Thursday, 16 July 2020

NigerianEye: “643 new infections as Nigeria inches closer to 35,000 COVID-19 cases” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “643 new infections as Nigeria inches closer to 35,000 COVID-19 cases” plus 29 more


643 new infections as Nigeria inches closer to 35,000 COVID-19 cases

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:33 PM PDT

A total of 643 new samples have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in 18 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). The new cases were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

I was shocked when I read the ‘nonsense’ allegations against me -Magu

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 04:02 PM PDT

Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has described the allegations levelled against him as "nonsense". Speaking with The Nation hours after...

No going back on decision to stop students from writing WASSCE – FG

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:13 PM PDT

Nigerian government on Wednesday said it would not yet reverse its decision not to reopen schools to allow SS 3 students participate in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations,...

Why Magu was detained — Presidency

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT

Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, has said the presidential panel investigating Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes...

‘I’m contented with my wife’ –Akpabio denies sexual harassment allegation

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:13 PM PDT

Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, says he did not sexually harass Joy Nunieh, former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Nunieh had accused...

APC petitions CP, demands ex-Ondo SSG’s prosecution over electoral fraud

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:53 PM PDT

The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, have written a petition to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami, to investigate an allegation of...

Bills Gates, Obama, Joe Biden Twitter accounts hacked in ‘bitcoin scam’

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 04:20 PM PDT

Verified Twitter accounts owned by Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX, have been hacked in a suspected bitcoin scam. The accounts were hacked alongside...

I don’t regret divorcing my husband— Venita Akpofure

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 11:25 PM PDT

Former BBNaija star and actress, Venita Akpofure has said that she divorced her husband because their marriage was no longer healthy for her. Beautiful Akpofure made this known during an episode of...

Nigerian Air Force reveals details of death of only female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:32 PM PDT

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has explained the circumstances that led to the death of the country's first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. The Air Force on Tuesday...

‘Biafra Christians being killed’ — IPOB asks US to appoint special envoy on Nigeria

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:47 PM PDT

A group of coordinators of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the United States says the country should appoint a special envoy to the Lake Chad region, alleging that Christians are being...

What I would say to the US president as WTO DG -Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:45 PM PDT

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former managing director of the World Bank, has revealed what she would tell the US president or president-elect if she becomes the director-general of the World Trade...

We’re considering selling off some govt assets to raise money for infrastructure -Kogi govt.

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:45 PM PDT

The Kogi government says it is considering selling some non-performing assets of the state to raise capital for infrastructural development. In a statement on Wednesday, Kingsley Fanwo, commissioner...

BREAKING: Magu released from detention

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:57 PM PDT

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been released on bail. He was arrested and detained on Monday, July 6, 2020, following a...

We are ready to reopen schools – South-West govts

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:52 AM PDT

The six South-West states have signified readiness to reopen schools for pupils to sit for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination amid the coronavirus pandemic. This was part of...

ECOWAS court fines FG N50 for violating rights of FCT judge

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 11:04 AM PDT

The ECOWAS community court of justice sitting in Abuja has awarded a N50 fine as nominal damage against the federal government in favour of S.E. Aladetoyinbo, judge of a federal capital territory...

Reps uncover how NDDC spent N81bn in 4 months without projects

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:04 AM PDT

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, uncovered the numerous spendings by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from February to May 2020. The...

Woman marries 20-year-old stepson, couple expecting baby

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:02 AM PDT

Marina Balmasheva, a Russian influencer, has married her 20-year-old stepson, Vladimir Shavyrin, after divorcing his father. The woman, 35, shared a video as they married at a local registry...

BREAKING: Lagos doctors suspend 3 days warning strike

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:53 AM PDT

Striking medical doctors in Lagos have called off its three days warning strike. The doctors had on Monday embarked on a warning strike over wage disparity between the federal government doctors and...

Over 7,000 South African police officers contract COVID-19

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:48 AM PDT

A total of 7,021 South African police officers have tested positive to COVID-19 while 53 have passed away, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on Wednesday. Cele said at a news conference, on...

Court grants social media influencer, Adeherself, N500,000 bail

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:11 AM PDT

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday granted popular  social media influencer Adedamola Adewale also known as Adeherself bail of N500,000. In a ruling, Justice Sherifat Solebo also...

National Assembly clerk forced into retirement after failed bid to extend tenure

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:01 AM PDT

Sani Omolori (pictured), clerk of the national assembly, has been forced to retire after a failed bid for his tenure and other senior management staff to be extended. Omolori's retirement was...

I’ve not faced the panel for days or seen copy of allegations against me -Magu

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 07:53 AM PDT

Ibrahim Magu, suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says he has not appeared before by the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets (PCARA) for...

NDDC: Akpabio clears air on missing N40b

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 07:56 AM PDT

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has cleared the air on the allegations of missing N40billion. Nunieh on Monday raised a fresh allegation against Godswill Akapbio,...

Buhari mourns Nigeria’s first female combatant pilot, Tolulope Arotile

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 07:56 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the late female combatant pilot, Tolulope Arotile, who died on Tuesday. Tolulope died after sustaining head injury in a road...

Senate appeals FG to raise age limit attached to job vacancies

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 07:29 AM PDT

The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to urgently raise the age limit usually attached to job vacancies in the country. The call by the Senate followed its consideration of a motion...

IGP rejects Magu’s request for bail, directs him to presidential panel

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 08:10 AM PDT

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has told the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu that the police have no hand in his...

American visa lottery winners sue Trump for stopping immigration

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 06:41 AM PDT

No fewer than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 countries have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. This followed the executive order he signed suspending immigration until next...

BREAKING: EFCC jails ex-Executive Director, Captain Bala for 7 years

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 08:03 AM PDT

Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, a former Executive Director, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, has been jailed for seven years. Agaba was handed the jail term by a Federal High Court...

EFCC officials present documents to Salami panel as Magu’s probe continues

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 06:39 AM PDT

Four unit heads of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presented some documents to the panel investigating corruption allegations against Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of...

Taraba NLC chairman dies of COVID-19

Posted: 15 Jul 2020 05:20 AM PDT

The Taraba State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Comrade Peter Gambo is dead. Gambo died of coronavirus at the Isolation Centre of the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, in the early hours...

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