Sunday, 12 January 2020

NigerianEye: “Tension in Imo state as Supreme Court rules on election petition” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Tension in Imo state as Supreme Court rules on election petition” plus 29 more

Tension in Imo state as Supreme Court rules on election petition

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 06:05 PM PST

There is tension in Imo State following the announcement by the Supreme Court that it would on Monday (today) deliver judgment on the petitions against the declaration of Emeka Ihedioha, as the...

Operation Amotekun will not carry arms

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 06:06 PM PST

Non- military or police members of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) otherwise known as Operation Amotekun will bear no arms, contrary to fears in some quarters. The Southwest governors...

Third most powerful commander of ISWAP group killed by Multinational Joint Task Force

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 04:44 PM PST

The troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed the third most powerful commander of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) group, Amir Khalifa Umar. Umar was killed...

Three teenagers arrested for stealing female under wears for rituals

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:59 PM PST

The police have arrested five persons including three teenagers for allegedly stealing female under wears for ritual purposes. Gold Enyinnaya, 23, Amarachi Akomas, 26 and three others were nabbed by...

House-maid kills two year-old child in Imo

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:33 PM PST

A two year-old girl, Somkenechukwu has been hacked to death by a maid living with her parents in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The maid, Hope Istifanus, 16, weekend allegedly strangulated the...

Obaseki dares PDP - "Prove allegation of empty treasury"

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:26 PM PST

Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party to show proof of allegations that the state treasury is empty. Obaseki, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and...

Diversion of traffic on Lagos-Ibadan expressway begins Tuesday

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 02:43 PM PST

Traffic diversion to enable construction to resume on the 600 metre 'Kara' Bridge section on the Lagos outbound corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday. Mr Kayode Ibrahim,...

Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid on penalties to win Spanish Super Cup

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 02:29 PM PST

Thibaut Courtois proved the hero on Sunday as Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico Madrid in a penalty shoot-out in Saudi Arabia to win their 11th Spanish Super Cup. Courtois and Jan Oblak were...

Bakare backtracks - 'I didn’t ask Buhari to pick his 2023 successor'

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 01:42 PM PST

The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said on Sunday that he never asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari...

Aguero sets new EPL record as Manchester City beat Aston Villa 6-1

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 01:33 PM PST

Sergio Aguero became the Premier League's top-scoring foreign player with a hat-trick as Manchester City thrashed Aston Villa 6-1 to move ahead of Leicester into second in the table. It may be too...

African parents are the worst in the world… they ruined our lives -Vlogger, Toke Makinwa

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 09:39 AM PST

Toke Makinwa, radio personality, has criticized "all" African parents, dubbing them the "worst in the world" for "ruining lives" with unorthodox child-raising values. 35-year-old OAP took to a...

Atiku allegedly owes foreign workers thousands of dollars

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 02:19 PM PST

Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar faces the prospect of legal suits from former foreign workers of his Yola based Gotel Africa Media Limited over unpaid salaries, running into thousands of...

Man in police net for alleged attempt to rape, kill 22-year-old in Ogun

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 09:09 AM PST

A 25-year-old shoemaker, Olamide Babayemi, is cooling off his heels in police custody for allegedly raping and attempting to kill a 22-year-old Microbiology graduate (name withheld). The suspect was...

Ibrahim Bako, judge presiding over Shema’s N11bn fraud case, dies in Abuja

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 08:55 AM PST

Ibrahim Maikaita Bako, a judge of the federal high court in Katsina state, is dead. According to a report by Daily Trust, Musa Danladi, the chief Judge of Katsina state who confirmed the incident,...

Iran’s only female Olympic medalist dumps country, reveals shocking ordeal

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 08:22 AM PST

Iran's only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland. Reuters reports that the Taekwondo champion, Kimia Alizadeh, said this was because she had had enough of being...

Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of appendicitis in pregnancy

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 08:15 AM PST

As soon a woman becomes pregnant, she can't bet on the kind of changes or conditions that could occur. So when Eka had a tummy ache, she thought it must have been something she ate, or just one of...

Nigerians react as Bishop Oyedepo sacks church's officials for looting church treasury

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 07:34 AM PST

Some Nigerians have reacted to report of Founder and General Overseer of the Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo dismissing his senior church officials for looting the...

Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Tinubu meet in Lagos

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 07:22 AM PST

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met in Lagos on Saturday. They graced the 80th birthday...

Nigerian lady narrates how a man gave her his number on N30,000 mint notes

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 08:15 AM PST

A Nigerian lady took to Twitter to narrate how a man gave her his number at a Bachelor's Party. According to @preetyani, the man gave her his number on N30k mint notes after she declined giving...

Meet Adeyemi, Nigerian lady who built Android app that tells time in Yoruba dialect

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 06:06 AM PST

Moyinoluwa Adeyemi, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Osun state, has continued to draw commendations for developing 'Yoruba Watch Faces' — an Android app which tells time in the...

Whirlwind of justice shall catch up with you -Shittes tell El-Rufai

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 05:57 AM PST

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has issued a stern rebuke of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the continuous detention of its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife in Kaduna Correctional...

How Nigerian asylum seeker ‘spent 21 years sleeping on London buses’

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 05:37 AM PST

A Nigerian man, Sunny (not real name), spent 21 years living aboard buses in London after his asylum application was rejected, BBC reports. While seeking asylum, Sunny was reportedly full of...

Ukrainian plane crash: Iranians protest, tell Supreme Leader to resign immediately

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 05:23 AM PST

Iranians have taken to the streets in protest, calling for the immediate resignation of their Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khramenei. There is a lot of anger in Tehran as citizens demand justice...

‘I see nothing worth living’ — NYSC member commits suicide in Enugu

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 05:00 AM PST

The Enugu state police command says it has commenced investigations into the alleged suicide of a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in the state. Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo, a...

Justice Ekwo summons CBN Governor, Emefiele, over $53million payment defaults

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 04:24 AM PST

Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has summoned the Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin I. Emefiele to appear before him. Emefiele is summoned to answer questions on why he should not...

Use of presidential jet for private event by Buhari’s family illegal -Falana

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 04:10 AM PST

Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop members of his family from using aircraft in the presidential fleet. Falana said the use of aircraft in the...

EFCC ‘freezes’ Shehu Sani’s bank accounts — ‘asks’ him to declare assets

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 04:09 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the bank accounts of Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna state, his aide alleges. In a statement on Sunday, Suleiman Ahmed, senior...

Plane crash: Trump issues strong warning to Iran against killing of protesters

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:57 AM PST

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran against killing protesters who took to the streets after it admitted shooting down an airliner by mistake, killing all 176 people aboard. "The government of...

FG speaks on earth tremor in Abuja

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:39 AM PST

The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency on Saturday called on the public to disregard reports that there was an earth tremor in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Dr Abdulrazaq...

NFVCB stops ‘Sugar Rush’ from showing in cinemas

Posted: 12 Jan 2020 03:32 AM PST

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has ordered that the screening of 'Sugar Rush' in cinemas be halted. In a statement released on its Facebook page, the board said the temporary...
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