Wednesday, 13 March 2019

NigerianEye: “Supplementary elections to hold in six states on March 23 — INEC” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Supplementary elections to hold in six states on March 23 — INEC” plus 29 more

Supplementary elections to hold in six states on March 23 — INEC

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:14 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed supplementary elections in six states for Saturday, March 23, 2019. The Commission has also set up a panel led by a National Commissioner to...

Governor-elect Seyi Makinde blasts Oyo Govt. over alleged last-minute spending

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:58 PM PDT

Oyo State Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday accused the outgoing administration of embarking on hasty payment for contracts and projects. But the government described the accusation as a...

Ronaldo’s hat-trick sends Juventus into Champions League quarter-finals

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 04:11 PM PDT

Coming from a two-goal deficit, arguably the best player the world has ever seen, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to send Juventus into Champions League quarter-finals at the expense of Aletico...

We would’ve won Ogun Governorship elections if INEC hadn’t omitted our name —LP

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:51 PM PDT

The Labour Party in Ogun State has said that if INEC hadn't omitted it from the ballot paper, its governorship candidate, a woman, would most probably have won the election. The party alleged that...

Man City thrash Schalke 7-0 to reach Champions League quarter-finals

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:48 PM PDT

Manchester City thrashed Schalke 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday to romp into the Champions League quarter-finals and keep their quadruple bid alive. Pep Guardiola's men held a 3-2 lead from...

Kano governor boasts - 'PDP will get a shocker during rerun'

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:03 PM PDT

Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has vowed to give the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) a shocker during the rerun of governorship election. He also declared his victory is guaranteed. The...

FG constitutes 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:00 PM PDT

''President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Constitution of the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee. This was contained in a statement by Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the...

Ethiopian Airlines opens condolence registers in Nigeria

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 02:57 PM PDT

The Management of Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria has opened Condolence Registers at their country offices in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Enugu for the victims of the flight that crashed on March 10 six...

APC 13, PDP 9 — full list of the 22 governors-elect declared by INEC

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:33 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared winners in 22 of the 29 states where the governorship election held on March 9. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has 13...

FULL LIST: All seven states where INEC declared governorship elections inconclusive

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:33 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the March 9 governorship and State House of Assembly elections inconclusive in at least seven states. They are: Plateau, Adamawa,...

Six states where we are clearly leading have been declared inconclusive - PDP laments

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:34 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday continued its declaration of results of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections conducted across the country on Saturday. But...

APC ahead of PDP with 25 senators as INEC releases list of elected senators (FULL LIST)

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:34 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a list of the senators who emerged victorious in the February 23 elections. The list was released ahead of the presentation of...

Next level agenda: Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:35 AM PDT

Dear Mr. President, I write this open letter with a deep sense of patriotic citizen of Nigeria by birth. I sincerely hope that you will pay utmost heed to my admonition which is devoid of malicious...

El-Rufai, Uba Sani will host my hair-cutting to mark Buhari’s re-election —Actor

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 11:18 AM PDT

Kannywood actor , Bello Mohammed Bello, says he will cut off his trademark hair in fulfillment of his promise to do so if President Muhammadu Buhari is re - elected. He added that he will hold the...

Salah ready to sacrifice Champions League dream for Premier League glory

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 11:01 AM PDT

Liverpool ' s Mohamed Salah is willing to put his Champions League ambitions on the back - burner to help the Merseyside club claim their first English league crown in 29 years , the Egyptian forward...

Toyin Abraham debunks pregnancy rumours

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:16 AM PDT

Sensational actress and filmmaker, Toyin Abraham had debunked claims hinting that she is pregnant. The 'Alakada' actress made this known on Monday, March 11, 2019, when she was confronted with the...

Atiku’s appeal: CUPP ‘leaks’ names of election petitions panel members

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 09:11 AM PDT

Opposition political parties under the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday released a list of five Justices of the Court of Appeal who it said have been approved to hear the...

Okorocha’s son in-law Nwosu rejects Imo Gov polls result

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 09:06 AM PDT

Candidate of Action Alliance in the governorship election held in Imo State on Saturday, Uche Nwosu, has rejected its outcome. Nwosu, who is also Governor Rochas Okorocha's son in-law, briefed...

N30,000 minimum wage: Senate takes fresh action

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:55 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday appointed Senate Deputy Majority Whip, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, as Acting Chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Minimum Wage. The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, who...

Buhari, seven APC Governors meet in Aso Rock

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:50 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with six governors from the north and the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting held shortly...

Man in court for allegedly attempting to stab commercial sex worker

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:16 AM PDT

A 23-year-old man, Sanusi Sheu, accused of allegedly attempting to stab a Commercial Sex Worker (CSW) to death, on Tuesday appeared in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos. The police...

Charge and bail staining Nigeria’s legal practice – lawyers cry out

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:06 AM PDT

Worried by dwindling ethical conduct in the legal profession, some lawyers have called for sanctions against those who `chase briefs' in the guise of rendering legal assistance. The lawyers said...

INEC replies PDP’s claim on Mahmood Yakubu ‘being bribed’ by Buhari, presidency

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 08:05 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for claiming that its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was bribed by the President Muhammadu...

Imo guber: Police parades PDP agents

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 07:09 AM PDT

The police on Tuesday arraigned a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship agent in Imo State, Mr Uche Onyeaguocha and three others in an Owerri Chief Magistrates' Court over alleged electoral...

Court stops EFCC, DSS from arresting Fani-Kayode, Odumakin

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 07:06 AM PDT

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) not to arrest Femi Fani-Kayode and Yinka Odumakin without following appropriate due process of...

Start preparing for 2023 general elections, REC tells political parties

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 07:03 AM PDT

INEC's Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, has advised political parties not to relax, but to 'start preparing for the 2023 general elections in earnest.' He also added...

Soldiers stopped us from monitoring Rivers elections -EU Observers

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:59 AM PDT

The European Union Observation Mission to Nigeria (EOM) says Nigerian soldiers barred them from monitoring elections in Rivers state. The observers made the allegation in their preliminary report...

President Buhari returns to Abuja

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:52 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday returned to Abuja after participating in Saturday's Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State. The News Agency of...

Senate will debate 2019 budget on Wednesday —Saraki

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:48 AM PDT

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said that the Senate would begin the debate on the 2019 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday. He made the announcement on the floor of the Red...

Cross River security adviser kidnapped

Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:34 AM PDT

The Cross River State Security Adviser in charge of the southern district of the state, Mr Ani Esin, was abducted by unknown gunmen in his residence in the early house of Tuesday, The Nation...
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