Thursday, 12 March 2020

NigerianEye: “Angry Nigerians blast lawmakers over proposed bill to ban generators in the country” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Angry Nigerians blast lawmakers over proposed bill to ban generators in the country” plus 29 more


Angry Nigerians blast lawmakers over proposed bill to ban generators in the country

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:46 PM PDT

Nigerians have begun to call out their representatives at the National Assembly following the introduction of a bill to ban the sale and use of generators. The bill titled "a bill for an Act to...

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote loses N240 Billion in five hours to Coronavirus

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 12:09 AM PDT

Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote on Wednesday lost more than N240 billion in five hours as the effect of the coronavirus bit harder on the Stock Exchange. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on...

Coronavirus: US President Donald Trump bans all flights from Europe

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 12:05 AM PDT

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that all flights from Europe to the United States will be temporarily halted for a period of 30 days, effective from Friday. It is the most...

Juventus defender Rugani infected with coronavirus

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 12:02 AM PDT

Juventus have confirmed that defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first star from the Italian top flight to have contracted the virus. The Serie A club said they...

Policeman, soldiers still using Okada will be arrested – Lagos govt

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:59 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has said alternatives to cushion the effect of the ban and restriction on motorcycles and tricycles in the state will be released in April. The state Commissioner for...

Prosecutor accuses Maina of escape, assasination plot

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:55 PM PDT

The lawyer for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday, claimed Abdulrasheed Maina was plotting to kill him, prosecuting witnesses and prison officials and...

Coronavirus: Like Italy, Denmark now under lockdown

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:53 PM PDT

Denmark has followed Italy to take drastic measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announcing that the country will close all kindergartens, schools and...

Coronavirus: Four children, two others quarantined in Lagos

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:49 PM PDT

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said four children of the same family and their teacher who arrived in the country from the United States have been quarantined for...

ASUU strike is illegal - FG

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:33 PM PDT

The Federal Government has declared the current two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities illegal. It accused ASUU of not following laid down procedures before embarking on...

Nigerian policeman kills wife, self over alleged infidelity

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:32 PM PDT

A policeman identified as Tolulope, who was attached to the Ondo State Police Command, has allegedly shot his wife dead and later killed himself. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening,...

New Emir of Kano, Bayero sheds tears after receiving letter of appointment from Ganduje

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:45 AM PDT

Emotion betrayed Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the new emir of Kano, Wednesday, after receiving his letter of appointment alongside his brother, Nasiru Ado Bayero as the Emirs of Kano and Bichi...

How Sanusi, Kano gov rift started three years ago – Ganduje aide

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:37 AM PDT

Salihu Yakasai, the Special Assistant to Governor Umar Ganduje on Media and Publicity, has narrated how the crisis between the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, and Ganduje started. He...

We’ve found Turkish Airline passengers declared wanted over coronavirus -Lagos commissioner

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:37 AM PDT

Akin Abayomi, Lagos state commissioner for health, says the two passengers who were declared wanted over their contact with the index coronavirus patient aboard a Turkish Airline flight to Lagos have...

Lagos orders arrest of police, military officers riding okadas

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:30 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday ordered the arrest of policemen and military officials caught engaging in okada riding in prohibited areas across the state. The government frowned at the...

Europa: Inter vs Roma game called off over coronavirus

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:29 AM PDT

The Europa League has been left in limbo as a result of the coronavirus outbreak with two ties involving Italian clubs called off and four more games scheduled for Thursday to be played behind closed...

Ivory Coast confirms first coronavirus case

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 11:13 AM PDT

A local national who had recently stayed in Italy has been confirmed as Ivory Coast first coronavirus case, the government said on Wednesday. Africa has so far mostly escaped large numbers of cases...

Kano anti-corruption body to continue case against former Emir Sanusi – Chairman, PCACC

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 10:50 AM PDT

Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC) has hinted that the dethronement of former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II would not affect its probe into allegations of...

Emir Sanusi’s dethronement shows Nigeria’s recklessness – Peter Obi

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 10:40 AM PDT

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general election, Peter Obi has said the removal of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano State shows Nigeria's...

Nasarawa Monarch reveals discussion with Sanusi

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 10:02 AM PDT

Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Sabo, the traditional ruler of Loko, Nasarawa state, where Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II stayed a night before moving to Awe, has disclosed details of his meeting with...

Movie Producer, Harvey Weinstein jailed 23 years for rape

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 09:44 AM PDT

Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, weeks after being found guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree in a landmark...

You shouldn’t see your fiancé’s male organ before marriage - Pastor Ibiyeomie

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 09:16 AM PDT

A Port Harcourt based Pastor and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie has advised ladies not to be tempted to see their fiance's male organ before marriage. In a post shared by...

Dethronement: l didn’t query Sanusi, says Kwankwaso

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 08:15 AM PDT

Former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has dismissed allegations that he had issued queries to the deposed of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II during his tenure as governor of the...

BREAKING: Lagos quarantines four children, two others for Coronavirus

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 09:34 AM PDT

The Lagos state government has placed four children under quarantine over their contact with a coronavirus patient. Akin Abayomi, the state commissioner for health, announced this at a press...

Mbappe tests negative for coronavirus

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:40 AM PDT

Kylian Mbappe tested negative for coronavirus and has resumed training with Paris Saint-Germain, the club said on Wednesday, just hours before their Champions League match with Dortmund. The France...

How I recovered N800m from corrupt Imolites – Uzodinma

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:36 AM PDT

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma on Wednesday declared that he has recovered N800m from corrupt Imolites and contractors in the Imo State Oil Producing Development Commission,...

Sanusi II: Falana states position on removal, banishment of Kano monarch by Ganduje

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:36 AM PDT

Frontline human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described as illegal the dethronement and banishment of Muhammadu Sanusi II from the emirship stool. The senior lawyer...

Senator introduces bill to ban generators, jail sellers for 10 years

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:37 AM PDT

Bima Enagi, senator representing Niger south, has introduced a bill seeking to outlaw power generating sets better known as "generators" in the country. The bill, which passed first reading at a...

BREAKING: El-Rufai gives Sanusi a second appointment

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:36 AM PDT

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has named dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II as Chancellor of Kaduna State University, KASU. Sanusi succeeds the pioneer Chancellor, His Highness, Malam...

BREAKING: Presidency breaks its silence on dethronement of Sanusi

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:39 AM PDT

The Presidency on Wednesday broke the silence on the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari should be left out of Sanusi's removal. The...

THROWBACK VIDEO: Is This The Speech That Led To Emir Sanusi's Dethronement?

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:15 AM PDT

Many Nigerians were shocked as Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano was on Monday ripped off his crown and sent on exile by the government of Kano State, the biggest economy in Nigeria's northern...

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