Tuesday, 8 December 2020

NigerianEye: “Fleeing Boko Haram members operating as kidnappers in Southwest -Ekiti Governor” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Fleeing Boko Haram members operating as kidnappers in Southwest -Ekiti Governor” plus 29 more

Fleeing Boko Haram members operating as kidnappers in Southwest -Ekiti Governor

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:14 PM PST

  Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said some fleeing Boko Haram insurgents have relocated to the Southwest where they now operate as kidnappers. The governor made the claim on Sunday...

Buhari sacks NDE DG

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:08 PM PST

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu. Dr. Argungu was relieved of his post in memo...

Petrol price to reduce to N162.44 per litre as from December 14

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:44 PM PST

  The Federal Government has reduced the pump price of premium motor spirit (petrol) from N168 per litre to N162.44 per litre effective from December 14, 2020. Labour and Employment Minister...

Maina’s briefcase companies had N3bn turnover – EFCC witness

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:10 PM PST

  An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's prosecution witness said on Tuesday that a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, operated briefcase...

Nigeria’s official population rises to 206 million

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:04 PM PST

  The National Population Commission says Nigeria's population is now estimated at 206 million. This comes exactly two years after the NPC estimated the country's population at 198...

Trump’s hopes dashed by US supreme court

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:47 PM PST

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a devastating defeat to Republicans seeking to throw out up to 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania as they try to undo President Donald...

Man drags Amstel Malta/Nigerian Breweries to court

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:13 PM PST

  An Abuja-based Nigerian, Paul Oche, has filed a N1.5 billion suit against the Nigerian Breweries PLC over alleged intellectual theft. Oche, in a suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of...

Ronaldo scores twice as Juventus thrash Messi’s Barcelona 3-0

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:27 PM PST

   Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice from the penalty spot to win his battle with rival Lionel Messi and guide Juventus to a 3-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday, earning the Italians top spot...

UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: For N25k, travellers can get fake COVID-19 test results — from govt officials

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:10 PM PST

 Have you ever wanted something so badly you are willing to do anything to get it? That was me a week ago as I prepared to travel for an imaginary conference taking place in the United States. ...

Man United exit Champions League after 3-2 defeat at Leipzig

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:09 PM PST

  Manchester United exited the Champions League on Tuesday after going down 3-2 at RB Leipzig who resisted a late fightback to reach the last 16.   Leipzig were 3-0 up mid-way through the...

Boy in viral ‘mummy calm down’ video to star in Kunle Afolayan’s new movie

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 01:15 PM PST

  Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, a little boy who inspired the viral "mummy calm down" video, is set to make his Nollywood debut in a forthcoming project by Kunle Afolayan, a Nigerian filmmaker....

#EndSARS: Violent protest will no longer be allowed – Buhari warns again

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 01:15 PM PST

 President Muhammadu Buhari has said violent demonstrations would no longer be tolerated in the country.   Buhari said this during his meeting on Tuesday with 36 governors while...

NLC suspends strike in Niger

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 01:07 PM PST

The organised labour in Niger State has suspended its seven-day old industrial action over 30 per cent cut in salaries of civil servants in the state. Labour gave reasons for the suspension in a...

Ex APC Chairman, Etta mocks Buhari, others, says his expulsion a nullity

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 12:59 PM PST

 Former Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, South-South, Hilliard Etta has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari and other party members who attended the National Executive...

ASUU agreed to call off strike Dec 9 —Ngige

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 02:02 PM PST

  The Federal Government has faulted claims by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that it has failed to deliver on the timelines on offers made to...

Insecurity: Details of Buhari’s meeting with 36 governors revealed

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 12:20 PM PST

 President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the 36 state governors of the federation to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering to reduce...

BREAKING: We’ll soon reopen the borders, says Buhari

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 12:08 PM PST

  The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, met behind closed doors with the nation's 36 state governors on the security challenges across the country.   He explained that the closure...

Insecurity: Buhari won’t resign, APC replies PDP

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 10:56 AM PST

The National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress has condemned Peoples Democratic Party leadership's call for the resignation of the President,Muhammadu Buhari over the security...

#EndSARS: Police won’t tolerate another round of protest – IG warns

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 10:52 AM PST

 The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has said that police will not tolerate another round of End SARS protest in the country.   The IG, who was in Anambra to inspect the level...

Ex-SARS boss, James Nwafor fails to honour panel sitting

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 09:59 AM PST

Former SARS boss in Anambra State, CSP James Nwafor, on Tuesday, failed to honour the invitation of the state Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Killings. The panel reacting to...

PDP has gone senile – APC reacts to deregistration call

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 09:56 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday declared that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership has gone senile. In a statement on Tuesday, APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena, said the PDP was...

East Carolina University apologises to Ganduje, Kano govt over appointment controversy

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:41 AM PST

East Carolina University has apologised to the Kano State government over a recent controversy regarding the appointment of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as a Senior Mentoring Scholar and Visiting...

Dissolution of party structure: PDP asks INEC to deregister APC

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:29 AM PST

 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare vacant, the seats of lawmakers elected on the platform of the All Progressives...

Actress Mercy Johnson opens up on abuse in a new Instagram post

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:26 AM PST

Mercy Johnson, the screen goddess and mother of four, has posted advice nuggets on her Instagram page in a new post as she speaks about violence in different types.  Mercy Johnson clearly...

Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo loses parliamentary election

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 08:21 AM PST

  Lydia Alhassan, a Ghanaian politician, has defeated John Dumelo, an actor-turned-politician, to retain her seat as representative of Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency at the country's...

Davido's personal bodyguard is dead

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:34 AM PST

  Singer, Davido's personal bodyguard, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan aka TeeJay, has died. Tijani who has been ill for a while, passed on in the early hours of today, December 8. He is...

Insecurity: Buhari meets governors at Aso Villa

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:26 AM PST

 The President, Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   Although the agenda of the meeting has not been made public, it is believed...

I can’t go to Obasanjo’s house for reconciliation - Gani Adams replies former President

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:20 AM PST

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to last Wednesday's statement credited to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that his (Adams') past ways negated his (Obasanjo's)...

#EndSARS: Aisha Yesufu blasts Buhari for threatening protesters

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 07:05 AM PST

Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group has again blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for threatening End SARS protesters. Nigerian youths on Monday hit the streets in...

Court rejects Maina’s request for adjournment

Posted: 08 Dec 2020 06:29 AM PST

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, rejected the request by a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, for an adjournment to prepare for his...
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