Friday 15 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's Coronavirus cases surge past 5,000” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's Coronavirus cases surge past 5,000” plus 29 more

Nigeria's Coronavirus cases surge past 5,000

Posted: 14 May 2020 11:56 PM PDT

Nigeria's Coronavirus infections have surpassed 5,000 after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, released 193 new cases of the pandemic on Thursday. According to NCDC, Nigeria's total...

Obasanjo joins world leaders demand for free COVID-19 vaccine

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:18 AM PDT

Ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is among 140 current and former world leaders calling for "a people's vaccine" against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The leaders signed a petition on Thursday...

MASSOB blasts Nnamdi Kanu - "You can't sit comfortably in Canada or London and claim your are fighting for Biafra"

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:12 AM PDT

The Movement for the Survival of the Sovereign State of Biafra has dared the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to come back home and fight for Biafra. MASSOB also...

Naira exchanges at ₦450 to dollar

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:09 AM PDT

The naira on Thursday exchanged at ₦450 to dollar at the parallel market as build up on dollar demand continued to rise. The naira is seen weakening on the black market as dollar demand rises from...

Atiku to Buhari - "Sell some presidential jets, cancel N27 Billion budget for the renovation of the National Assembly"

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:20 AM PDT

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the latest review of the 2020 budget by the Federal Government, saying it shows that the regime has lost touch with current global economic...

FG gives conditions for airlifting Nigerians in Thailand

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:02 AM PDT

The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Mission in Thailand not to evacuate any stranded individual who failed to settle his accommodation and feeding charges ahead of repatriation. This...

SAD: BRT crushes woman to death in Lagos, driver flees

Posted: 15 May 2020 12:01 AM PDT

A driver with the Bus Rapid Transit, Collins Nnodi, has gone into hiding after crushing a businesswoman, Mrs Grace Okeleke, to death at the Agric bus stop in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The...

REVEALED: 14 new things President Buhari plans to do for Nigeria

Posted: 14 May 2020 01:58 PM PDT

The Presidency on Thursday released list of 14 critical actions President Muhammadu Buhari will do to salvage the nation after COVID-19. It said the president had already started doing some of the...

Lagos Assembly rejects Governor Sanwo-Olu’s nominee for audit commission

Posted: 14 May 2020 02:26 PM PDT

The Lagos House of Assembly on Thursday rejected one of the nominees submitted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the state's Audit Service Commission. However, the lawmakers confirmed three out the...

NCDC warns against self-medication for Coronavirus

Posted: 14 May 2020 02:10 PM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday kicked against self-medication of any kind by coronavirus patients in the country. This followed the disclosure by a former Senior Special...

Coronavirus kills over 300,000 worldwide

Posted: 14 May 2020 02:07 PM PDT

Over 300,000 people have now died from coronavirus and close to 4.5million have been infected by Thursday. Data from Johns Hopkins University estimated the death toll as 300,074. However, another...

Namibia announces five-year ban on buying cars for government officials

Posted: 14 May 2020 01:53 PM PDT

Namibia's president on Thursday slapped a five-year ban on buying new cars for top politicians and government officials in order to channel funds into fighting coronavirus, his office...

COVID-19: Gombe lifts ban on worship centres

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:54 AM PDT

Gombe State Government has announced the suspension of the ban imposed on places of worship to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Governor Inuwa Yahaya announced the lifting of the suspension...

Abuja resident petitions I-G, AGF over alleged shooting, demands NIbn compensation

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:50 AM PDT

An artisan and resident of Kuje in Abuja, Mr Sati Danshetu, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police over an alleged shooting and breaching of his fundamental rights by police during lockdown...

Artistes still need to have relationships with their former labels- Korede Bello

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:46 AM PDT

Godwin crooner, Korede Bello has spoken on the need for artistes to have relationships with the record labels they were signed to, even after their contract has elapsed. Bello made this statement as...

COVID 19: “Almajiris are breeding grounds for Coronavirus – Ganduje

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:40 AM PDT

The Kano State Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Almajiris are the breeding ground of Coronavirus because they lack all the basic sanitation and Hygiene needed to prevent the...

Coronavirus: Why Nigerians must shun chloroquine – NAFDAC

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:38 AM PDT

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has again cautioned Nigerians against COV1D-19 treatment. The agency on Thursday insisted that chloroquine was not an...

Tinubu sends message to Afenifere leader, Fasoranti

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:36 AM PDT

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, has described Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti, as a man of great repute and accomplished educationist. He congratulated him on his...

China raises concerns amid new coronavirus cases

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:36 AM PDT

China has announced new measures amid a fresh threat of coronavirus spread. On Thursday, the world's most populous nation said it will increase COVID-19 testing and screening. National Health...

FG using school feeding agenda as ploy to steal N13bn from national treasury – PDP

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:30 AM PDT

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the school feeding programme embarked upon by the Federal Government is targeted at stealing N13.5 billion from national treasury. In a statement on...

We’ll spare no cost to protect you – Buhari assures Nigerians

Posted: 14 May 2020 10:25 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians he would not spare any cost in his resolve to see that peace and security are achieved across the country. This was the assurance he left with...

COVID-19: Donald Trump pushes for schools resumption, ignores expert’s caution

Posted: 14 May 2020 09:43 AM PDT

U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Thursday, pushed for schools to reopen and sharply disagreed with the nation's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, who warned this week against sending...

Fulani herdsmen kill more Nigerians than COVID-19 – Fani-Kayode tells Buhari’s govt

Posted: 14 May 2020 09:31 AM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has claimed that Fulani herdsmen kill more Nigerians in a week than the Coronavirus pandemic. Fani-Kayode made this statement following recent attacks...

IPOB reacts to arrest of 9 suspected members allegedly with guns in Delta

Posted: 14 May 2020 09:31 AM PDT

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied reports claiming that some members of the group were arrested with AK-47 rifles in Delta State by the Nigeria Police. The Delta Police Command, on...

Gambari’s appointment will help cement local, global relationships ― Ganduje

Posted: 14 May 2020 08:45 AM PDT

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has described the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as that which will help cement both...

UTME 2020: Imo, Anambra, Enugu top list of states with malpractices

Posted: 14 May 2020 08:42 AM PDT

Anambra, Imo and Enugu have appeared most visible as states with the highest number of candidates who cheated during the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. A total of 195...

Post-COVID-19: Presidency releases Buhari’s plans for Nigeria

Posted: 14 May 2020 08:30 AM PDT

The Presidency has released the actions and measures being taken by President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce the suffering of Nigerians after the COVID-19 pandemic. In an article made availableT on...

Judge reprimands EFCC in trial of ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal

Posted: 14 May 2020 07:59 AM PDT

Justice Jude Okeke of the FCT High Court has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to put its house in order in the trial of ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

Court orders DSS to pay N10m to man detained for using Hanan Buhari’s previous phone line

Posted: 14 May 2020 07:59 AM PDT

A federal high court in Asaba has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N10 million to Anthony Okolie, the man arrested for using the previous phone line of President Muhammadu...

Ekiti becomes cheapest broadband investment hub in Nigeria

Posted: 14 May 2020 07:47 AM PDT

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has signed an executive order reducing the right of way charges related to laying broadband or any other telecommunications infrastructures from N4,500 to N145...
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