Wednesday, 1 July 2020

NigerianEye: “Several Nigerians risk sliding into extreme poverty – Buhari laments” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Several Nigerians risk sliding into extreme poverty – Buhari laments” plus 29 more

Several Nigerians risk sliding into extreme poverty – Buhari laments

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:41 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern that a large percentage of Nigerians currently live in various stages of poverty. He said the prospect of the population sliding further into extreme...

Delta state records 166 COVID-19 cases in one day

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:37 PM PDT

With 166 cases, Delta on Wednesday dislodged Lagos on the list of states with positive Coronavirus cases. Lagos recorded 120, the lowest in recent time. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll crosses 600

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:44 PM PDT

Coronavirus deaths in Nigeria have risen to 603. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Wednesday night via its Twitter handle. Nigeria on Wednesday night, recorded 790...

Domestic flights to resume July 8

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:41 PM PDT

Domestic flight operations are to resume in Lagos and Abuja on July 8, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday. Dates for the reopening of other airports were also announced. Aviation...

Pastor allegedly rapes 12-year-old girl in uncompleted building

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:30 PM PDT

A 54-year-old pastor, Niyi Omowodun, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for defiling a 12-year-old girl in an uncompleted building. The suspect, who is a pastor at Helmet of Life...

Man tests positive for COVID-19, wife slums, dies

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:18 PM PDT

A woman has slumped and died in Ughell, Delta State, on hearing that her husband tested positive for coronavirus. The tragedy, which happened at Igho Salami Street, Uloho Avenue in Ugheli, has since...

Thugs invade Lokoja FMC, steal computers, COVID-19 files

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:16 PM PDT

Suspected hoodlums stormed the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying the administrative block and carted away computers and files allegedly relating to...

West Ham shock Chelsea as Aubameyang boosts Arsenal revival

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:46 PM PDT

West Ham rocked Chelsea's top-four hopes and boosted their survival bid with a dramatic 3-2 win, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice as Arsenal climbed back into European contention with a...

COVID-19: Nigerian govt announces resumption of flights in Abuja, Lagos, others

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:00 PM PDT

Hadi Sirika, the minister for aviation, has announced that domestic flights would resume on July 8, 2020. In a tweet on Wednesday, Sirika said operations would resume at the Murtala Mohammed Airport...

Five ways to boost your small business with Google Maps

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:00 PM PDT

From fluctuations in income flow to struggling with keeping demand stable, there's no gainsaying that small-to-medium scale ventures and start-ups have had to grapple with the economic downside...

COVID-19: Kogi FMC doctors embark on strike over ‘threat to lives’

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 03:03 PM PDT

Doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi state, have embarked on an indefinite strike. Rising from a meeting on Wednesday, the doctors said their lives were being threatened because...

Na’abba, Agbakoba, Utomi, Ezekwesili, others form new political movement

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:26 PM PDT

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, 30 prominent Nigerian activists, academics, and other professionals, have formed a new political movement called National Consultative Front. The group's...

‘Abia has become Miyetti Allah Cattle Market’ – Nnamdi Kanu blasts Southeast governors

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 01:08 PM PDT

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has lambasted the Abia State government over the establishment of Cattle Market in the state. Kanu said the Abia State government has...

Nigerian govt orders DSTV to suspend tariffs hike, vows to break sporting rights monopoly

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:19 PM PDT

The Nigerian Government has ordered the management of MultiChoice, to suspend the implementation of its new hiked tariffs on different bouquets on its DSTV. The Acting Director General of the...

Nigerian Christian, Muslim leaders declare nationwide prayers

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:08 PM PDT

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Samson Ayokunle and the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, have called for a 3-day nationwide fasting and prayers. Ayokunle and Abubakar are the...

Number of poor people will triple due to COVID-19 pandemic -Buhari

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 12:06 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is expected that the number of poor people in the country will triple as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement on Wednesday, Femi Adesina, presidential...

Over 300,000 PVCs uncollected in Ondo — INEC

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:38 AM PDT

As the governorship election is approaching in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said it had suspended the registration of new voters ahead of the election. The...

Salah targets long stay, more titles at Liverpool

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 11:23 AM PDT

Liverpool Forward Mohamed Salah says he wants to remain with the Premier League Champions for a long time, as the team has developed a perfect understanding. The Egypt international, who signed a...

Why the soldiers who freed Taraba kingpin, Wadume haven’t been arraigned in court

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:36 AM PDT

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has denied allegations that some soldiers are being shielded in the trial of Bala Hamisu, suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume. On...

Benue Executive Council approves reopening of schools

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:36 AM PDT

Makurdi. Benue State Executive Council, SEC, has approved the partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Tax Force on COVID-19. This was part of the...

Attack on medical centre in Kogi by relatives of patients abandoned by staff

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:33 AM PDT

The Kogi state government says the attack at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) on Wednesday was by relatives of patients abandoned by the staff of the hospital. Gunmen had attacked the medical centre...

Petrol to sell for N140 as PPPRA recommends price hike

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:02 AM PDT

The Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has recommended an upward review of the retail pump price of petrol from the previous N121.50. According to the agency, the recommended petrol...

BREAKING: NASS urge Buhari to suspend plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 10:01 AM PDT

The Senate and the House of Representatives Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the implementation of the plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians for Special Public Works across the...

It’s better to kill me than take me back to prison — Robbery suspect

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:19 AM PDT

A self-confessed robber and serial rapist, Wednesday disclosed that he raped women and maids in the presence of their husbands and bosses, as punishment for refusing to give him money, during the...

Buhari govt warned against reopening Nigerian schools

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:07 AM PDT

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari administration's planned reopening of schools. COEASU President, Nuhu Ogirima, gave the condemnation...

President Buhari issues stern warning to political appointees, government officials

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 09:03 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a stern warning to public servants and political appointees who use their offices to bestow undue advantage on anyone seeking government jobs and other...

Napoli confident of signing €100m Osimhen, Gabriel

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:37 AM PDT

Serie A club, Napoli are confident they have won the race to sign Lille duo Victor Osimhen and Gabriel for a combined price of €100 million, sources have told ESPN. Osimhen, a 21-year-old forward...

Bauchi gov suspends LG chairman over farmer-herder crisis

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:23 AM PDT

Following the crisis that erupted between herders and Fulani farmers in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State which led to the death of nine persons, Governor Bala Mohammed has suspended the...

We won’t reconcile with bandits, Buratai boasts

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:16 AM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has kicked against any move by politicians to reconcile with the bandits, stressing that, "the Army will not reconcile with...

Ifeanyi Ubah blasts Keyamo, says he is rascally, ignorant of parliamentary rules

Posted: 01 Jul 2020 08:38 AM PDT

Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah, on Tuesday came hard on the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Kayamo, saying he was ignorant of lawmakers'...
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