Tuesday 9 June 2020

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: FG declares June 12 Public Holiday” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING: FG declares June 12 Public Holiday” plus 29 more

BREAKING: FG declares June 12 Public Holiday

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:43 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, as public holiday to mark this year's Democracy Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola who made the...

Ekiti Assembly concludes plan to invite Fayose over N10bn supplementary budget

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:50 AM PDT

The Ekiti State House of Assembly says it will invite former Governor Ayodele at the appropriate time to make clarifications on some financial dealings he undertook during his reign in the...

Wike signs Executive Order prohibiting burials without govt approval in Rivers, offenders to pay N10m fine

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:46 AM PDT

A new Executive Order signed by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has prescribed N10m fine for any burial conducted contrary to the provisions of the...

We never said Nigeria belongs to us – Miyetti Allah

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:41 AM PDT

National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo has debunked a statement in which it purportedly said that Nigeria belonged to the Fulani. The sociocultural...

Police hunt for lady seen in viral video sucking a baby’s genitals

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT

The Nigerian police have launched a hunt for a yet-to-be-identified lady seen in a viral video sucking the genitals of a baby boy. In the 29-second video, the unidentified woman can be seen bending...

Edo 2020: Gov. Obaseki approves venue for PDP primaries amid COVID-19

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:05 AM PDT

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, Governor Obaseki has approved a request by the People Democratic Party, PDP, to use the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium for its primaries. According to the...

Leave Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB, focus on herdsmen killings, others – Nigerians blast Presidency

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:02 AM PDT

The Presidency has come under attack over its recent statement accusing the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of setting Nigeria against some of its allies, such as the US, UK and...

Oshiomhole frustrated plans to remove fuel subsidy by Obasanjo govt – Atiku

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:02 AM PDT

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives...

BREAKING: Buhari finally nominates Dongban-Mensem as appeal court president

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:59 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the nomination of Monica Dongban-Mensem, acting president of the court of appeal, to the senate for confirmation. This was announced in a statement by Garba Shehu,...

Christian group calls on ICC, UN to investigate Southern Kaduna ‘genocide’

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:26 AM PDT

A Christian group known as the Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has called on the United Nations (UN) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague to investigate alleged ongoing killings in...

Indecent dressing is not an invitation to rape-Yul Edochie

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:20 AM PDT

Nollywood actor and director, Yul Edochie says indecent dressing is not an invitation to rape. In a tweet shared via his Twitter page on Sunday, June 7, 2020, the movie star turned politician said...

Ex- Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, is dead

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:20 AM PDT

Elder statesman and former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav is dead. His death was confirmed by his Personal Assistant, Torkuma Uke. Tribune reports that Uke who did not...

FLASHBACK: Abia Gov, Ikpeazu once said COVID-19 won’t afflict Abia because of God’s promise

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:16 AM PDT

Less than three months after Okezie Ikpeazu proclaimed that no COVID-19 case will be recorded in Abia, the governor has become the latest positive case in the state. John Okiyi Kalu, the state's...

Wadume, Taraba ‘kidnap kingpin’, arraigned for ‘terrorism’

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 09:08 AM PDT

Hamisu Bala, a suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has been arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on charges of terrorism. An attempt to arrest Wadume had led to the killing of...

BREAKING: Court stops APC from conducting primaries in Edo

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:47 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the All Progressives Congress and its national chairman from conducting any primary election in Edo State ahead of...

Man Utd bid €100M for Barca Ansu Fati

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:56 AM PDT

Premier League club Manchester United have made a €100m offer for Barcelona youngster Ansu Fati. It emerged last week that Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu, during a video call with board...

I cried so much when my baby was born- Adekunle Gold

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:53 AM PDT

Orente singer, Adekunle Gold has shared details of how he welcomed his first child with his singer-wife, Simi. Nigerianeye recalls that the couple announced the birth of their baby girl, Adejare, on...

Troops killed 1,429 Boko Haram insurgents in two months -Army boss, Buratai

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:20 AM PDT

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says troops in the north-east killed 1,429 Boko Haram insurgents and arrested 166 informants of the group in two months. Speaking with journalists after meeting...

Index COVID-19 case only suffered from bee sting, he didn’t see his result -Kogi

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:19 AM PDT

The Kogi state government says the first case of COVID-19 announced in the state only had complications from a bee sting. Kingsley Fanwo, commissioner for information and communication in the state,...

Six NDDC staff test positive for COVID-19

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:15 AM PDT

Six staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. The commission disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Monday. The six staff were said to be...

REVEALED: DSS cleared Dongban-Mensem before she was nominated by NJC

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:46 AM PDT

The Department of State Services (DSS) cleared Monica Dongban-Mensem before the National Judicial Council (NJC) recommended her as the president of the court of appeal Garba Shehu, presidential...

JUST IN: Buhari holds closed door meeting with Chief of Army Staff

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:11 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting between the President and...

Edo 2020: APC displays credentials of aspirants

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:42 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Monday displayed the academic credentials of the six contestants in the forthcoming Edo State governorship primary. The six contestants are Governor Godwin Obaseki,...

CAN warns Miyetti Allah president over derogatory statement

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:22 AM PDT

Chairman, Christain Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, Rev John Joseph Hayab, on Sunday warned the National President of the Miyetti Allah over a statement that could set the country on...

Sam Okwaraji’s mother dies at 83

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:22 AM PDT

Lady Janet Okwaraji, octogenarian mother of late Green Eagles Superstar, Samuel Okwaraji is dead. The death of the matriarch of Okwaraji family was confirmed to newsmen by his eldest son, Patrick...

We have already destroyed Nigeria – Nnamdi Kanu fires back at Presidency

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:52 AM PDT

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has reacted to a statement by the presidency concerning the international activities of the secessionist group. Nnamdi Kanu said...

Edo elections: Why God will never forgive me – Obaseki

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:19 AM PDT

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has said that God will not forgive him if he risks the lives of the people in the State because of politics. Obaseki stated this while speaking on Sunday...

Pope warns Italians not to celebrate victory over coronavirus too soon

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:13 AM PDT

Pope Francis on Sunday warned Italians to not let their guard down against coronavirus now that infection rates have fallen and urged them to obey government rules on social distancing and wearing...

Why I cannot run for political office in Nigeria – Deji Adeyanju

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:13 AM PDT

Convener of pro-democracy group, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has given reason he would not run for any political office in Nigeria. Adeyanju, on Monday, said many Nigerians at the grassroots...

More Christians killed in North under Buhari’s govt – Fani-Kayode alleges

Posted: 08 Jun 2020 03:43 AM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation has alleged that more Christians have been killed under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration than any other in the history of Nigeria. The...
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