Wednesday, 11 December 2019

NigerianEye: “Anthony Joshua to present world championship belts to Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Anthony Joshua to present world championship belts to Buhari” plus 29 more

Anthony Joshua to present world championship belts to Buhari

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 02:04 PM PST

World boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will soon present his belts to President Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential aide disclosed on Wednesday in Abuja. Laolu Akande, the Senior Special...

Buhari's government is now Fuji House of Commotion - PDP

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 01:06 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Wednesday morning public outburst by First Lady Aisha Buhari was "another sad commentary" that has further exposed the alleged "incompetence" of the...

‘I choose to remain a minister’ — Akpabio pulls out of senatorial rerun

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 01:16 PM PST

Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, has pulled out of the Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial re-run election scheduled for January. Akpabio made his decision known in a letter addressed...

Maina’s sister disowns accounts opened in her name

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 01:16 PM PST

One of the lies of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Pension Reform Chair, crumbled on Wednesday, as his sister, Fatima Abdullahi told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that she was not aware of the companies and...

FG has ordered probe of court invasion by DSS —Malami

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 12:38 PM PST

The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the Friday invasion of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by the operatives of the Department of State Service, the Attorney-General of the...

'Nigerians may celebrate New Year in blackout'

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 01:12 PM PST

Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, has expressed the fear that there might be a nationwide blackout over the ongoing industrial action by the National Union of...

US seizes jet of Nigerian ‘involved in multi-million dollar fraud’

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 12:35 PM PST

The US federal authorities have seized an aircraft belonging to a Nigerian facing multi-million dollar fraud charges in the country. According to WSB-TV, the seizure was made on Tuesday at the...

Gattuso named new Napoli coach

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 12:53 PM PST

Italian World Cup winner, Gennaro Gattuso, was named as Napoli's new coach on Wednesday, replacing the sacked Carlo Ancelotti, the Serie A club announced. The 41-year-old Gattuso, who won the World...

You have no right to change Buhari’s title — Presidency replies PUNCH again

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:19 AM PST

The presidency has issued yet another response to PUNCH over its protest against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. After the newspaper announced that it had taken the decision to...

Calling Buhari ‘Major General’ is proof of press freedom -Presidency reacts Punch's title change

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:17 AM PST

Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says the decision of PUNCH to refer to the president as a "major general" is proof of press freedom. In an...

We’ll henceforth call Buhari ‘Major General’ — Punch protests against ‘autocracy’

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:19 AM PST

The Punch newspaper says it will now prefix President Muhammadu Buhari's name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s in all its publications in protest against the rising disregard for the...

‘You’re correct, Major Femi Adesina’ — Twitter users mock Buhari’s aide over jibe at Punch

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:17 AM PST

Nigerians on Twitter are reacting to the comment of Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, on Punch newspaper's adoption of "major general" title for President Muhammadu Buhari. In an editorial...

Fresh Crisis rocks Presidency as Aisha Buhari attacks Mamman Daura, Garba Shehu

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:15 AM PST

Nigeria's First Lady has accused a close relative of President Muhammadu Buhari of issuing a presidential directive behind her husband. Aisha Buhari, in a statement she signed and sent to Daily Trust...

Nigerians react to Aisha Buhari's fresh attack on Mamman Daura, Garba Shehu

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 10:16 AM PST

Nigerians have taken to Twitter to react to Aisha Buhari's recent attack on Garba Shehu, her husband's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity and Mamman Daura, her hubby's closest ally. In a...

Major General: Fani-Kayode attacks Buhari over reaction to Punch’s editorial

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 09:24 AM PST

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and social commentator, Femi Fani-Kayode, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his reaction to Punch Newspaper's editorial on Major General...

Reps probe corruption in universities accreditation by NUC

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 09:22 AM PST

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate allegations of corruption in Universities accreditation exercise done by National Universities Commission (NUC). The House mandated the...

FIRS: Senate shift vacation date to approve appointment of Fowler’s replacement

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:56 AM PST

The Senate scheduled to embark on Christmas break tomorrow (Thursday) had to shift it forward to enable it to consider and confirm the appointment of a new Chairman for the Federal Inland Revenue...

FAAN reacts to banning Uber, Bolt, others from airports

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:52 AM PST

The Management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it did not ban Uber, Bolt and others at Lagos and other airports in the country. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager,...

Alleged invasion: Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer sues police, demands N2bn damages

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:39 AM PST

A lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed of the group – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – Ifeanyi Ejiofor has sued the Nigerian Police Force before the Federal High Court. Ejiofor, who has...

Segun Arinze reacts to alleged assault on his security guard

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:32 AM PST

Veteran Nollywood actor, Segun Arinze, has opened up on the viral video of his alleged assault on his security guard in Lagos, on Monday. The actor was seen in a video on social media chasing his...

Mourinho bans Tottenham players from watching replays of Bayern defeat

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:27 AM PST

Jose Mourinho has forbidden his Tottenham players from watching back their humiliating 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich ahead of their match in Germany tonight. Spurs, then managed by Mauricio...

Banks now offering me loans they rejected when I lost my senate seat -Smart Adeyemi

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:05 AM PST

Smart Adeyemi, senator representing Kogi west, says some commercial banks are offering him loans because he has returned to the senate. Adeyemi, who was sworn in last week, said this on Wednesday...

Obasanjo visits El-Rufai in Kaduna

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 08:02 AM PST

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, visited the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. The visit was a surprise as government officials said they had no information the former...

FULL LIST: Naira Marley, ASUU strike, ‘what is xenophobia’ top Google’s 2019 trending searches in Nigeria

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 07:51 AM PST

Popular search engine, Google on Wednesday announced the results of its '2019 Year in Search' with Academic Staff Union of Universities' (ASUU) strike topping this year's trending news search. Mr...

IGP says Kogi, Bayelsa polls were peaceful — despite widespread violence

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 06:14 AM PST

Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), says the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states were peaceful. Adamu said this while speaking at the Independent National Electoral...

Sowore’s family cries out, alleges Buhari, DSS planning to kill activist

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 06:13 AM PST

Family members of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow Movement, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the Department of State Services, DSS, of plotting to kill the activist. Sowore's...

Unemployment: Senate calls for national emergency

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 06:12 AM PST

The Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal and State governments, including local government councils to declare a national emergency on the provision of employment to the youths in the...

Tunde Fowler speaks on FIRS handover controversy as workers threaten showdown

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 06:07 AM PST

The immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Tunde Fowler, said he did nothing wrong in handing over the management of the tax revenue agency to the Coordinating...

Alleged credit card fraud: Court adjourns Naira Marley’s trial

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 05:41 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned until Thursday, continuation of trial of a musician, Azeez Fashola (a.k.a. Naira Marley), who is facing fraud and theft charges. The case was...

Jonathan’s ex-aide, Omokri supports Aisha Buhari, says ‘Garba Shehu is loyal to his stomach’

Posted: 11 Dec 2019 05:08 AM PST

A former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan Reno Omokri, has reacted to a statement by Nigeria's First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari attacking Garba Shehu. Aisha in a statement on Wednesday attacked a...
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