Wednesday, 6 May 2020

NigerianEye: “VIDEO: You can’t order President Buhari around to speak to Nigerians – Femi Adesina says” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “VIDEO: You can’t order President Buhari around to speak to Nigerians – Femi Adesina says” plus 29 more


VIDEO: You can’t order President Buhari around to speak to Nigerians – Femi Adesina says

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:37 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's media aide, Femi Adesina, has said it is not possible for Nigerians to order the President around. While speaking during an interview on Nigeria Info FM on Tuesday,...

Nigeria records 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,950

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:41 PM PDT

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 2,950 in Nigeria. This is after 148 new infections were recorded in the country on Tuesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known...

With the return of Abacha's $311 million loot, we can now fight Coronavirus better - Presidency

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:51 PM PDT

The Presidency has said the repatriation of the money stolen by the late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, has helped the Federal Government in the fight against COVID-19 and providing...

32 doctors now have Coronavirus in Kano – Nigerian Doctor cries out

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:22 PM PDT

A popular U.K. based Nigerian doctor identified as Olufunmilayo has lamented over the rate at which health workers in Kano get infected with the novel coronavirus. Olufunmilayo via the...

Kwara Doctors handling Coronavirus to get N25,000 daily allowance

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:13 PM PDT

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has approved payment of N25,000 daily allowance to medical doctors involved in handling coronavirus pandemic in the state. The governor also approved...

Senate’s "controversial" quarantine bill passes first reading

Posted: 05 May 2020 06:41 PM PDT

The Senate version of the Quarantine Bill, titled, 'National Health Emergency Bill', scaled first reading on Tuesday. The bill was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health care...

Over 70,000 Americans are now dead from Coronavirus

Posted: 05 May 2020 06:32 PM PDT

More than 70,000 Americans have been killed by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic still sweeping through states in the US. According to records from the Johns Hopkins University, 71,022 Americans are...

1.1 million North East children vulnerable to coronavirus – UNICEF

Posted: 05 May 2020 06:30 PM PDT

The United Nations Children's Fund has warned that internally displaced Nigerian children are among the world's most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The body demanded immediate actions...

Senate set to unmask NDDC’s IMC over alleged lavishing of N40billion

Posted: 05 May 2020 11:22 AM PDT

The Senate Tuesday resolved to carry out. a probe on alleged Financial Recklessness by the Interim Management Committee ( IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC). Precisely , the...

Gov Ganduje appoints new Emir of Rano

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:22 PM PDT

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has appointed Alhaji Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa, Kaigaman Rano, Hakimin Kibiya, as  the new Emir of Rano. It was gathered that the appointment of the new Emir...

BREAKING: 60 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos

Posted: 05 May 2020 10:13 AM PDT

Sixty patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos state have been discharged after recovering from the disease. The state ministry of health broke the news in a tweet on Tuesday. The...

COVID-19 patients hit the streets in Gombe, complain about hunger in isolation

Posted: 05 May 2020 10:20 AM PDT

Some COVID-19 patients staged a protest at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Gombe on Tuesday, destroying some equipment in their ward. The patients, who were under quarantine, were said to have...

Goat, pawpaw ‘test positive’ for COVID-19 in Tanzania

Posted: 05 May 2020 10:20 AM PDT

John Magufuli, Tanzanian president, has expressed worries over the testing kits imported into the country after samples conducted on them using both goat and pawpaw "tested positive" for...

Ease of lockdown: Shiites vow to resume ‘Free Zakzaky’ protests

Posted: 05 May 2020 10:14 AM PDT

Following the gradual easing of the lockdown imposed on the FCT, Lagos, and Ogun states, members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi'ites, on Tuesday, vowed to resume protests...

COVID-19: AU in talks with Madagascar over herbal remedy

Posted: 05 May 2020 10:09 AM PDT

The African Union says it is in discussion with the Republic of Madagascar over the safety and efficacy of a herbal remedy recently announced by the country for the prevention and treatment of...

$10million Bill Gates Alleged Bribe: Reps resolve to seek legal action against accusers

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:57 AM PDT

The House of Representatives has resolved to seek legal redress on the allegation of $10million bribe from Bill Gate to members of the House to pass the Infectious Disease bill. On Monday, the...

Investigation into Kano deaths still on… no evidence of COVID-19 -Minister of Health

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:56 AM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says there is no evidence yet that the mass deaths occuring in Kano state are caused by COVID-19. Ehanire, who was addressing the house of representatives on...

SGF on COVID-19: But for prayers, Nigeria would have crumbled

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:56 AM PDT

Boss Mutapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says prayers have played "active role" in Nigeria's response to COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the house of representatives on...

NUPENG, PENGASSAN threaten strike over looming arbitrary sack in oil sector

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:37 AM PDT

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, counterpart, on Tuesday, rejected perceived clandestine...

God wants us to fear him more than Coronavirus- Ebenezer Obey

Posted: 05 May 2020 09:31 AM PDT

Veteran Juju music maestro and evangelist, Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi has averred that God wants humanity to fear him more than the COVID-19 pandemic. The revered musician made this known during an...

How Funke Akindele responded when asked about her community service duty

Posted: 05 May 2020 08:48 AM PDT

Actress Funke Akindele has refused to disclose how far she has gone with the community service duty she was sentenced to by a court in Lagos. Funke Akindele bagged the sentence after she threw a...

Abacha Loot: Buhari opens up on how returned $311m will be spent

Posted: 05 May 2020 08:41 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday opened up on projects that the repatriated $311m from the United States will be expended on Nigeria. The amount is part of funds looted by the late Head of...

We’re investigating some herbal medicine for COVID-19 -WHO

Posted: 05 May 2020 08:39 AM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is investigating traditional medical products for the treatment of COVID-19. In a statement issued on Monday, the organisation said it "recognises that...

BREAKING: One dies, 14 recover from COVID-19 in Lagos

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:42 AM PDT

      Another patient has died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos. The Lagos State Ministry of Health made this known via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. It also said that...

Why Obasanjo is better than Buhari – Fani-Kayode

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:37 AM PDT

Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode has drawn comparison between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Fani-Kayode, he would always like Obasanjo (OBJ) more than Buhari...

Controversial vaccine bill enters Senate under different title

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:32 AM PDT

The controversial bill on Vaccine titled, "Control of Infection Diseases Bill 2020," which first surfaced in the House of Representatives, has been submitted for debate in the Senate on Tuesday. The...

Atiku’s University sacks 400 workers

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:31 AM PDT

Sequel to a long restructuring process, the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa, has sacked 400 of its workers. AUN is owned by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Prof. Abba...

Nigeria using remdesivir for COVID-19 patients

Posted: 05 May 2020 07:31 AM PDT

Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, says Nigeria has started using remdesivir, an anti-retroviral drug, in managing COVID-19 patients. Addressing members of the house of representatives on Tuesday,...

COVID-19: Three discharged in Kano

Posted: 05 May 2020 06:29 AM PDT

Kano Kano State Government says it has discharged 3 COVID-19 patients after testing negative twice to the pandemic.  The Coordinator of the Technical Response Team on COVID-19, Dr Tijjani...

Kaduna discharges two COVID-19 patients, says 65 active cases are almajiri kids

Posted: 05 May 2020 05:59 AM PDT

The Kaduna government says the state has discharged two more COVID-19 patients. In a statement on Tuesday, Muyiwa Adekeye, special adviser on media and communication, said of the 81 cases recorded in...

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