Thursday, 10 December 2020

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram: Nigerian Army one of the best in Africa —Defence minister” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram: Nigerian Army one of the best in Africa —Defence minister” plus 29 more

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army one of the best in Africa —Defence minister

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 11:32 AM PST

The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.), on Thursday, says the Nigerian Army is one of the best in Africa and can defeat any enemy when given the right arsenals and...

Why I replaced NURTW with PMS in Oyo – Makinde

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 11:28 AM PST

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, declared that he replaced the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) with the Park Management System (PMS) in order to avoid rancour in the...

WATCH VIDEO: Funke Akindele, Chioma Akpotha, Eniola Badmus show off rap skills in ‘Askamaya Anthem’

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 10:40 AM PST

  Funke Akindele-Bello, a Nigerian actress, has put out 'Askamaya Anthem', a new rap song, featuring Chioma Akpotha, Bimbo Thomas, and Eniola Badmus, three of her colleagues in the film...

FG directs COVID-19 isolation centres to prepare for reopening

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 10:33 AM PST

  The federal government has asked COVID-19 treatment centres across the country to prepare for reopening. Some of the centres were shut after the country recorded a decline in cases.  ...

Ghana election: Opposition party rejects results, mulls legal action

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 10:32 AM PST

  Ghana's main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results.   President Nana Akufo-Addo was declared winner...

2023: PDP clears air on offering Goodluck Jonathan presidential ticket

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 10:11 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said former Nigeria president, Goodluck Jonathan, would be free to contest for the presidency in 2023 on its platform. However, the party has insisted that the...

Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, others included in UEFA’s team (FULL LIST)

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:05 AM PST

 Juventus star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been included in the UEFA Champions League team of this week.   UEFA released the Champions League team in a post via its official Twitter account on...

Fayose reveals why Buhari failed to honour Reps’ summon

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:58 AM PST

  Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday, described President Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to honour its invitation as an act of dictatorship.   The House of Reps had...

COVID-19 is lie from pit of hell, I have zero regard for It—Bishop Oyedepo

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 09:18 AM PST

  The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (also known as Winners Chapel), David Oyedepo, has stated that COVID-19 is not real but rather a lie from the pit of hell.   He...

Fr. Mbaka ordered his boys to seize our gadgets and beat us—BBC Journalists

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:56 AM PST

  Ejike Mbaka, popular Catholic priest based in Enugu state, has been accused of assaulting a team of BBC journalists who visited his residence for an interview on Wednesday. The journalists –...

US considers Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine approval

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:32 AM PST

‌ US experts met Thursday to assess whether to grant emergency approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine and allow America to become the next country to move ahead with mass immunization. The...

EPL: Lampard gives injury update on Pulisic, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:24 AM PST

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, will be without two of his wingers in Hakim Ziyech and Callum Hudson-Odoi when they take on Everton in the Premier League on Saturday. However, there is some good...

43 officers who deserted navy ‘on foreign mission’ declared wanted

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 08:04 AM PST

 The Nigerian navy has declared wanted, 43 of its personnel whom it accused of deserting the service.   The notice was issued in a circular containing the names and photographs of the...

‘Psquare not the first group to split’, my wife, children are my blood— Peter Okoye hits critics

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 07:03 AM PST

 Peter Okoye, a Nigerian singer better known as Mr P, has slammed critics who constantly ask him to "bring back" Psquare, the now-defunct music group he shared with Paul Okoye, his twin brother....

Fleeing Maina’s son, Faisal, arrested

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:58 AM PST

 Faisal Maina, who is the son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested.   This came barely one week after Maina who had...

Education standard on the downward trend -Education minister, Adamu Adamu

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 07:06 AM PST

The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu has expressed regret at the falling standard of education in the country and challenged education administrators to wake up from their slumber. Adamu,...

APC postpones nationwide membership registration

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:13 AM PST

  The All Progressives Congress has postponed the nationwide membership, update and revalidation excursus scheduled to begin on Saturday, December 12, 2020.   This was announced by the...

‘The govt tolerates religious violence’ — US gives reasons for blacklisting Nigeria

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:09 AM PST

  The United States has given its reasons for blacklisting Nigeria over alleged violations of religious freedom, saying this is as a result of widening terrorism with little or no government...

Hoodlums burgle Ogun Assembly, cart away mace

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:19 AM PST

Suspected hoodlums on Thursday burgled the Ogun State House of Assembly. It was learnt the suspected hoodlums attacked the office of the Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, and...

Senate tells Buhari to reinstate sacked NDE boss, Nasiru Argungu

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 06:03 AM PST

  Senate on Thursday called for the immediate reinstatement of the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Nasiru Argungu, saying it was aware of the in-house fighting...

France advises Nigeria on how to end insecurity

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 05:32 AM PST

France has urged Nigeria to engage politicians, local and religious authorities in communities to overcome its security challenges. French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, spoke at a meeting...

Rivers boils after policeman shoots tricycle rider dead over N100 bribe

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 05:13 AM PST

Pandemonium broke out on Thursday, at Mgbuchi-Rukpokwuodu, Rukpokwu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State after a policeman allegedly shot a tricycle rider dead over N100 bribe. According...

BREAKING: Major General dies of COVID-19 in Abuja

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 05:26 AM PST

  John Olu Irefin, major-general and general officer commanding (GOC) six division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, has died of complications from COVID-19. The GOC was attending the annual...

Buhari’s snub of NASS, questions our existence – Rep member

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 04:55 AM PST

  The member representing Ahoada-East/Abua/Odual Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Solomon Bob on Thursday described the snubbing of the Joint Session of the National Assembly by President...

Ghana election should be eye-opener for Nigeria —Atiku

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 04:28 AM PST

  Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has commended the conduct of the 2020 presidential election in Ghana.   He said the success of the election should be an eye-opener for...

Army cancels ongoing conference after participant tests positive for COVID-19

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 04:05 AM PST

 The Nigerian army has cancelled the remaining activities of the ongoing chief of army staff (COAS) annual conference 2020 after a participant tested positive for COVID-19.   The...

Police invade court, re-arrest protesters charged with plot to oust Buhari, Emmanuel

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 04:03 AM PST

  A legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong, has condemned "the desecration" of the judiciary in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday, in a case involving President Muhammadu Buhari and Akwa Ibom Governor,...

BREAKING: Buhari fails to appear before reps — after Malami says president can’t be summoned

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 04:58 AM PST

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday snubbed the invitation of the House of Representatives.   The House had on December 1, invited Buhari to address them over the issue of security...

US election: Melania Trump ‘just wants to go home’

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 03:26 AM PST

As President Donald Trump challenges election results, his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, has privately tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget...

BREAKING: Maina slumps in court (PHOTO/VIDEO)

Posted: 10 Dec 2020 02:56 AM PST

  Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has collapsed before a federal high court in Abuja where he is being tried on charges of money laundering.  ...
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