N25m to the Lagos and Ogun states governments to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the church's...

FG screening 19 Nigerian firms for COVID-19 drugs production

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:38 PM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Health is screening 19 local firms for the production of herbal drugs that can possibly treat or cure COVID-19. The firms, it was learnt, made many claims ranging from the...

Nigeria threatens to dismiss govt workers leaking official documents

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:36 PM PDT

The Federal Government has threatened to dismiss officers caught leaking official documents on social media. It said recent "unfortunate unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social...

WHO dumps hydroxychloroquine as drug for COVID-19

Posted: 25 May 2020 01:00 PM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a "temporary pause" in its solidarity trial on the use of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO...

UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: For N16,500, security agents will allow you travel from Lagos to Abuja despite interstate ban

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:04 AM PDT

Twenty-four hours to the trip, Otos, a worker at one of the bus terminals in the Jibowu area of Yaba, Lagos, had given all the assurances that there is commercial transportation to Abuja, and, in...

La Liga to restart with Sevilla, Real Betis clash

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:34 AM PDT

‌ La Liga president Javier Tebas said Sunday he hopes the resumed season will start on June 11 with the Seville derby, "one game for all of Spain". "It is possible that on Thursday, June 11, we...

COVID-19: INEC to receive names of Edo, Ondo guber candidates online, says e-voting will begin in 2021

Posted: 25 May 2020 11:01 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will adopt electronic platforms for the submission of nomination forms by political parties in the Edo and Ondo governorship...

Kaduna to enrol repatriated Almajirai in primary schools – El-Rufai ‌

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:23 AM PDT

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Monday said all the 218 Almajirai repatriated from neighbouring states and tested negative for COVID-19 will be enrolled in primary schools in the...

COVID-19: Gombe discharges 44 Almajarai after 14 days quarantine

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:14 AM PDT

Gombe State government on Monday discharged another set of Almajarai from the Amada quarantine camp having tested negative to COVID-19 after completing their two weeks quarantine period in the...

Rivers has infected my manager with COVID-19, says owner of demolished hotel

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT

Promise Gogorobari, owner of Prodest Hotel, Eleme, which was demolished for allegedly flouting lockdown order in Rivers, has accused the state government of infecting his manager, with COVID-19. In a...

I can never bring P-Square back together – Jude Okoye

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT

Former manager of now-defunct duo P-Square, Jude Okoye, has said he will never try to bring his two brothers together again. Jude stated this during an Instagram Live chat with blogger, Tunde Ednut...

US artistes only interested in us for retweets- Samklef

Posted: 25 May 2020 10:06 AM PDT

Ace music producer, Samklef has averred that American artistes pretend to care about Africans for retweets. In a video shared on his Twitter page, the music producer said it is disastrous that many...

Lagos Ndigbo sacks Sanwo-Olu’s aide, Joe Igbokwe as leader, announces replacement

Posted: 25 May 2020 09:57 AM PDT

Leadership of Ndigbo in Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) has sacked Joe Igbokwe as its apex leader 'for not promoting Igbo cause in Lagos'. Igbokwe is special adviser on Drainage and...

I almost quit Barcelona – Messi

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:46 AM PDT

Lionel Messi has revealed how he 'wanted to leave' Barcelona in 2016 due to the scrutiny on him amid a tax row with the Spanish government. Messi is the finest player in LaLiga and league chief...

Detained Zakzaky gives food items to Kaduna journalists

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:43 AM PDT

Detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has donated food items to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of journalists, NUJ, Kaduna. He said the...

COVID-19: President Buhari warns Nigerians to ‘be very careful’

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:10 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerians to be very careful amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Buhari said this while speaking with State House reporters, after Eid prayers to commemorate the...

‘I took your VEVO account to recover my N40m’ – Jude Okoye replies Cynthia Morgan

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:04 AM PDT

Jude Okoye has reacted to the accusations against him by his former record label act, Cynthia Morgan. She had claimed that she lost all she had, including her name, VEVO account, Instagram account...

Buhari responsible for rise of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria – Omokri alleges

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:03 AM PDT

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being responsible for the rise in cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Omokri said if Buhari had...

Lockdown violation: Nigerians react to ‘small’ N1m fine on UK airline, Flairjet

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:03 AM PDT

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has come under heavy attack by Nigerians over the fine of N1m imposed on a British private charter company, Flairjet for violating COVID-19 airport directives...

In Abuja, policemen chasing suspected kidnappers shoot teenager performing ablution

Posted: 25 May 2020 07:42 AM PDT

A teenager, Sadiq Abubakar-Ibrahim, has undergone surgery at the National Hospital, Abuja after he was shot by policemen attached to the Special Tactical Squad. About a dozen detectives of the...

Election: ‘We don’t want bloodshed in Edo primaries’

Posted: 25 May 2020 07:28 AM PDT

The Chief Imam of Benin Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdufatah Enabulele has said the people of Edo State do not want bloodshed during the parties primary elections in the State. Enabulele, who made the...

Wike splashes N450m cash on victims of Rivers 2019 ‘bloody’ poll

Posted: 25 May 2020 09:33 AM PDT

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has released a sum of N450m to victims of the 2019 bloody general elections in Ijaw communities in Abonema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state. The...

Prophet Fufeyin reveals how he allegedly healed COVID-19 patient

Posted: 25 May 2020 08:11 AM PDT

The founder of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Prophet, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin has claimed that a U.S. based COVID-19 patient, identified as Tyeisha has been healed through one of his online...

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