Thursday, 7 May 2020

NigerianEye: “Oyedepo blasts government for locking churches because of COVID-19, while hospitals, markets are open” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Oyedepo blasts government for locking churches because of COVID-19, while hospitals, markets are open” plus 29 more

Oyedepo blasts government for locking churches because of COVID-19, while hospitals, markets are open

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:53 PM PDT

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has chided the Federal and State Governments for opening markets and continue to lock up churches in the country. Oyedepo, in...

103 Nigerians are now dead from Coronavirus

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:53 PM PDT

Coronavirus death toll in Nigeria has climbed to 103, with five new deaths recorded by the nation on Wednesday. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, five new deaths recorded...

Nigeria confirms 195 new cases of COVID-19, total now 3145

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:54 PM PDT

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 195 new cases of COVID-19. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Nigeria now has 3,145 confirmed...

Coronavirus patients escape from isolation centres in Oyo, Niger, Bauchi

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:54 PM PDT

Two COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in Oyo State as well as one each in Niger and Bauchi states have fled from isolation centres. Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde said the two people who ran...

Car crushes man to death while making video call to girlfriend in Ogun state

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:55 PM PDT

Tragedy struck on Wednesday when a 26-year-old man, Olajide Asade, was crushed to death by a commercial car, while he was making a video call to his girlriend at the Adedero village on the...

We have a traditional cure for COVID-19 - Alaafin of Oyo

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:55 PM PDT

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has said there is traditional medicine capable of curing COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke in his palace while presenting to the public, a book written on the late...

Why I called $311m looted fund Abacha assets – Malami

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:56 PM PDT

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday, defended his labelling of the just-repatriated $311m previously looted by the late Head of...

Nigeria’s first Boeing 747 pilot dies at 78

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:52 PM PDT

Captain Harrison Adekunle Kuti, first Nigerian commercial pilot to fly Boeing 747, is dead. He died on March 28 at 78 after a brief illness. Captain Harrison Kuti trained as a pilot and attended...

Airlines in Nigeria losing N17 Billion monthly to COVID-19

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:29 PM PDT

Airlines in Nigeria are losing about N17 Billion monthly as a result of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak across the country, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. The Minister of Aviation,...

Two Oyo COVID-19 patients flee isolation centre

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:25 PM PDT

Two of the 33 COVID-19 active cases in Oyo State have absconded, Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed on Wednesday. Makinde, who made the disclosure on his official Twitter handle, said more results from...

Ekiti to prosecute woman for importing COVID-19 to the state

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:22 PM PDT

Ekiti State Government has said it will prosecute the soldier's wife who came into the state from Katsina State with COVID-19 despite the lockdown order and prohibition of inter-state movement. The...

We will feed schoolchildren at home despite the lockdown - Nigerian Govt

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:20 PM PDT

The Federal Government, in partnership with states, is set to start feeding schoolchildren in their home, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya...

COVID-19: FG extends flight ban by four weeks

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:27 PM PDT

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the ban on local and international flights by four weeks. This was revealed by Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha,...

Lagos discharges 37 more COVID-19 patients

Posted: 06 May 2020 01:21 PM PDT

37 patients undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at isolation centres in Lagos State have recovered and have been discharged. The Lagos State Ministry of Health made this known via its Twitter handle...

Nigerian woman delivers baby aboard Emirates Airline

Posted: 06 May 2020 01:22 PM PDT

One of the stranded Nigerians returning from the United Arab Emirates, Mrs. Kafayat Amusan delivered a baby boy aboard an Emirates Airline plane. Mr. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public...

265 Nigerians evacuated from UAE arrive Lagos

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:56 PM PDT

Two hundred and sixty-five Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have arrived Lagos. The Emirates Airlines aircraft they boarded landed at the Murtala Muhammed International...

VIDEO: Wearing face mask is an embarrassment to science – Pastor Chris Oyakilome

Posted: 06 May 2020 01:26 PM PDT

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has said it is an embarrassment to science to wear face mask. The cleric who has not hidden his displeasure at the different measures...

80% COVID-19 patients don’t require hospital admission - Presidential Task Force on COVID-19

Posted: 06 May 2020 01:20 PM PDT

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has advised against keeping asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 in the isolation centres. National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, gave...

Man receives five strokes of cane for violating lockdown in Kano

Posted: 06 May 2020 01:09 PM PDT

A mobile court in Kano has sentenced a middle age man, (name withheld) to five strokes of cane for violating the lockdown order in the state. The court, sitting at Gwale local government, headed by...

Hoarding, Price hike: Kano Anti-graft agency seals warehouses, seizes food commodities

Posted: 06 May 2020 11:18 AM PDT

An anti-graft agency, Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission have on Wednesday sealed warehouses for alleged hoarding of food items and essential commodities in the state. The...

Police appreciate Army for averting full blown crisis in Abia community over businessman’s death

Posted: 06 May 2020 11:06 AM PDT

The Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG in charge of Force Criminal Intelligence And Investigation Department (FCIID), Anthony Ogbizi, has expressed gratitude to the Nigeria Army for responding...

Nigerian govt to pay Rashidi Yekini, Samuel Okwaraji’s mothers N10,000 monthly

Posted: 06 May 2020 10:19 AM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has placed the mother of late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini, Alhaja Sikiratu, on a monthly stipend of N10,000. NAN reports that Olaitan...

COVID-19: Nigerians risk fresh lockdown as Buhari govt officials decry violations

Posted: 06 May 2020 10:02 AM PDT

Another lockdown may be slammed on Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari administration struggles to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Indications on the possibility of this have emerged in the last...

I’ll cherish my first Man United goal forever -Ighalo

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:58 AM PDT

Odion Ighalo, former Super Eagles forward, says he will cherish his first goal on his full debut for Manchester United for the rest of his life. Ighalo scored his first goal for United in the 5-0...

COVID-19: Bishop Oyedepo reveals what God told him about closure of churches

Posted: 06 May 2020 09:40 AM PDT

Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel has criticised the reopening of markets while Churches remain closed in Nigeria. As part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus virus, the Nigerian...

BREAKING: ‘Killer’ of Fasoranti’s daughter ‘attempts to flee’ isolation centre

Posted: 06 May 2020 08:37 AM PDT

One of the suspects arrested over the murder of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of Afenifere, pan-Yoruba socio-political group, made an attempt to escape from the isolation...

BREAKING: Chartered plane conveying Nigerians to Lagos from Dubai makes U-turn

Posted: 06 May 2020 08:38 AM PDT

A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman reportedly went into labour. The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora...

COVID-19: 34 doctors in Kano test positive, one dies

Posted: 06 May 2020 08:31 AM PDT

The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bala, told...

Coronavirus: Trump admits reopening US for business will cost more lives

Posted: 06 May 2020 08:16 AM PDT

US President, Donald Trump, has finally admitted that more Americans would die if the country is reopened for business purposes. Trump has also agreed that those likely to be affected are people who...

COVID-19 pandemic won’t end next week – NCDC DG, Ihekweazu warns Nigerians

Posted: 06 May 2020 08:16 AM PDT

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has warned that the coronavirus pandemic won't "end next week." NCDC Director General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu made the remark during the daily briefing of...
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