Friday, 14 February 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Africa records first case of Coronavirus” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Africa records first case of Coronavirus” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Africa records first case of Coronavirus

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 11:56 AM PST

Africa recorded its first case of coronavirus on Friday as a foreigner who had been put in isolation at a hospital in Egypt tested positive for the disease. In a statement, Egyptian health ministry...

BREAKING: Manchester City banned from UEFA Champions League for two seasons

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 12:09 PM PST

Manchester City, the reigning Premier League champion, have been banned from all UEFA competitions for the next two seasons. The Pep Guardiola side are also fined the sum of £24.9m for "serious...

Goodluck Jonathan speaks on Diri’s victory, Lyon’s sack

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 11:50 AM PST

Former Nigeria president, Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Governor elect, Douye Diri, for his victory at the Supreme Court. Recall that following the nullification of the All Progressives...

Douye Diri sworn-in as Governor of Bayelsa

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 11:45 AM PST

Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was on Friday sworn in as the 5th democratically elected Governor of Bayelsa State. The governor was sworn in after the Supreme Court...

Police imposes three-day dusk to dawn curfew in Bayelsa over APC, PDP crisis

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 11:28 AM PST

The Bayelsa State Police Command has imposed a three-day dusk to dawn curfew on the state. The curfew was imposed following violence that broke out over Supreme Court ruling declaring Douye Diri of...

Lampard speaks on goalkeeper to start against Man Utd

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 09:44 AM PST

Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard, says he has already decided who to start between goalkeepers, Arrizabalaga and Willy Caballero when his side take on Manchester United in the Premier League on...

Bayelsa: We Are Going To Court – Oshiomhole

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 09:41 AM PST

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole says the party is going to court to challenge the issuing of Certificate of Return to Douye Diri of the Peoples...

BREAKING: APC officially rejects INEC’s declaration of Diri as Bayelsa Governor-elect

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 09:11 AM PST

The national body of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has kicked against the declaration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP's Douye Diri as the governor-elect of Bayelsa State by the...

PHOTOS: Windows shattered, cars destroyed as protesters invade residence of Bayelsa gov-elect

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 09:11 AM PST

Angry protesters broke into the residence of Douye Diri, Bayelsa governor-elect, in Yenagoa on Friday, vandalising some cars. The protesters, who had earlier blocked some roads in the state capital,...

Ekiti Assembly passes Amotekun bill into law

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:56 AM PST

The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Friday passed the bill proposal for the establishment of Ekiti State Security Network Agency otherwise called Amotekun corps proposed by the State Governor, Dr....

Suspected Abuja bank robbers arraigned

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:53 AM PST

The five armed robbery suspects arrested in connection with the foiled Mpape bank robbery at a First Bank branch in Mpape, Abuja were arraigned at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in...

PDP brags as INEC presents Certificate of Return to its candidate, Douye Diri

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:39 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated the people of Bayelsa State over the return of its candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election, Douye Diri. PDP sent out its...

Tension in Osun as Oluwo allegedly beat up another monarch during peace meeting

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:36 AM PST

There is palpable tension amongst traditional rulers in Osun State, following a report of Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi beating up another monarch during a peace meeting. It was gathered that...

As long as I’m president, there’ll be no gay marriage in Russia -Putin

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:30 AM PST

President Vladimir Putin of Russia says gay marriage will not be legalised as long as he is president. Speaking in Kremlin, a city in Moscow, where he met a state commission to discuss the changes to...

It’s Valentine’s Day… kindly wait for 48hours before reporting case of missing partner -Police

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 07:25 AM PST

Dolapo Badmus, public relations officer for zone 2 police command, says couples shouldn't be unnecessarily anxious when they find it difficult to reach their partners on Valentine's Day. The...

Nnamdi Kanu accuses Nigerian Army of kidnapping mourners attending late parent’s burial in Umuahia

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 06:25 AM PST

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, took to his verified Facebook wall to raise alarm over an ongoing arrest and kidnapping of mourners, along...

Lawyer asks FG to arrest Oshiomhole for treason over comment on Bayelsa

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 06:22 AM PST

Tope Akinyode, a human rights lawyer, has asked the federal government to arrest and prosecute Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for treason. On Thursday,...

Heads up ladies: See what men want for valentine

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 05:27 AM PST

A cross section of men in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday said that women should give them valuable gifts for the Valentine Day celebration. In interviews, they lamented that over the...

Diri speaks as INEC issues Certificate of return

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 05:03 AM PST

The governor-elect of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has received his Certificate of Return. Diri and his Deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjiakpo were presented with their Certificates of Return on...

Abaribe, Obi, Umeh storm Umuahia for Nnamdi Kanu parents’ burial

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 08:01 AM PST

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, and Enyinnaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia south, are among the dignitaries attending the funeral ceremony of Eze Kanu and his wife, king and queen...

Bayelsa: PDP Secretariat, others set ablaze as protest rocks Yenagoa over Supreme Court ruling

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 04:59 AM PST

Tension has risen to the crescendo in Bayelsa State as aggrieved Bayelsans and APC supporters embarked on massive protest following INEC's declaration of PDP Douye Diri as the state's...

Soldiers razed Yobe, Borno villages — and claimed it was a rescue operation -Amnesty International

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 04:50 AM PST

Soldiers of the Nigerian army burnt down three villages in Borno and Yobe states as a war tactic while battling Boko Haram insurgents, Amnesty International (AI) says. In a new report released on...

BREAKING: INEC declares PDP’s Duoye Diri as Bayelsa governor-elect

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 04:44 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor-elect of Bayelsa state. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced...

Coronavirus: FG has abandoned us, Nigerians in Wuhan cry

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 04:24 AM PST

Nigerian students in Wuhan, China have lamented their alleged abandonment by the Federal Government as other nationals are evacuated. CNN reports that since the Chinese city went into lockdown three...

N700m fraud: Judge threatens to revoke bail condition for Ize-Iyamu, others

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 04:13 AM PST

A Judge in the Federal High in Benin City, Justice M G Umar, has threatened to revoke the bail condition granted to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan...

FULL TEXT: The supreme court judgment that sacked Lyon as Bayelsa governor-elect

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 03:36 AM PST

Just 24 hours before his inauguration as governor of Bayelsa state, the supreme court nullified the election of David Lyon, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was declared winner of...

Police break silence on Kaduna market attack, confirm 7 died

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 02:58 AM PST

Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that seven persons were killed and five others injured in Maro village, a border community between Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Area of the...

Supreme Court judgement has vindicated me – Dickson

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 02:54 AM PST

Outgoing Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has said the Supreme Court judgment which knocked out APC and returned gubernatorial victory to his party, the People's Democratic Party was...

‘No Lyon, no governor’ — APC supporters protest s’court judgment in Bayelsa

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 02:38 AM PST

Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently protesting in Bayelsa state over the supreme court judgment sacking the party's elected governorship candidate. The APC supporters took...

David Lyon’s sack: Buhari told not to cancel trip to Bayelsa for swearing-in

Posted: 14 Feb 2020 02:29 AM PST

 Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central district at the National Assembly has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to cancel his earlier scheduled trip to Bayelsa for the...
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