Saturday, 29 December 2018

NigerianEye: “Liverpool hammer Arsenal with Roberto Firmino hat trick to open up nine-point lead” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Liverpool hammer Arsenal with Roberto Firmino hat trick to open up nine-point lead” plus 29 more


Liverpool hammer Arsenal with Roberto Firmino hat trick to open up nine-point lead

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 11:48 AM PST

Roberto Firmino scored a hat trick as Liverpool came from behind to hammer Arsenal 5-1 and go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League. Back-to-back defeats for title rivals Manchester...

As It Happened: Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 11:45 AM PST

Good afternoon and welcome to Nigerianeye's live text coverage of the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield. The hosts begin the day sitting six points clear at the top of the...

Millionaire snake, Ganduje’s dollars, Adeosun saga… 10 controversies of 2018

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 07:05 AM PST

From the Kemi Adeosun certificate saga, Abdulahi Ganduje's bribery allegations to the sex scandal that consumed Richard Akindele, a university professor, the dramas never seized in 2018. Just when...

Akpabio asks PDP governors to surrender their states before 2019 polls

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 07:04 AM PST

Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom state, has advised governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to surrender their states before the 2019 elections. Akpabio said this on...

Deji Tinubu, Imam Imam, Ras Kimono — six startling deaths of 2018

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 07:05 AM PST

According to Country Meters, a live update of countries' population, Nigeria recorded 7.6 million births and 2.5 million deaths in 2018 and still counting. As the year inches closer to its end, we...

PDP seeks immortalisation of late president Shagari

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:40 AM PST

Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigeria has lost one of its most compassionate and humane leaders in the late former President, Alhaji Shehu...

Shagari’s body leaves Abuja for Sokoto

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:36 AM PST

The body of late former President, Shehu Shagari, has left the nation's capital, Abuja, en route Sokoto State, his hometown for burial later on Saturday. His body will be received by the Sokoto...

Junaid Mohammed blasts Buhari, Osinbajo, Fashola over 2023 Yoruba presidency

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:35 AM PST

Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, on Saturday lambasted the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola over their comments on the South...

2019: PDP rejects ‘Operation Python Dance ‘

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:33 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said it was opposed to the commencement of a nationwide military exercise, Egwu Eke III otherwise called Python Dance. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur...

Buhari under fire for mourning Shehu Shagari

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:49 AM PST

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for mourning Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the first Executive President of Nigeria. Shagari, 93, died on Friday at...

APC reacts to death of PDP supporters

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:42 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over the death of some of its members following a fatal accident on Otukpo-Agatu Road in Benue State while...

Court remands father for allegedly defiling two-year-old daughter

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:41 AM PST

An Ikeja magistrate's court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State, has ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Peter Adida, in prison custody for allegedly defiling his daughter. Adida was arraigned by the...

Atiku will increase hunger, take Nigeria back to recession – Amaechi warns

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:40 AM PST

The Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari's re-election campaign and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has cautioned Nigerians against voting for the presidential candidate of the...

Why Buhari should have been killed – Atiku

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:35 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari should have been executed if Nigeria's system was working. Atiku said Buhari should...

Shagari played key role in Nigeria’s pre-, post-independence politics, says Obasanjo

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:12 AM PST

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday extolled the late former president, Shehu Shagari's role in Nigeria's pre- and post-independence politics. Obasanjo gave the eulogy in a condolence...

2019: "South West votes will determine winner of presidential election"

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:07 AM PST

A Chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Otunba Segun Adewale has posited that South West region of the country will determine the winner of the 2019 Presidential...

2019: PDP mocks Buhari over South-South rally

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:06 AM PST

The PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, PPCO, has described the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential campaign flag-off in Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom state capital on Friday, as a mockery of...

Many trapped as Boko Haram invades yet another village in Borno

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:06 AM PST

Some communities in Monguno local government area of Borno state are currently under Boko Haram attack. A resident confirmed that Boko Haram fighters stormed Kekeno, one of the affected villages...

Atiku reacts to APC’s inclusion of Dangote, Otedola in Buhari’s campaign

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 03:30 AM PST

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the inclusion of two billionaire businessmen, Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola in the All Progressives...

2019 FIFA WWC: Falcons have 8 build-up matches, says Pinnick

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 02:52 AM PST

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick has affirmed that the Super Falcons will play at least eight matches in their build-up to the 2019 FIFA Women's World...

You’ll not regret trusting me, Buhari tells Nigerians

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 03:06 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday flagged off his campaign for re-election in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, with a promise not to fail Nigerians. "I assure you that you will not regret trusting us," Mr...

"Buhari can’t mourn Shagari after bringing down his govt"

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:59 AM PST

A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari's tribute to the late President Shehu Shagari, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93. Buhari, in a...

Man of unparalleled patriotism, humility - Buhari mourns Shagari

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:56 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the news of the passing away of the First Executive President of the  Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari. President Buhari's...

APC youth leaders fault composition of Presidential Campaign Committee

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:51 AM PST

A forum of Zonal and State Youth Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has kicked against the list of Presidential Campaign Council released by the presidency on Friday, describing it...

Buhari kicks off campaign, says ‘no more handouts… Nigerians have to sweat for a living’

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:48 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to embrace hard work and secure a source of living, saying there will be no shortcuts to acquiring wealth. The president said this on Friday in Uyo,...

It’d have been better if PDP focused on just electricity for 16 years -Tinubu

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:48 AM PST

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it would have been better if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used its 16 years in power to develop only...

Amaechi says Boko Haram hasn’t struck outside Borno under Buhari

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:48 AM PST

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the Boko Haram attacks in the north-east has only been within Borno state since President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015. The minister said this...

Police admit invading Melaye’s residence, accuse him of culpable homicide

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:47 AM PST

The police have admitted invading the Abuja residence of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, had earlier said that he was unaware of the invasion. But in a...

Saraki, Dogara mourn Shagari last of First, Second Republic titans

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:47 AM PST

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has described the late former President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari as the last of the first and second Republic titans. Also the Speaker of the...

Shagari ruled without nepotism, tribal, religious sentiments, says Falae

Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:46 AM PST

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae, has mourned the death of former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died Friday evening at the age of 93. Falae,who in a...

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