Wednesday, 20 February 2019

NigerianEye: “2019 Elections: Nigeria declares Friday as public holiday” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “2019 Elections: Nigeria declares Friday as public holiday” plus 29 more


2019 Elections: Nigeria declares Friday as public holiday

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:54 PM PST

The Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday, in preparation for the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen....

We are ready, nothing can stop February 23 elections, except God - INEC chairman

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:55 PM PST

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission says "only an Act of God" can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated...

Nigerian policemen, soldiers nabbed endorsing Buhari publicly

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:56 PM PST

The Nigeria Police Force says it is investigating the authenticity of a photo showing some policemen endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. In a photo which has since gone viral on...

Olajumoke is rude, talks to me recklessly - Baby-daddy cries out

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:56 PM PST

The baby daddy of bread hawker turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna, has revealed that things have taken a downward turn for them, even as he spoke about her rudeness towards him. In an interview with...

PDP will be defeated on Saturday - Tinubu boasts

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:56 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Co-chairman Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged party members in Lagos to intensify the mobilisation for Saturday's rescheduled...

18 people killed by Boko Haram in Borno

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:40 PM PST

Eighteen firewood merchants were killed by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State. A source told NE that the 18 persons were slaughtered around Koshebe, in Jere Local Government Area of the...

2019 Elections: Foreign observers raise the alarm over security threat

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:38 PM PST

A team of foreign observers under the aegis of the Pan African Women Project International Observers have raised the alarm over classified information of a planned bomb attack on selected targets in...

N4.9 Billion Fraud: EFCC confronts Fani-Kayode with 115 cheques

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:30 PM PST

The N4.9bn fraud trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, resumed on Wednesday with the prosecution tendering 115 cheques as exhibits against him and his...

Ronaldo’s Juventus fall in Madrid

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:54 PM PST

Atletico Madrid dismantled the Italian juggernauts Juventus Wednesday winning the first leg match 2-0 in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Although Juventus, parading Ronaldo, Paulo...

Sterling scores late winner for Manchester City at Schalke

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 04:53 PM PST

Raheem Sterling sealed a dramatic 3-2 Champions League win for 10-man Manchester City at Schalke as the English champions scored twice in the last five minutes on Wednesday. Sterling tucked away the...

Drama as sensitive electoral materials for Kano lands in Oyo

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 11:21 AM PST

There was a mild drama on Wednesday at the Central Bank of Nigeria branch in Dugbe, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after the Form EC8B of the Independent National Electoral Commission meant for Kano...

Lawyer reveals how he paid $30,000 to Justice Onnoghen's account

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 10:31 AM PST

A senior lawyer Mr Joe Agi, SAN, has challenged the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to come up with evidence to support his claim that the...

Fulani herdsmen kill 16 in Benue

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 09:38 AM PST

Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday killed 16 persons and injured two others during an invasion of Ebete community in Usha council ward of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. It was...

INEC commences distribution of sensitive materials

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 09:09 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for the conduct of the Feb. 23 presidential and national assembly elections. NAN reports...

INEC reaches final decision on Rivers APC

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 08:53 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has now concluded that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, will not be fielding candidates in the 2019 general elections. INEC...

School director in court over alleged rape, assault of students

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 08:51 AM PST

Director of the Stephen Centre International School, Abeokuta, Isaac Oluwole Newton-Wusu, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ogun high court over alleged rape and indecent assault on five female...

Atiku insists on selling NNPC

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 08:40 AM PST

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday in Kaduna reiterated his plan to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), if elected...

SDP expels South West Chairman

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 08:28 AM PST

The Social Democratic Party, SDP has expelled its South West Zonal Chairman, Chief Supo Sonibare due to what it termed his inappropriate attitude and character towards the leadership of the...

2019 ELECTIONS: Police warn against engaging vigilantes, other groups in election matters

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 08:05 AM PST

The Police Command in Delta state has warned stakeholders against engaging private security agents, volunteers, guards and vigilantes in securing/escorting election and other materials during the...

PHOTO NEWS: Election offences and penalties

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:44 AM PST

This is the applicable provision of the electoral act 2010 as amended.

Chelsea’s Sarri insists he can avoid being sacked

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:33 AM PST

Maurizio Sarri insists he expects to avoid being sacked as Chelsea manager if his troubled side can put together a sustained winning run. Reports on Wednesday claimed Sarri will be axed if Chelsea...

Snatching ballot box is treason, punishable by death -Keyamo

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:30 AM PST

Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, says snatching of ballot box can be charged as treason or treasonable felony, which he says is punishable by death. Keyamo, in an...

Imo APC chieftain shot dead

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:27 AM PST

Ifeanyi Ozoemena, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Logara/Umuohiagu ward in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, has been killed. Ozoemena was reportedly murdered shortly after...

JAMB postpones 2019 UTME exams

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:03 AM PST

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the date for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Recall that the board had earlier confirmed March 16 as the date...

PDP destroyed checks and balances in civil service -Buhari

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 07:02 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ruined the civil service in its sixteen years in power. Speaking when he swore in new permanent secretaries in Abuja on Wednesday,...

Police arrest 938 suspected thugs within 1 week in Kano

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 06:48 AM PST

No fewer than 938 suspected political thugs, drug sellers and addicts have been arrested by the police in Kano state within one week. The PPRO Kano police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna who confirmed...

Another female presidential candidate quits, backs Atiku

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 05:29 AM PST

The presidential candidate of the National Interest Party (NIP) Eunice Atuejide has quit the race in favour of her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. She is the second...

FG orders immediate payment of February salary

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 05:38 AM PST

The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered the immediate payment of February salaries to assist workers wishing to travel to vote during Saturday's rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly...

‘Ogun will kill anyone forcing me to help Baba Suwe’ – Actress Liz Anjorin

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 05:08 AM PST

Nollywood top actress, Liz Anjorin, has slammed those reportedly 'forcing' her to help ailing actor and producer, Babatunde Omidina, better known as Baba Suwe. According to her, "Ogun will kill" them...

Again, Appeal Court fails to hear Onnoghen’s appeals

Posted: 20 Feb 2019 05:04 AM PST

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday postponed its planned hearing of the three appeals filed by suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen to February 27. This is the third...

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