Thursday, 5 March 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Three fresh Coronavirus suspects quarantined in Lagos” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Three fresh Coronavirus suspects quarantined in Lagos” plus 29 more


BREAKING NEWS: Three fresh Coronavirus suspects quarantined in Lagos

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:16 PM PST

The Lagos State Government on Thursday night revealed that three Coronavirus suspects are currently being quarantined at its facility in Yaba, Lagos. Earlier on Thursday, A Nigerian man who returned...

Confusion as two Nigerian courts give contradictory orders on APC chairman, Admas Oshiomole

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 05:06 PM PST

There was confusion on Thursday as two courts of equal jurisdiction, in a space of 24 hours, gave contradictory orders on the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams...

REVEALED: Full details of how President Buhari plans to spend $22.7 billion loan

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:42 PM PST

The Nigerian Senate had on Wednesday approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow $22.7 billion externally.According to the report by the upper lawmaking chamber, the loan is...

Just like Amotekun, the South East will soon launch its own regional security outfit - Ebonyi governor

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:48 PM PST

Chairman South East Governors forum and Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi on Thursday said the zone is set to launch its own regional security outfit. He stated this while addressing the...

Coronavirus will delay Lagos-Ibadan rail project – Amaechi laments

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:51 PM PST

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that the outbreak of Coronavirus may delay the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project. The minister said the delay may not be...

Fulani herdsmen attack Benue community, rape monarch’s wife

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:34 PM PST

Suspected Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Thursday attacked the Mbanyiar community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and raped three women including the district head's...

Banker bares it all - "How we moved N200 million cash from Fayose’s residence"

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:31 PM PST

The N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose resumed on Thursday with a banker, Johnson Abidakun, narrating to the court how Fayose in April 2016 invited his bank to move...

UNILAG suspends convocation

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:28 PM PST

The convocation ceremonies of the University of Lagos, Akoka, slated for next Monday to Thursday, have been suspended. A statement by the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday...

49 NYSC members to repeat their service year

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:25 PM PST

Forty-nine Batch A corps members of the National Youth Service Corps will repeat their service year in Gombe, Kaduna, Ebonyi, Sokoto and Ekiti states following various infractions. The Gombe State...

Odion Ighalo scores twice as Manchester United march into FA Cup Q/Finals

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 03:08 PM PST

Odion Ighalo ruined Wayne Rooney's hopes of leading Derby to an FA Cup upset against Manchester United as the Nigeria striker's double sealed a 3-0 win in the fifth round on Thursday. Ole Gunnar...

N-power beneficiaries to receive Jan., Feb. stipends from Friday -FG

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:58 PM PST

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, said that the federal government had resolved the hiccups in the stipends of N-Power...

First female Appeal Court President, Bulkachuwa takes a bow

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:04 PM PST

The first female President of the Court of Appeal, Zainab Bulkachuwa, Thursday, bowed out of the Bench as she clocked the statutory mandatory retirement age of 70 years for Justices of Appeal...

National Assembly tired of people who know nothing – Gbajabiamila

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 01:01 PM PST

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has told the new members of the board of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to ensure that the legislature is manned by...

Alleged N65m fraud: EFCC re-arraigns “Mama Boko Haram", 3 others

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 10:35 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday rearraigned Aisha Wakil, popularly called "Mama Boko Haram" and three others in a High Court in Maiduguri on two separate fresh cases...

Lecturers without IPPIS won’t get February salary- FG

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 10:11 AM PST

The Federal Government has declared lecturers yet to be captured in the newly introduced Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System(IPPIS) won't be paid February salary. It also disclosed...

Saraki kicks as EFCC moves to secure final forfeiture of his property

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 10:11 AM PST

Immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukonla Saraki on Thursday, opposed an application before a Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking final forfeiture of two of his Ikoyi, houses. The said houses are...

Presidency reveals Buhari’s plan for Igbos

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 10:06 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that he will complete ongoing legacy projects in the South-East before the expiration of his administration in 2023. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,...

Peace Corps begins operations as police unseals Abuja head office

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PST

The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), on Thursday, formally took possession of its corporate Head Office in Abuja after three years of siege on the premises, by the Nigeria Police Force. The Corps led by...

Coronavirus: Another Nigerian in Isolation – Lagos govt

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:30 AM PST

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has said a Nigerian who returned from France three days ago is in isolation at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba. Abayomi at a briefing...

$22.7 billion loan request generates heated debate in Senate

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 09:00 AM PST

There was argument and counter-argument at the Senate on Thursday's plenary over the procedure for loan requests by states The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan had asked that...

South-south Govs to establish regional security outfit

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 09:59 AM PST

Governors of south-south states have announced their intention to establish a regional security outfit. They made the announcement in Asaba, Delta state, on Thursday, while discussing ways to curb...

BREAKING: A minister and some governors behind my ordeal -Oshiomhole

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 09:57 AM PST

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says a serving minister and some governors are responsible for his ordeal in the party. Speaking with state house...

Late Kolade Johnson suffered six gunshot injuries, pathologist tells court

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:27 AM PST

A pathologist, Dr Oluwaseun Williams, on Thursday, testified before an Ikeja High Court that Kolade Johnson, a 35-year-old football fan allegedly killed by a policeman at the Mangoro area of Lagos,...

Charges on deposits, withdrawals above N500,000 take effect April 1

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:19 AM PST

The nationwide implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria's cashless policy on deposits and withdrawals above of N500,000 will take effect nationwide from April 1. This was made known in an...

Repentant Boko Haram terrorists not recruited into military – Chief of Defence Staff

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:03 AM PST

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, has dismissed reports that repentant and rehabilitated Boko Haram members were being recruited into the Nigerian military. Olonisakin, who was...

‘We’ve turned into a heartless generation’ — Victoria Inyama tackles women who sleep with married men

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:04 AM PST

Victoria Inyama, Nigerian actress, has called out women who indulge in illicit affairs with married men, tearing homes apart in the process. In a series of posts on her social media page, the movie...

Are you looking at me with pity? -Oshiomhole ask reporters

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 07:24 AM PST

Despite all the crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the national chairman of the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole appeared unperturbed on Thursday. In his first appearance since a FCT High...

Reps condemn police extrajudicial killings, want SARS reviewed

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 07:22 AM PST

The House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday condemned the rising cases of extrajudicial killing, extortion, harassment, and intimidation by men of the Nigeria Police Force. The House...

Buhari appoints Justice Mensem as Acting President of Appeal Court

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 07:19 AM PST

Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Justice M.B. Dongban Mensem as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal. Buhari disclosed that Mensem's appointment is for an initial period of...

Coronavirus affected my 83rd birthday event – Obasanjo

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 07:19 AM PST

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how the Coronavirus that has broken out in many countries of the world affected the events lined up for his 83rd birthday. Obasanjo marked his 83rd...

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