Tuesday, 9 July 2019

NigerianEye: “Don't threaten me with suspension, I'm a senator like you - Senator Abbo warns Senator Oluremi Tinubu” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Don't threaten me with suspension, I'm a senator like you - Senator Abbo warns Senator Oluremi Tinubu” plus 29 more

Don't threaten me with suspension, I'm a senator like you - Senator Abbo warns Senator Oluremi Tinubu

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 01:36 PM PDT

The drama surrounding the assaultby Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo on a woman in Abuja continued on Tuesday with the Senator engaging in an argument with members of the Senate Committee set up to...

APC sells forms for Kogi, Bayelsa polls for N22.5 million, holds primaries August 29

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 01:13 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the 2019 governorship primaries to select its flag bearers for Nov.16 Kogi and Bayelsa...

Court orders Nigerian govt to take over alleged Diezani property

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 01:07 PM PDT

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court Tuesday approved the forfeiture to the Nigerian government of a plot of land in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The land allegedly belongs to the former...

PHOTOS: Shi’ites destroy cars at national assembly

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 12:38 PM PDT

Some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) better known as Shi'ites broke into the national assembly complex premises on Tuesday, prompting a fierce encounter with security operatives. The...

Ecobank commences nationwide retrenchment exercise, over 1,500 staff affected

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 11:10 AM PDT

The management of Ecobank Plc last week Friday laid off over 1,500 staff on its pay roll, our source can authoritatively report. According to one of the affected staff who confided in our source,...

Abuja shop Assault: Elisha Abbo appears before Senate committee

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:57 AM PDT

A senator, Elisha Abbo, caught on camera assaulting a woman, has appeared before a Senate committee set up to investigate the incident. Mr Abbo appeared before the Senate ad-hoc committee on Tuesday...

VIDEO: Why I want to be Kogi State Governor – Dino Melaye

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 12:23 PM PDT

Controversial Senator, Dino Melaye has given reasons why he wants to be the Governor of Kogi State in November. Melaye, who has declared his intention to vie for the number one seat in Kogi, in a...

‘Nigeria is not being governed’ – Ezekwesili blasts Buhari

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:50 AM PDT

  Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, has again attacked President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that becoming President was his "one and only outcome". Ezekwesili said this on...

Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of Galadima as DG NIPSS

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:50 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Prof. Habu Galadima as the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic...

Super Eagles coach explains why Onyekuru, Osimhen haven’t played at AFCON

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:05 AM PDT

Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr has explained why Henry Onyekuru and Victor Osimhen have not featured at all at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Rohr, in a Q&A on Twitter with the...

Police hunt for Shiite members, arrest scores

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:03 AM PDT

The police have arrested scores of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria for injuring a policeman and an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at the National Assembly,...

We’ll build technology centres to create jobs -Sanwo-olu

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:00 AM PDT

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says his administration will build innovation and technology centres to deliver the megacity dream. Speaking at an event hosted by the Eko Innovation...

I transmitted election results as APO I in Abuja, witness tells tribunal

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:08 AM PDT

Petitioners' 17th witness, Uchena Umeh, confirmed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Tuesday, that as an Assistant Presiding Officer I during the last presidential...

OGUN POLITICS: INEC fails to defend Akinlade’s allegation over alleged award of votes to Abiodun

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:06 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday failed to defend the allegation levelled against it by the candidate of the Allied People's Movement in the March 9 governorship election in...

Arsenal appoint former midfielder as new technical director

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 08:48 AM PDT

Former Arsenal midfielder Edu returned to the club on Tuesday to take up the role of technical director with the Gunners. "Edu will coordinate the work of our first-team coaching group, the academy...

Photos of Shiites invasion of National Assembly

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 08:49 AM PDT

Members of the Islamic Movement Of Nigeria, popularly known as Shiites, have clashed with policemen during a protest in Abuja on Tuesday. The police fired shots at the protesters who are demanding...

Okorocha calls for creation of happiness ministry to tackle suicide

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:11 AM PDT

Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, says a happiness ministry should be created to tackle suicide and rape cases. Okorocha said this on Tuesday while contributing to a debate on a motion...

UPDATED: Cars set ablaze as Shi’ites invade National Assembly complex

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 07:54 AM PDT

Members of the house of representatives have adjourned their sitting after members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) better known as Shi'ites broke into the National Assembly complex premises...

It is despicable to slap women, says Osinbajo

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 06:59 AM PDT

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says it is despicable to slap women. In his tribute at the launch of a memoir by Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun state, on Monday, Osinbajo went down memory lane...

Atiku defeated Buhari in Katsina, says state PDP chairman tells Election tribunal

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 06:55 AM PDT

Salisu Maijigiri, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina, has alleged that Atiku Abubakar, the party's presidential candidate, won the election in the state. Muhammadu Buhari, who...

Neymar can leave PSG if we get an offer —Leonardo

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 06:49 AM PDT

Paris St Germain sporting director Leonardo says Neymar is free to leave the French champions, but there have been no offers for him and only "superficial" talks with his former club Barcelona. The...

All eyes on Ighalo as Nigeria battle South Africa tomorrow

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 05:14 AM PDT

All eyes are on former English Premier League forward Odion Ighalo as the Super Eagles battle South Africa for a semi-final place in the African Cup of Nations in Egypt. Bets are on the striker as...

Senate proposes stiffer penalty for perpetrators of child rape

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 05:12 AM PDT

Worried by the incessant cases of child rape across the country, Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday moved to frame laws that would make perpetrators face capital punishment. Moving the motion on Order 42...

Biafra group attacks Buhari, issues fresh threats

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 05:12 AM PDT

The Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has stated that suspension of RUGA by President Muhammadu Buhari instead of total cancellation showed that there was no genuineness in the actions of the...

Osinbajo rubbishes claims of Buhari protecting killer herdsmen, Boko Haram members

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 04:09 AM PDT

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has rubbished the perception in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari was protecting killer herdsmen and Boko Haram members. Osinbajo said the...

Questions about Buhari’s ability to speak English dominate tribunal’s proceedings

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 04:00 AM PDT

Questions of whether or not President Muhammadu Buhari can speak the English language have dominated the Tuesday's proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, where the...

You can’t divorce, court tells Actress Lilian Esoro and Ubi Franklin

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 03:50 AM PDT

A High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has allegedly thrown out the divorce case between record label executive, Ubi Franklin, and his estranged wife, actress Lilian Esoro. According to SDK, the case...

If I see a rapist, I will kill him -Nigerian singer, 9ice

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 03:27 AM PDT

Nigerian musician, 9ice, has said rapists should be subjected to jungle justice and killed immediately, even as he said he will kill any rapist he sees. In a recent interview with Goldmyne, he said:...

I am the least qualified for office of SGF -Boss Mustapha

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 03:15 AM PDT

Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says he is the least qualified person to occupy the office of the SGF. President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Friday, re-appointed...

Nigeria loses $3bn to piracy yearly-Copyright Commission boss

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 03:09 AM PDT

The Director-General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Mr John Asein, has said the country loses $3bn to piracy yearly, warning schools to stop patronizing pirated books. He bemoaned the fact that...
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