Saturday, 14 December 2019

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's Nyekachi Douglas crowned Miss World Africa 2019” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria's Nyekachi Douglas crowned Miss World Africa 2019” plus 29 more


Nigeria's Nyekachi Douglas crowned Miss World Africa 2019

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 05:07 PM PST

Miss Nigeria, Nyekachi Douglas, was on Saturday (December 14) crowned Miss World Africa at the Miss World 2019 finals in in London, the United Kingdom. This was the 69th edition of the annual...

Outrage as EFCC seals Sun Newspapers

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 05:19 PM PST

Mixed reactions Saturday greeted the sealing of the corporate headquarters of Sun Newspapers by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC. The commission had said its action was done to...

Kidnappers demand N30 million for pregnant woman, nine-year-old

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:55 PM PST

Abductors of the pregnant woman identified as Mrs Okeke who was abducted by gunmen with two other children aged 9 and 12 in their homes in the Juji area of Kaduna have made a demand of N10 million...

Nigeria tells Togo, Benin, Niger to pay electricity bills

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:52 PM PST

The Federal Government of Nigeria has told the international electricity customers-Niger, Togo, and Republic of Benin-to pay up their outstanding $7million debt because "electricity is not...

Nigerians on sex offenders’ list to face travel ban

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:49 PM PST

Nigerians who are on the Federal Government's Sexual Offenders Register, which is domiciled with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, may be denied visas and travels to...

ANALYSIS: Between Buhari the military dictator and Buhari the ‘reformed democrat’

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 11:54 AM PST

"I am the most abused and insulted president in the world, but when I leave office you will all remember me for the total freedom you enjoyed under my government," – Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Nigerian...

Wike is PDP’s foremost pillar – Secondus

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 12:17 PM PST

National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has described the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, as the party's foremost pillar. Speaking during a birthday...

Sun Newspaper kicks against EFCC’s move, says ‘we’re not a party to Kalu’s case’

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 11:38 AM PST

The management of The Sun newspaper has kicked against the marking of its corporate office in Lagos for seizure by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission, on...

PHOTO: Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu meet

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 11:34 AM PST

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, and ex-Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, met on Saturday. The leaders, who met in Minna, Niger State, were in a cordial mood as they exchanged pleasantries and...

PHOTOS: EFCC marks Orji Kalu’s Sun newspaper, other properties for seizure

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 11:27 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, marked properties belonging to Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia state governor. Muhammed Idris, a judge of the federal high court in...

OAU Professor shot dead by gunmen

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 10:35 AM PST

A senior lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Prof. Jerome Elusiyan, was on Friday shot dead by unknown gunmen. The Vanguard reported that a family source said the varsity don...

‘You cannot cheat Nigeria’ — TCN asks Togo, Benin to pay $9m electricity bills

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 10:24 AM PST

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has asked its international electricity customers to pay $9 million outstanding power bills. Speaking in Abuja, Usman Mohammed, managing director of TCN,...

Nigerian singer, Jaywon loses father

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 08:22 AM PST

Nigerian Afro-pop singer, Jaywon is bereaved. A distraught Jaywon took to his Instagram page to pen down a tribute to his father who he lost to the cold hands of death. The singer expressed regret...

Real Madrid not thinking about El Clasico —Zidane

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 08:21 AM PST

Zinedine Zidane has brushed off suggestions Real Madrid could be distracted by the upcoming Clasico when they play in-form Valencia in La Liga on Sunday. Madrid face a difficult game at Mestalla,...

Can you die of a broken heart? — Here’s what science says

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 07:16 AM PST

My grandparents were together for nearly 60 years. Theirs was a love that endured through the many trials of life. She was a nurse and he was an athlete. Together, they built a happy life as...

Health benefits of eating crayfish

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 07:01 AM PST

With over 300 hundred different species, crayfish are among the popular cuisines in the world.And it is known for both its great taste and lot of vitamin minerals. Categorized as seafood, studies...

Ways to know if your symptoms might mean cancer

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 07:01 AM PST

A sign of something being wrong is something that can be seen by someone else, perhaps a loved one, or a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional. For example, fever, fast breathing, and...

Traditional worshippers decry police harassment

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 06:54 AM PST

The Ijo Orunmila Apapo Odu Traditional House of Worship in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has decried the alleged harassment and victimisation of Ifa worshippers by the police, saying such...

Kenyan athletes win maiden ECOWAS-Abuja International Half-Marathon

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 06:18 AM PST

John Mur and Careen Cheptoeck, both of Kenya, on Saturday in Abuja won the male and female categories respectively at the maiden ECOWAS-Abuja international half-marathon. Mur finished with a time of...

I’m still open to love –Toni Payne

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 06:11 AM PST

Former artiste manager and ex-wife of singer, 9ice, Toni Payne, recently took a stroll down memory lane as she recalled her experience when her marriage broke up a decade ago. She wrote on Twitter,...

Dokubo-Asari replies Wike over threat to sack Rivers monarch

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 06:01 AM PST

A former leader of Niger Delta People Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has cautioned the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, over his threat to remove the Amanyanabo of...

PHOTO: EFCC seizes Orji Kalu’s properties

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 05:49 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, December 14, 2019, moved to the next level in fulfilling the terms of court sentence passed on former Abia State governor, Senator...

Turkish Airlines complies with FG’s directive — two days before suspension

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 05:30 AM PST

The Turkish Airlines has complied with the directive of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) two days before the suspension of its operations in the country. The NCAA had said the airline will...

Sudan’s former President, Omar Al-Bashir bags 2 year-jail term for corruption

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 05:04 AM PST

Former president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir should be detained for two years in a correctional centre for corruption, a court in Khartoum ruled Saturday. The much awaited verdict was on one of several...

FG’s continued intimidation cannot deter Biafra republic -Nnamdi Kanu

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:35 AM PST

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said that despite the continued intimidations against members of the pro-Biafra groups by the federal government, it will...

DSS probes Sowore for links with Boko Haram, IPOB, IMN

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:34 AM PST

The Department of State Services has interrogated the detained publisher of Saharareporters, Omoyele Sowore, over alleged links with Boko Haram, Indigenous People of Biafra and Islamic Movement of...

Nigeria back to military era when citizens were detained without trial -Cardinal Okogie

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:34 AM PST

Anthony Okogie, a former Catholic archbishop of Lagos, says Nigeria is back to the era of military dictatorship. In a statement on Friday, Okogie said Nigeria's leaders are distant from the citizens,...

BREAKING: Police confirm arrest of Duncan Mighty over '11m fraud'

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 04:02 AM PST

The Nigeria Police on Saturday announced the arrest of popular music artiste, Duncan Mighty. This was contained in a statement by SP Ikeokwi Godson Orlando, spokesman of the Imo State Police...

Rohr unhappy with Pinnick over Dessers’ move

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 03:51 AM PST

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, is unhappy at the move of the Nigerian Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick, for Cyriel Dessers to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria. Dessers switched...

UN condemns killings of 4 aid workers in Borno

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 03:45 AM PST

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of four aid workers by armed groups in Borno. Eve Sabbagh, the Head of Public Information, UN Office for...

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