Tuesday, 17 March 2020

NigerianEye: “Togo, Niger, Benin owe Nigeria N30 Billion for electricity supply” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Togo, Niger, Benin owe Nigeria N30 Billion for electricity supply” plus 29 more


Togo, Niger, Benin owe Nigeria N30 Billion for electricity supply

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:42 PM PDT

The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...

Coronavirus: No travel ban for Chinese, Italians, they are free to visit Nigeria — FG

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:42 PM PDT

The Federal Government says it has no plans to impose travel restrictions on visitors from countries where coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. However, Nigeria has decided to screen visitors...

REVEALED: How Mama Boko Haram, others diverted N111.7 million contract fund

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:38 PM PDT

A prosecution witness, Olaleye Isma'il, on Monday told a Borno State High Court in Maiduguri that Aisha Wakil, alias Mama Boko Haram, connived with two others to divert N111.7m contract funds. Mama...

Bird Flu spreads in China

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:36 PM PDT

Highly pathogenic' bird flu has broken out in two Chinese provinces near Hubei since the beginning of the month as Beijing struggles to contain the novel coronavirus currently ravaging the country,...

Nigerian Army no longer for dropouts, dumbheads – Buratai

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:31 PM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, said on Monday that the Nigerian Army had evolved over the years and was no longer for school dropouts and never-do-wells. Buratai spoke in Ibadan, the...

Over 7,000 people killed by Coronavirus

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 02:35 PM PDT

The number of novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 175,530 with 7,007 deaths, across 145 countries and territories at 1700 GMT on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official...

Coronavirus: Canada closes border to foreigners

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 02:20 PM PDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that Canada is closing its borders to most foreign travellers, except Americans, in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. "All...

TRENDING VIDEO: Hollywood star, Idris Elba confirms he is infected with Coronavirus

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:59 AM PDT

Hollywood legend, Idris Elba has confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus. WATCH VIDEO BELOW... This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have...

BREAKING: Oshiomhole: APC national leadership calls emergency meeting

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 01:17 PM PDT

A meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been scheduled for Tuesday. Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement Monday...

Coronavirus: Canada shuts borders to ALL countries except US

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 01:14 PM PDT

Canada has closed its borders to nationals from all countries except the United States in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. This is even as 27 African countries have now recorded at least...

US begins first human trial of coronavirus vaccine

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 12:14 PM PDT

The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 has begun in Seattle, US health officials said on Monday. "The open-label trial will enrol 45 healthy adult...

APC crisis worsens as another court approves Gaidom as acting national chairman

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:29 AM PDT

A federal capital territory high court on Monday granted an interim order allowing Victor Giadom, acting national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to act as the party's national...

NSF: Schools in Edo to go on 10-day break

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:13 AM PDT

Edo Governnent has directed all public and private schools in the state to proceed on a 10-day break ahead of the National Sports Festival (NSF) being hosted by the state. In a statement signed by...

Coronavirus: Chelsea player defies self-isolation protocol

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:09 AM PDT

Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount was spotted playing at a football park along with West Ham's Declan Rice on Sunday, defying the club's self-isolation protocols which came into place last...

Coronavirus: Finland declares state of emergency

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:06 AM PDT

Finland, on Monday, declared a state of emergency to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including closing schools and banning visits to nursing homes and institutions, the government said. Prime...

I cried but then moved on, says woman who found she had no female organ at 17

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 12:53 PM PDT

When Julian Peter from Kenya visited the hospital after experiencing swollen legs some years ago, she had no knowledge what her discovery would be. Then a 17-year-old student, the doctor had simply...

BREAKING NEWS: Appeal court stops Oshiomhole’s suspension as APC chairman

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:04 AM PDT

A court of appeal sitting in Abuja has restrained the All Progressive Congress (APC) from executing the judgement of a federal capital territory high court which ordered the suspension of Adams...

Sanwo-Olu takes Lagos explosion pictures to Buhari in Abuja

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:29 AM PDT

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has taken pictures of the gas explosion that claimed 20 lives in the state to the President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The governor made this known in a...

Benin Republic announces first coronavirus case

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:43 AM PDT

West Africa's Benin on Monday announced its first confirmed coronavirus case as the continent scrambles to stop the spread of the global pandemic. Health minister Benjamin Hounkpatin said a man...

Fayemi signs Amotekun Law, reads riot act to criminals

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:37 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, signed into law, the bill for the establishment of Ekiti State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps. The bill was passed into law by the...

Keri Hilson opens on coronavirus not being rampant in Africa

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:27 AM PDT

Keri Hilson, American singer,has averred that coronavirus crisis has not been rampant in Africa because the continent is not a 5G region. In series of posts shared on her social media page on...

Why we don’t do shows like before -Don Jazzy

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:18 AM PDT

Nigerian music producer and record label boss has averred that insecurity in the country has affected showbiz earning and made touring difficult. The 37-year-old singer disclosed this while speaking...

Lagos explosion: 3 year old girl rescued unhurt from rubbles

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:13 AM PDT

Emergency officials have rescued a three-year-old girl, Favour, from the rubble at the Abule-Ado explosion site in Lagos. Chairman, Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS) Lagos branch, Adebola Kolawole...

Police kill three in gun duel with kidnappers

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:11 AM PDT

The Adamawa State Police Command has decimated a gang of suspected kidnappers, killing three and ridding three others with bullets. The Command explained in a statement by its spokesman, DSP...

BREAKING: 2020 UTME: JAMB releases results

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:14 AM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of 312,000 candidates who sat for Saturday's 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Dr Fabian Benjamin,...

Igbo presidency not possible – Nnamdi Kanu

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:41 AM PDT

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared Igbo presidency a non feasible venture. Kanu explained that Igbo presidency was not feasible because Biafra would be actualized...

BREAKING: APC suspends NEC indefinitely

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 07:52 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress' (APC) National Executive Council (NEC) meeting slated for Tuesday has been suspended indefinitely. The suspension of the NEC was one of the agreements reached during...

Buhari, APC governors in crucial meeting in Abuja

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:01 AM PDT

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja. The meeting reportedly began around...

21 year-old footballer dies of Coronavirus

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 07:56 AM PDT

Francisco Garcia, a 21-year-old youth football coach in Malaga, Spain , has died few days after catching coronavirus. News reports described him as the youngest victim to die in the entire...

Ganduje asked if I would accept Sanusi after he was dethroned -Nasarawa gov

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 07:56 AM PDT

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has disclosed that he was informed of Ganduje plans to banish dethroned Emir Sanusi to his state Sule disclosed that Ganduje sought his approval for Sanusi...

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