Saturday, 14 November 2020

NigerianEye: “AFCON qualifier: Sierra Leone stage comeback to draw Eagles 4-4” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “AFCON qualifier: Sierra Leone stage comeback to draw Eagles 4-4” plus 29 more

AFCON qualifier: Sierra Leone stage comeback to draw Eagles 4-4

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:16 AM PST

  Sierra Leone came back to play a 4-4 draw against the Super Eagles in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin on Friday. The Eagles had gone into a...

70-year-old man ‘impregnates’ granddaughter in Ogun

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:44 AM PST

        Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 70-year- old man, Hunsu Sunday, for allegedly impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter. Sunday was arrested on...

16 #EndSARS campaigners sue CBN governor to get accounts unfrozen

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:36 AM PST

  Sixteen #EndSARS campaigners are seeking a court order to overturn the freezing of their accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).   The CBN had frozen the accounts of 20 #EndSARS...

INEC speaks on postal voting in Nigeria ahead of 2023

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:35 AM PST

  The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has weighed in on the debate about Nigeria's capability to introduce postal voting ahead of the 2023 elections.   In an interview...

Govs’ pension law was revoked in 2018, Saraki’s aide replies Abdulrazaq

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:00 AM PST

An aide to former Governor Bukola Saraki has lambasted the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, for promising to revoke a law that guarantees life pensions and other privileges for former...

Liverpool star Salah tests positive for COVID-19

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:21 AM PST

 Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for coronavirus.   This was confirmed by the Egyptian Football Association in a statement on its website on Friday.   He contracted...

US election: Obama reveals why President Trump refused to concede defeat

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:36 AM PST

  US ex-President Barack Obama has blamed President Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat after the US elections on his inability to accept defeat.   Obama also accused top members of...

Buhari assents to Banks, Financial Institutions Act 2020

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:33 AM PST

 President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act 2020.   Garba Shehu, the presidential spokesman, made the announcement in a statement on Friday,...

BREAKING: Assistant Commissioner of Police, two officers shot by suspected cultists

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:14 AM PST

 An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of one of the Area Commands in Edo State and two other police officers were reportedly attacked and shot by suspected robbers in the early hours of...

FULL LIST: ICPC chairman among 72 lawyers named senior advocate of Nigeria

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:14 AM PST

 File photo Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been named senior advocate of Nigeria. Owosanoye was one of 72...

WAEC closes registration for 2020 WASSCE

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 07:20 AM PST

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, Nigeria has stated that registration for 2020 second series West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE registration ends today, November...

US election: Trump loses another state but fails to concede — here’s a timeline of what happens next

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:47 AM PST

  Joe Biden, the president-elect of the United States, has been projected winner of the state of Arizona, extending his lead over incumbent President Donald Trump to 290 against 217 electoral...

Reps panel probes BPP director ‘born in 1996 but employed in 1992’

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:45 AM PST

  The house of representatives is investigating Lantewa Fatsuma Lawal, a deputy director of accounts at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).   Lawal, from Bade local government area of...

BREAKING: Imo assembly removes speaker

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:36 AM PST

  Chiji Collins, speaker of the Imo state house of Assembly, has been impeached.   Collins was impeached during a plenary on Friday.   The motion for his removal was supported by 19...

Lagos, Bayelsa, other bye-elections to hold Dec 5 — INEC

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:01 AM PST

All the 15 pending bye-elections in 11 States in Nigeria would be conducted on Saturday December 5 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said. The commission also appealed for the...

I will reach out to Oshiomhole if he has anything to contribute – Gov Obaseki

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:31 AM PST

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has given a condition to work with Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obaseki said he would reach out to...

Access Bank pleads as #EndSARS protesters demand boycott for freezing their account

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:42 AM PST

  Amid an online campaign for customers to boycott Access Bank Plc, the management of the bank has sympathised with #EndSARS protesters for freezing their accounts.   Access Bank had...

VIDEO: Sanwo-Olu unveils first electric car assembled in Nigeria

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:37 AM PST

 Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday unveiled the first electric car to be assembled in Nigeria.   The car was assembled in Nigeria by the Stallion Group Automobile Factory...

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: 3 star players to watch

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:30 AM PST

Nigeria faces a Sierra Leone side needing result as action returns on the African continent. The Super Eagles would be saddled with the ample task to beat Sierra Leone at home and nothing else would...

EPL: Ed Woodward breaks silence on ”sacking” Solskjaer during international break

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 05:02 AM PST

Manchester United executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has insisted he is "absolutely" behind manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. There have been calls for United to fire Solskjaer amid a poor start to...

Why Buhari was not ruthless with #EndSARS protesters -Femi Adesina

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:12 AM PST

  President Muhammadu Buhari could have responded ruthlessly to the violence that trailed the EndSARS protests, but he decided not to do so because of his fatherly disposition and the fact that...

APC conspired to remove Jonathan, yet achieved nothing – Wike

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:07 AM PST

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of conspiring to remove former President, Goodluck Jonathan.   Wike disclosed this while hosting...

Filling stations not selling fuel in Lagos over price uncertainty

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:59 AM PST

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Friday said that filling stations in Lagos were not selling fuel because of uncertainty of the new pump price. IPMAN's President,...

Kwara govt moves to scrap pension for ex-govs, deputies

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:51 AM PST

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has disclosed plans to scrap payment of pension to former governors and their deputies in the state. Abdulrazaq disclosed his plans in a statement by...

Petrol hike: ‘This is next level hardship’, Nigerians slam Buhari

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:22 AM PST

 Nigerians on Friday described the fresh increase in the pump price of petrol as "next level hardship".   They took to the social media to criticise the President, Major General Muhammadu...

Biden throws Trump into more misery by winning Arizona

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:20 AM PST

 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, throwing President Trump into more political misery.  ...

Ohanaeze, Afenifere, ACF disagree over civilian JTF’s recruitment into Army

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:42 AM PST

The recruitment of 400 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Borno State into the Nigerian Army has pitted prominent socio-cultural groups representing different regions of the country against...

"ASUU" urges undergraduates to acquire skills, travel, have fun

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:25 AM PST

  A parody account of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has given undergraduates seven pieces of advice on how to spend their time because of the union's indefinite strike.  ...

Trump vs Biden: US election officials declare position on results

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:23 AM PST

  United States election security officials have stated that the 2020 presidential election was the most secure in American history.   The Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating...

ASUU strike: Group raises alarm, says students losing what they know

Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:15 AM PST

An International Organisation, Dollar Club Exclusive, has raised the alarm over the lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Federal Government which has stalled...
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