Thursday, 9 January 2020

NigerianEye: “All you need to know about the new South-West security apparatus, 'Amotekun'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “All you need to know about the new South-West security apparatus, 'Amotekun'” plus 29 more


All you need to know about the new South-West security apparatus, 'Amotekun'

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:37 PM PST

Amotekun is a security outfit jointly established by governors of the six states that make up Southwest Nigeria. They are Oyo, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti. The idea came through three-day...

An Open Letter to Aisha Buhari

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:52 PM PST

Dear Aisha Buhari, Last Christmas in Lekki, Lagos, where I live, I saw a street beggar and I thought about you. She sat on a pavement near a busy junction. She was barefoot and wore a hijab. She...

Grandmother strips, beats her grand-children, bathes them with pepper

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:52 PM PST

The Police in Rivers State have arrested a grandmother for allegedly stripping two hungry grandchildren naked, beat and bath them with pepper for eating 'garri' with sugar as a meal without her...

Presidency attacks PDP for ‘speaking’ for Buhari

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:41 PM PST

The Presidency on Thursday asked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to stop speaking for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on its affairs with the All Progressives...

JAMB orders Ahmadu Bello University to admit candidate who scored 302

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:24 PM PST

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) to admit a female candidate from Niger State, Thomas Goodness Shekwobyalo to study medicine instead of...

Queen Elizabeth calls for urgent solution to Prince Harry, Meghan exit

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:11 PM PST

Queen Elizabeth II and senior royals have called on aides to find a "workable solution" to the future of Prince Harry and his wife in the royal family within "days, not weeks", UK media reported...

Cold, freezing weather worsens in Jos, residents lament

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:06 PM PST

Many residents of Jos, Plateau State, have lamented the extremely cold weather being experienced in the city. Cold weather has always been part of Jos, a yearly experience for those who live in the...

US House votes to limit Trump war powers against Iran

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 10:03 PM PST

US lawmakers concerned about rushing to war with Iran adopted a measure on Thursday aimed at reining in President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against the Islamic republic. The...

Lagos street sweeper crushed by soldier's wife

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:56 PM PST

A street sweeper with the Lagos Waste Management Authority narrowly escaped death on Thursday after being crushed to a stationary petrol tanker by a motorist conveying a woman said to be the wife of...

Borno state spends N515 million to take political thugs off streets

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:45 PM PST

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara, on Thursday said N515m was spent on getting political thugs off the streets of Maiduguri metropolis. The governor's revelation came even as the United...

Man kills his father in Ebonyi over a piece of boiled yam

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:41 PM PST

An Ebonyi State Magistrates' Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded in a correctional centre a 37-year-old man, Chibueze Iduma, for allegedly killing his father with his walking stick. It...

2023: Buhari mocks PDP

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 11:16 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its "terminal decline and future in national politics." A statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said...

Iran issues new warning to US

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:54 AM PST

Iranian President, Hassan Rowhani, on Thursday, warned the U.S. that it risked a "dangerous response" if the White House tried any further interventions in the region. U.S. President Donald Trump had...

Iran shot down crashed Ukrainian plane by mistake -Pentagon sources

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:20 AM PST

The Ukraine Airlines flight which crashed in Tehran killing 176 people on Wednesday was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile system, Pentagon officials have said in a report by...

JUST IN: Gunmen attack Kaduna seminary, abduct 4

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:12 AM PST

Gunmen, on Wednesday night, attacked a seminary in Kakau along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway and went away with four of the students. Registrar of the Good Shepherd Catholic Major Seminary, Rev Fr...

Ondo is a poor state, says Gov. Akeredolu

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:05 AM PST

Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says his state is poor. Akeredolu said this on Thursday  at the launch of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed "Amotekun" (leopard), a joint...

Why UTME candidate who scored 302 wasn’t admitted in ABU

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 09:04 AM PST

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained why a candidate who scored 302 in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was not admitted for medicine at the...

IPPIS: Buhari meets with ASUU leadership

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 08:01 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The ASUU leadership was led by its President, Prof....

Kaduna Govt. reveals fate of el-Zakzaky

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 07:57 AM PST

Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Aisha Dikko, on Thursday,  says the the fate of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), is in...

Details of how American troops escaped Iranian ballistic missiles emerge

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 07:46 AM PST

Details have emerged of how troops of the United States, US, stationed in Iraq escaped ballistic missiles by Iran. It was reliably gathered that the US intelligence satellites picked up signals of a...

Breaking: 12 dead, one injured as suspected herdsmen invade Plateau village

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:50 AM PST

The Plateau Police Command, said gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, on Thursday, killed 12 persons and injured one at Kulben village of Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP...

BREAKING: Runsewe, National Council for Arts and Culture DG sent to prison

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:41 AM PST

Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Thursday, sentenced the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, to...

Dangote reveals plan to move company to US

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:39 AM PST

Aliko Dangote, a serial entrepreneur and Africa's richest man, says he is planning to open offices in the United States of America and London to protect his family's wealth from devaluation. The...

Court orders Netflix to take down movie depicting Jesus as "gay"

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 06:38 AM PST

A Brazilian court has ordered Netflix, an American streaming service, to take down 'The First Temptation of Christ' — its controversial Christmas special depicting Jesus Christ as "gay". In his...

Ekiti varsity bows to pressure, recalls 363 sacked workers

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:47 AM PST

The management of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU) has approved the reinstatement of 363 workers recently sacked by the institution. The decision was reached by the Prof. Bamitale...

‘It affected my skin, brain’ — Justin Bieber reveals he’s battling Lyme disease

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:42 AM PST

Canadian Pop singer, Justin Brew Bieber has revealed he was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infection caused by bacteria commonly carried by ticks. The 25-year-old singer broke the news on...

Dapo Abiodun, Oyetola, Sanwo-Olu absent as south-west govs launch ‘Amotekun’

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:36 AM PST

Dapo Abiodun, Gboyega Oyetola and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governors of Ogun, Osun and Lagos state respectively, were absent from the launch of Amotekun, the joint security outfit by south-west...

Miyetti Allah bans night grazing nationwide

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:35 AM PST

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced a nationwide ban on night grazing. According to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN)'s...

BREAKING: NUC scraps Mass Communications degrees

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:29 AM PST

The National Universities Commission, NUC, has phased out Mass Communication Degree in Nigeria institutions. With the development, there will be no more Mass Communication as a degree programme in...

Buhari overrules Power Minister, Mamman again, cancels dismissal of Amobi as NBET MD

Posted: 09 Jan 2020 05:29 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled the dismissal of Marilyn Amobi as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Limited (NBET). Sale Mamman, Minister of Power, had...

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