Thursday, 5 December 2019

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: DSS releases Sowore after 124 days in detention, pays N100,000 fine” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: DSS releases Sowore after 124 days in detention, pays N100,000 fine” plus 29 more

BREAKING: DSS releases Sowore after 124 days in detention, pays N100,000 fine

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 12:29 PM PST

The Department of State Services has released rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 general elections, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. His co-detainee,...

BREAKING: Everton sack manager Marco Silva

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 12:03 PM PST

Everton have sacked manager Marco Silva after 18 months, with the club in the Premier League relegation zone after their Merseyside derby humiliation. Wednesday's 5-2 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield...

Ganduje signs new Kano emirate bill into law

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 12:08 PM PST

Few Hours after the passage of the Executive Bill sent to the Kano State House of Assembly for the creation of four more Emirates in the state, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has...

UPDATED: What judge said about Orji Kalu’s corruption

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 09:47 AM PST

Justice Muhammed Idris on Thursday sentenced a former Abia State governor, Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison for stealing public funds while in office. Mr Kalu, a serving senator, was jailed alongside...

UEFA president criticises VAR use

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 10:37 AM PST

Football needs uncertainty, the head of European soccer body UEFA said, as he criticised the way the Video Assistant Referee  (VAR)  technology had changed the character of football...

Senate tells IGP to reduce checkpoints on federal highways

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 10:34 AM PST

The Senate has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu to reduce the number of checkpoints on federal highways in the country. This, according to the Senate, had become necessary...

ANALYSIS: Orji Kalu: From Governor to Senator to Prisoner

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 09:05 AM PST

On Thursday, the Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced a serving senator and former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison after convicting him of N7.65 billion fraud. Justice...

I won’t celebrate if I reclaim my belts from Ruiz -Anthony Joshua

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 09:30 AM PST

Ahead of Saturday's heavyweight rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr, the British boxer says he will not celebrate if he gets revenge against the Mexican-American boxer. Joshua faces Ruiz...

IN DETAIL: 2020 budget — fastest since 1999

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 08:45 AM PST

The house of representatives has passed the 2020 appropriation bill of N10.59 trillion. The lower legislative chamber passed the budget at Thursday's plenary session after considering the report of...

ASUU members ‘sneak to register for IPPIS’ as enrollment hits 937,000

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 08:45 AM PST

Some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have reportedly begun enrollment in the Integrated Personnel Payroll Integrated System (IPPIS) — as against the directive of the...

Two female suicide bombers killed in failed attack on troops

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 08:26 AM PST

Troops have successfully averted what could have been a deadly attack in Gwoza, Gwoza Council Area of Borno State when two female suicide bombers that attempted to infiltrate the Defence Company of...

Obasanjo’s former adviser, Titi Ajanaku is dead

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 08:22 AM PST

Chief (Mrs) Titilayo Ajanaku, former Special Adviser on Women Affairs to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, has died. Ajanaku, who was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), died in...

Kano assembly passes new emirate bill into law despite controversy

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 07:48 AM PST

The Kano State House of Assembly has passed the new emirates bill presented before it. The speaker of the house, Alhaji Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa announced the Approval at plenary. The new bill has...

Court orders transfer of El-Zakzaky from DSS custody to Kaduna prison

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 07:44 AM PST

A Kaduna state high court has ordered the transfer of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), and Zeenat, his wife, from the custody of the Department of State Services...

Court threatens to jail IGP Mohammed, Abba Kyari

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 07:39 AM PST

A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital has again threatened the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Mohammed and Abba Kyari, the officer in charge of Intelligence...

Yahaya Bello mocks PDP, calls party ‘association of discredited rumour bearers’

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:22 AM PST

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as an association of "discredited rumour bearers." He made the remark while mocking PDP over the defeat they...

‘It was a huge mistake’ — Woman who transitioned to man begins treatment to be female again

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:18 AM PST

Debbie Karema, a 61-year-old woman from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, is on the verge to return to her original form as a lady, after transitioning into a man at the age of 44. According to BBC,...

Peter Obi blames churches for corruption in Nigeria

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:11 AM PST

Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has told churches in Nigeria to be more critical in the fight against corruption. Obi...

Hazard to miss Clasico after tests reveal ankle fracture

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:07 AM PST

Eden Hazard is set to miss the Clasico against Barcelona after further tests revealed a fracture in his right ankle, Real Madrid confirmed on Thursday. Hazard was forced off during the draw with...

Orji Kalu: Why ex-Abia governor should resign as Senate Chief Whip – Political parties

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:05 AM PST

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, on Thursday charged the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu to resign his position as a principal officer due to his conviction by a Federal High Court...

Spurs star Son feels the pain after Man United defeat

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 06:03 AM PST

Son Heung-min said he and his Tottenham Hotspur team-mates would have to work hard because he did not like experiencing the pain he felt following Wednesday's 2-1 defeat by Manchester United. The...

South East cannot win 2023 presidency without North -Okorocha

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 05:08 AM PST

Rochas Okorocha, the Imo West Senator has declared that the South East alone can't make themselves President in 2023. The Senator and former governor disclosed that the South East needs the support...

I pray Buhari runs for third term – Jonathan’s ex-aide, Reno Omokri

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 05:05 AM PST

Former aide to aide President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Thursday prayed for President Muhammadu Buhari to run for a third term. Omokri, a fierce critic of Buhari stated this while declaring...

PHOTOS: Elderly women strip to underwear to demand Sowore’s release

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 05:03 AM PST

A group of women who called themselves "concerned mothers" gathered in front of a federal high court in Abuja to demand the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow protest. This is...

BREAKING: Senate passes N10.59trn 2020 budget

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 04:12 AM PST

The senate has passed the 2020 appropriation bill. The bill was passed after Barau Jibrin, chairman of the appropriations committee, moved a motion for its passage. The figure passed as the total...

Please, don’t handcuff me, convicted ex-gov Kalu begs

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 04:06 AM PST

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, was heard asking prison warders, "Where are you taking us to?" after his sentencing. Kalu, who is the...

‘I can’t do this anymore’ — BBNaija’s Ifu Ennada quits skincare business amid tears

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 04:17 AM PST

Ifu Ennada, ex-housemate of the Big Brother Naija, says she is quitting 'Beautifuennada', a skincare beauty brand owned by her. The reality TV star took to her Instagram page to share an emotional...

I’ve never collected a kobo in pension as Ex-Governor - Amaechi

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 04:11 AM PST

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he does not support the payment of pension to ex-governors who are serving senators or ministers. He said he has not received even a kobo from Rivers...

BREAKING NEWS: Former Governor, Orji Kalu sentenced to 12 years in jail over N7 Billion fraud

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 03:49 AM PST

A federal high court in Lagos has convicted Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state and chief whip of the senate of N7.1 billion fraud. Mohammad Idris, the presiding judge, sentenced Kalu to 12...

BREAKING: Court gives DSS 24 hours ultimatum to free Sowore

Posted: 05 Dec 2019 02:10 AM PST

A judge of the federal high court sitting in Abuja, Ijeoma Ojukwu, has awarded the sum of N100,000 against the Department of State Services (DSS) for disobeying an order for the release Omoyele...
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