Tuesday, 5 November 2019

NigerianEye: “Golden Eaglets crash out of FIFA Under-17 World Cup” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Golden Eaglets crash out of FIFA Under-17 World Cup” plus 29 more

Golden Eaglets crash out of FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 09:57 PM PST

Nigeria have been eliminated from the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup after suffering a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in Tuesday's Round of 16 match. Sontje Hansen's hat-trick led Manu Garba's boys out of...

Senator Okorocha presents ‘God Dey’ budget, seeks N4bn for tourism sector

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 10:08 PM PST

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, has urged the Red Chamber to approve N4bn for the tourism sector. Presenting the report of the committee on Day 5 of the Senate...

Why Igbos are unhappy with their position in Nigeria – Ekweremadu

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 03:02 PM PST

Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, has declared that the South East is not happy with its position in Nigeria. Ekweremadu explained that the imbalance against the South East has made...

Buhari can rule Nigeria from anywhere in the World - Oshiomhole reacts to signing of documents in London

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 03:02 PM PST

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari can work from anywhere in the world. Oshiomhole spoke when he led...

Akwa Ibom State University sacks eight lecturers for alleged sexual assault

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 02:55 PM PST

The Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) has sacked eight lecturers for alleged sexual assault and extortion on female students of the institution. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Eno Ibanga...

Policeman dies as burning six-storey building collapses in Lagos

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 02:51 PM PST

The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene, reports the News Agency of Nigeria. NAN reports that part of...

Xhaka dumped as Arsenal captain

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 02:39 PM PST

Arsenal manager Unai Emery confirmed on Tuesday that Granit Xhaka has been stripped of the club captaincy after an emotional outburst towards supporters. The Swiss international swore and threw the...

UEFA Champions League results

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 02:36 PM PST

Collated UEFA Champions League results on Tuesday: Group E At Naples, Italy Napoli (ITA) 1 (Lozano 44) Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Haaland 11-pen) At Liverpool, England Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Wijnaldum 14,...

Prophet predicts PSquare, DJ Spinal, DJ Blaze other Nigerian celebrities may be assassinated (VIDEO)

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 10:26 AM PST

The leader of God's Crown Chapel, Ghana, Prophet Reindolph Oduro Gyebi has predicted untimely death in the Nigerian music industry. In a viral video, the prophet called out names such as Psquare, DJ...

Shehu Sani mocks Osinbajo as Abba Kyari takes Bill to London for Buhari’s assent

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 10:20 AM PST

Former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has mocked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba...

Court stops Operation Positive Identification

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 10:18 AM PST

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday ordered the Nigerian Army and its Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to suspend the ongoing Operation Positive Identification. The...

Ikogosi-Ekiti 10km Marathon race holds Dec. 14

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 09:29 AM PST

The Ekiti State Government says the maiden edition of the Ikogosi-Ekiti 10km marathon race will hold on Dec. 14. The state Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Michael Awopetu,...

Nyako: EFCC witness testifies via video link on alleged N40bn fraud

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 09:25 AM PST

Mr Kobis Arithimni, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)'s principal witness in the ongoing alleged N40 billion trial of former Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday, testified...

Omo-Agege calls for diversification of Nigeria’s economy

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 09:19 AM PST

Nigeria's economy will attain great heights of development if the economy was diversified and the mono-product economy practice jettisoned, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has...

UCL: Kante in Chelsea squad to face Ajax

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 08:47 AM PST

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante is back in the squad for Tuesday's Champions League Group H game with Ajax. Kante, 28, has made just five starts in an injury-hit season, most recently suffering a...

Goods worth millions of naira lost in Balogun market fire

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 08:42 AM PST

Commercial activities were paralysed in parts of Balogun market on Lagos Island on Tuesday when a Plaza near the market went in flames. Investigation indicated that Brasas Plaza on Martins Street...

You’re an ingrate -Bianca Ojukwu tells Governor Obiano

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 08:21 AM PST

Bianca, widow of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, has expressed dissatisfaction with the absence of Willie Obiano, governor of Anambra state, at the second memorial lecture of her late husband. Speaking at the...

Court asks prisons to probe Maina’s claim of ill-health

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:58 AM PST

A federal high court in Abuja has asked the deputy comptroller of the Nigeria Correctional Service in charge of medicals and welfare to examine Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform...

VIDEO: It’s a taboo for a married Igbo woman to fart in her husband’s presence - Lady

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:44 AM PST

There is an ongoing debate on Facebook following a video posted by an Igbo lady. The lady who goes by the name Lisar Kanu, shared a video in which she listed some Taboos for every married Igbo...

FG begins processes for social media sanitisation

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:36 AM PST

The Federal Government says it has commenced the process of injecting sanity into the Social Media space to prevent it from setting the nation on fire. The Minister of Information and Culture,...

Turkey captures sister of dead ISIS leader

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:12 AM PST

Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters. The official said the woman is...

Why I must probe Gov. Yahaya Bello – PDP candidate, Wada blows hot

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 07:11 AM PST

Musa Wada, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Kogi State, has vowed to probe the four years administration of the state Governor, Yahaya Bello if elected on November...

Take over NDDC affairs immediately, Lawan tells new board

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:49 AM PST

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has asked the newly confirmed board members to take over the affairs of the agency immediately. Lawan who stated this after the upper chamber confirmed the appointment...

Reps raise concern over fear of Ebola resurgence in Nigeria

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:44 AM PST

The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over a fresh Ebola virus crisis in Nigeria, calling on the Federal Government to enforce checks at the airports, seaports and land borders. The...

Donald Trump in trouble as lady sues for defamation

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:25 AM PST

A woman who accused the United States of America's President Donald Trump of raping her more than 23 years ago in a New York department store sued him on Monday over statements he made in June...

Buhari appoints Alade, ex-CBN deputy gov, as finance adviser

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:25 AM PST

President Muhammadu has appointed Sarah Omotunde Alade, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as his special adviser on finance and economy. Garba Shehu, senior special...

Senate confirms Tsoho as Federal High Court CJ

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:03 AM PST

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Justice John Tsoho as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. The confirmation followed a report submitted by Senator Michael Bamidele,...

Losing my voice was ‘darkest moment’ of my life, says Shakira

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:57 AM PST

Colombian superstar Shakira says temporarily losing her voice two years ago was "the darkest moment" of her life, and which affected her "deeply". In November 2017 the three-time Grammy winner was...

Fani-Kayode ‘calls out’ Osinbajo as Abba Kyari takes Bill to Buhari in London

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 06:08 AM PST

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and a PDP chieftain, has joined many Nigerians in criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari government over the recent signing of the amended Deep...

Senate confirms NDDC nominees rejected by governors

Posted: 05 Nov 2019 05:32 AM PST

The senate has confirmed the appointment of 15 nominees to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In August, governors of Niger Delta states rejected the NDDC board nominees...
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