Sunday 7 June 2020

NigerianEye: “Atheist spends 40 days in custody for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Atheist spends 40 days in custody for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed” plus 29 more


Atheist spends 40 days in custody for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:58 PM PDT

An atheist, Mubarak Bala, has remained in the custody of the Kano State Police Command for 40 days without trial for allegedly blaspheming the Holy Prophet Mohammed. Bala was arrested on April 28,...

JAMB directs candidates to print 2020 results slips

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:41 PM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has directed candidates who sat for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination to print their result slips. The board said this in its weekly...

WHO issues guidance on locally-made face masks

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:37 PM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for the prevention of COVID-19. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, advised on...

Minneapolis police department to be dismantled

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:29 PM PDT

Lisa Bender, president of the Minneapolis council has promised to dismantle the city's police. "We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our...

IPOB plannng to stir global apathy against Nigeria - Presidency

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:20 PM PDT

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is plotting to stir a global apathy against Nigeria by falsely claiming that Christians are being persecuted, the Presidency said on Sunday. Senior...

Adekunle Gold, Simi welcome baby girl

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 01:11 PM PDT

Popular musician, Adekunle Gold, has welcomed a baby girl with wife, Simi. The excited music star revealed name of the baby girl as Adejare. Announcing the birth of their daughter, Simi shared the...

My mother’s relative attempted to molest me at 10- Bisi Fayemi

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 10:49 AM PDT

Wife of Ekiti Governor, Bisi Fayemi has revealed that  her mother's relative attempted to molest her when she was 10. Fayemi made this known in a live Instagram chat with Dolapo Badmus, a...

Ogun PDP exco begs IGP to investigate $250,000 bribery allegation against Justice Shittu

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 10:36 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) executive in Ogun State has called on the Inspector General of the Police to investigate the alleged bribery allegation against a Federal High Court judge in Ogun...

Revealed: Diezani now Dominican citizen

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:25 AM PDT

Fresh evidence has now emerged in Nigeria of how former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, plotted and secured a foreign country's citizenship and political appointment in order to...

Lagos state governor presents staff of office to the new king of Iru kingdom

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:54 AM PDT

The Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented the staff of office to the new Oniru of Iruland, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, during a coronation in Lagos. Lawal, who until his appointment...

N40bn scandal : I didn’t ask EFCC to probe Akpabio, says Omo-Agege

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:21 AM PDT

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has described as fake, a letter purportedly written on his behalf by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Nelson Ayewoh. The letter, which started...

Anambra Govt declares 8 COVID-19 patients healthy

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:15 AM PDT

The Anambra State Government says it has declared eight more Coronavirus disease COVID-19 patients healthy and fit to go home. The State's Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala, who made this...

Israel shut schools as pupils, teachers contract COVID-19 after reopening

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 07:58 AM PDT

‌ Three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers. With 347 pupils and teachers testing...

Kogi COVID-19 ‘index case’ discharged

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 07:51 AM PDT

The disputed Kogi coronavirus index case, Sheikh Ahmad Ejibunu has been reportedly discharged from the National Hospital, Abuja. Ejibunu, who is the Chief Imam of Kabba, whose identification as the...

Okowa defends COVID-19 surge in Delta State

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 07:00 AM PDT

Chief Press Secretary to Governor of Delta, Mr Olisa Ifeajika has said the surge in confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State was due to increased community testing. According...

COVID-19: Lockdown will be over soon – Pastor Adeboye

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 06:55 AM PDT

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said the lockdown emplaced to contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would be over...

Minister opposes death penalty for rapists, advocates castration

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 06:48 AM PDT

Amid concerns as to the growing wave of rape as well as debates on the best form of punishment to be meted to rapists, Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu...

UK to reopen mosques, churches June 15

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 06:10 AM PDT

The UK government said Sunday it will reopen places of worship for individual prayer on June 15 as it reportedly looks to speed up easing measures in order to save jobs. Prime Minister Boris...

Ebonyi community sends SoS to IGP over alleged murder, rape

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:48 AM PDT

The people of Edda community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi, has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr Mohammed Adamu to come to their rescue over alleged murder cases, torture...

NOUN to conduct virtual matriculation for new students

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:45 AM PDT

The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has said its newly admitted students will undergo an online matriculation ceremony on Saturday, June 13, 2020. It would be the first time in history...

I’m glad I settled differences with Majek Fashek –Charles Novia

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:12 AM PDT

Filmmaker and record label owner, Charles Novia said that he was glad to have settled his differences with the late Majek Fashek before his death. He said, "Majek Fashek was a true artiste. He was a...

EDO 2020: PDP’ll take advantage of APC crisis – Secondus

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:54 AM PDT

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has said the party has the strategy that will enable it to win the Edo governorship election. He said a committee was...

Conor McGregor announces retirement from UFC

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:50 AM PDT

Mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday. The two-division Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipWorld Champion said his fighting days were over in a...

FG plans to tax Netflix, Facebook

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:46 AM PDT

The Federal Government plans to tax foreign digital service providers offering services to Nigerians and earning revenue in naira. Some of these service providers which are video streaming sites,...

Churches reopen in Abuja

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:40 AM PDT

Following the removal of restriction on places of worship in the country, churches in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja reopened on Sunday. The Federal Government had in March shut all religious...

How we spent N80m on lawmakers’ wives Dubai trip — Lagos Speaker, Obasa ‌

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:37 AM PDT

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday appeared before the House panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations levelled against him by an online...

Direct primary won’t hold in Edo, Obaseki insists

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:32 AM PDT

Ahead of the June 22 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has insisted that there would be no direct primary in the state, stressing...

I won my ward in 2019 elections; my certificates intact, says Obaseki

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:27 AM PDT

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has described as laughable rumours that he lost his ward in the last general elections, noting that those who make up such stories forget that election...

Pa Akindayomi broke all protocol to make me G.O., Pastor Adeboye reveals

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:21 AM PDT

General Overseer of the  Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Friday night, said the  founder of the church, Reverend Josiah Akindayomi, was the destiny...

SERAP asks Court of Appeal to order release of asset declarations of Buhari, Osinbajo, others

Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:18 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos to set aside a judgment of a Federal High Court and to order public disclosure of asset...

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