Friday, 13 March 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta down with coronavirus, players quarantined” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta down with coronavirus, players quarantined” plus 29 more

BREAKING: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta down with coronavirus, players quarantined

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 04:44 PM PDT

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the Premier League to announce they will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss future fixtures. Arsenal have...

Hunger killing more Nigerians than coronavirus - Sultan of Sokoto

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:19 PM PDT

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar III, has lamented the hardship being faced by Nigerians, noting that hunger was killing the people more than the dreaded coronavirus. The monarch said this in...

BREAKING: Sanusi sues IG, DSS DG, seeks release from ‘detention’

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 11:08 AM PDT

Dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has dragged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and the Director-General, Department of State Service, DSS, to court over his continued confinement in...

My late father’s wishes have come to pass -Emir of Kano

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 11:12 AM PDT

Aminu Ado Bayero, emir of Kano, says his late father's wishes have materialised with his new appointment. The emir said this on Wednesday at the government house shortly after he and his brother,...

Kano Emirate: Emir Sanusi was treated like a rat – Fulani Chief

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 11:11 AM PDT

The Chief of Fulani in Nasarawa (Sarkin Fulan in Nasarawa) Senator Walid Jibrin has said that Emir Sanusi Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi II of Kano was treated like a common rat by the government of the...

Kwankwaso issued Sanusi four queries while as governor – Ganduje’s aide reveals

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 11:07 AM PDT

Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the media aide to Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said deposed Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was issued queries by former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso while in...

Coronavirus: Canadian prime minister self-isolates, Brazilian official tests positive after meeting Trump

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 10:42 AM PDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada is currently in self isolation over coronavirus fears. His office confirmed this on Thursday, saying Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, his wife, began to show symptoms...

BREAKING: Nasarawa gov, emir of Lafia visit Sanusi in Awe

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 10:49 AM PDT

Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa state, and the Sidi Muhammad, emir of Lafia, are currently visiting Muhammad Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano. A few minutes past 5pm, the governor arrived...

DEVELOPING STORY: Security beefed up around Sanusi ahead of el-Rufai’s visit

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 09:37 AM PDT

Security is currently being beefed up ahead of a possible visit by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to Muhammad Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano. Earlier on Thursday, security sources...

Appeal Court reserves judgment on Ifeanyi Ubah’s sacking as senator

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 10:27 AM PDT

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday reserved judgment on an appeal filed by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah to challenge an April 11, 2019 order of the High Court of the Federal Capital...

NNPC bans international travels for staff amid Coronavirus threats

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 10:10 AM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has placed a ban on international travel for its staffers due to Coronavirus outbreak. According to reports reaching newsmen, the corporation said...

Coronavirus: Three Leicester players in self-isolation

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PDT

Three Leicester City first-team players have self-isolated after showing symptoms of coronavirus and "have been kept away from the rest of the squad", manager Brendan Rodgers has said. Rodgers did...

Be sorry for yourselves – Okorocha reacts to reports of court order to arrest him

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 09:13 AM PDT

Senator Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress, APC has denied reports in some newspaper publication that a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes...

Buhari to ASUU: ‘Your fight against IPPIS is needless’

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 08:28 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the fight against the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS, by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU was a needless...

‘We’ve not had light since he came but we are happy to have him’ — Awe residents speak on Sanusi’s presence

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 08:15 AM PDT

There has been no electricity in Awe town, Nasarawa state, Since Muhammad Sanusi II, deposed emir of Kano, was brought to the town, residents have said. However, the residents say they are happy to...

Nigerian Senate moves to strip President, Governors, their deputies of immunity

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 08:15 AM PDT

The Senate is on the verge of removing immunity in criminal matters for Presidents in Nigeria. This is part of the amendment being proposed for the 1999 Constitution by the Senate. Also to be...

Sanusi’s comments embarrassed Kano -Abdulsalami panel

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 08:15 AM PDT

The comments of Muhammad Sanusi II on national issues embarrassed the Kano government and the federal government, says a committee set up to intervene in the crisis between the deposed emir and...

Coronavirus: NBA halts all games after player tests positive

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 07:40 AM PDT

The NBA has announced that all matches will be suspended from Thursday until further notice, after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus. The announcement was made just before the Jazz...

Cristiano Ronaldo in quarantine as teammate tests positive

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 07:36 AM PDT

Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly in quarantine in his Madeira, Portugal home after his Juventus team-mate Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus. Italian defender Daniele Rugani tested...

Coronavirus: FG not contemplating travel ban, says Minister

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 07:32 AM PDT

The Federal Government is not contemplating imposition of a travel ban on travellers over the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said. The minister pointed...

Travel bans ineffective in preventing virus spread – UK

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 07:28 AM PDT

Britain on Thursday hit back at a US decision to impose a travel ban on Europeans to limit the spread of coronavirus, insisting there was no proof such measures worked. President Donald Trump...

Senate votes in favour of bill raising academic qualification for president

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 06:59 AM PDT

The senate has voted in favour of a bill seeking to raise the academic qualification for anyone who wishes to become president or governor in Nigeria. The constitution amendment bill sponsored by...

Kano govt reported to UN over former Emirs continued detention

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 06:34 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has complained to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the degrading treatment meted out to the deposed Emir of Kano,...

Federal High Court begins trial of case against Senator Abiola Ajimobi by APC chieftain

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 06:33 AM PDT

A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday, commenced trial on a suit filed by an APC Chieftain in Ekiti State, Mr Michael Akinleye against former Oyo State Governor, Senator...

Senate gives update on Nigeria’s insecurity report

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:35 AM PDT

The Nigerian Senate has assured that its report on the nation's insecurity will be ready next week. Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Security Challenges, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi (APC- Kebbi),...

Spanish La Liga suspended over Coronavirus

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:32 AM PDT

Spanish top flight La Liga has been suspended for "at least the next two rounds of matches" as a result of the Real Madrid squad going into quarantine because of coronavirus. It comes after a Real...

BREAKING: Entire Real Madrid squad quarantined for Coronavirus

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:27 AM PDT

Real Madrid footballers have gone into quarantine because of coronavirus. It comes after a Real Madrid basketball player, who shares training facilities with the La Liga club, tested positive for...

Buhari ‘threatened to declare state of emergency’ in Kano over Sanusi, Ganduje rift

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:25 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to declare a state of emergency in Kano in the heat of the crisis between Muhammadu Sanusi, deposed emir, and Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, according...

Bill to create State police passes second reading in Senate

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:06 AM PDT

A bill for an act to establish State Police in Nigeria, to ensure effective community policing has passed its second reading in the Senate. The bill was sponsored by Senator Bashiru Surajudeen...

Nigeria has nothing to show for all the money borrowed since 2008 -Peter Obi

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 05:05 AM PDT

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says Nigeria has nothing to show for all the funds it has been borrowing for years. Obi was reacting to the senate's approval of the $22.7 billion roan...
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