Thursday, 17 December 2020

NigerianEye: “PICTURES: Faces of the released Kankara schoolboys from Boko Haram captivity” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “PICTURES: Faces of the released Kankara schoolboys from Boko Haram captivity” plus 29 more

PICTURES: Faces of the released Kankara schoolboys from Boko Haram captivity

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 07:03 PM PST

  All abducted schoolboys of Kankara Government Science Secondary School have been released, Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina said today. Masari gave the number of freed students as 344,...

Atiku Abubakar begins campaign for 2023

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 07:01 PM PST

  Ahead of 2023 presidency, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has inaugurated his support groups across the 36 states of the federation. The Atiku Support Group was launched in Abuja...

Buhari approves establishment of 10 national parks

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:50 PM PST

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the establishment of 10 additional national parks. Minister of Environment, Mohammad Abubakar, announced this on Thursday...

Second wave of COVID-19 hits Nigeria – PTF

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:42 PM PST

  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said there were indications that the country had entered the second wave of infections. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the government of...

BREAKING: Nigeria records highest daily new COVID-19 cases ever

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:38 PM PST

  Nigeria Thursday night posted 1,145 COVID-19 cases, its highest daily record till date, according to data published by the NCDC. Two states, Lagos and Kaduna and the capital Abuja accounted...

BREAKING: Abducted Kankara schoolboys released

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 01:16 PM PST

   The abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina, have been freed.   This was disclosed by President Muhammadu Buhari's Personal Assistant on New...

BREAKING: Lewandowski defeats Messi, Ronaldo to win FIFA’s best player award

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 12:07 PM PST

Robert Lewandowski has defeated the golden duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the FIFA's player of the year award. Lewandowski's stellar season for all-conquering Bayern has already...

BREAKING: Bayern’s Neuer emerges FIFA’s best men’s goalkeeper

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:46 AM PST

Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer has won The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper 2020 award. He defeated Alisson Becker and Jan Oblak to win the award. Manuel Neuer has already won a host of individual awards in...

BREAKING: Liverpool’s Klopp beats Flick, Bielsa to win FIFA best coach award

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:42 AM PST

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp has won The Best FIFA Men's Coach Award 2020. He defeated Marcelo Bielsa of Leeds and Bayern's Hans-Dieter Flick to win the award. Bielsa led Leeds United back to the Premier...

BREAKING: Tottenham’s Son wins FIFA Puskas Award

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:35 AM PST

Tottenham Hotspur player, Son Heungmin, has won the 202 FIFA Puskás Award after his breathtaking goal against Burnley. Twelve thrilling seconds were all it took for Son to take the ball from his own...

FG officially declares second wave of COVID-19

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:29 AM PST

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Thursday, officially declared the second wave of the virus in Nigeria. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated...

JAMB awards N375m to 5 best performing tertiary institutions in Nigeria (FULL LIST)

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:08 AM PST

 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Thursday, gave N75million award to each of the five best performing tertiary institutions in Nigeria.   The University of Ilorin won...

Kankara abduction: PDP Reps move to impeach Buhari

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 11:06 AM PST

 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus in the House of Representatives on Thursday, called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari.   Kingsley Chinda, leader of the caucus,...

Reach out to Atiku for solution to Nigeria’s problems – Former VP’s aide tells Buhari

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 10:54 AM PST

  The Spokesperson of Abubakar Atiku 2019 Presidential Campaign Organisation, Segun Showunmi, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to reach out to his closest rival in the last election for...

COVID-19 second wave: NEC gives condition for another lockdown in Nigeria

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 10:47 AM PST

 The National Economic Council (NEC) has given a condition for Nigeria to go back to lockdown again in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.   NEC said Nigeria would have to...

Insecurity: Buhari, Service Chiefs dragged to court, asked to pay N100bn compensation to victims

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 10:45 AM PST

 Amid the issue of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria, a former governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Adamawa State, Said Lawal Uba, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari...

Ladoja wouldn’t have won 2003 gov poll without Adedibu —Obasanjo

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 09:06 AM PST

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, described the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu as a "very honest" politician, who helped the Peoples Democratic Party to win the governorship election...

Controversy over Abike Dabiri’s tweet on abducted Kankara schoolboys

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 09:03 AM PST

 Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Thursday, stirred controversy on social media following a tweet in which she claimed that the abducted students...

BREAKING: Gov. Lalong test positive for COVID-19, goes into isolation

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 08:55 AM PST

  Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has tested positive for COVID-19.   Recall that at the wake of the pandemic, the Governor and his family members had twice tested negative for the...

Muslim woman decorates reverend’s house with Christmas tree in Kaduna

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 10:55 AM PST

  Ramatu Tijjani, a resident of Kaduna, has decorated the house of Mobel Wuye, a reverend, with a Christmas tree.   Tijanni, a peace ambassador, said Christmas provides an opportunity for...

Secondus leads protest over abduction of Kankara schoolboys

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 08:51 AM PST

  Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday led protesters who called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue the students abducted from a secondary...

Kankara abduction: Nowhere is safe if students can be abducted from Buhari’s State – Gov Ortom

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 08:24 AM PST

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Thursday, reacted to the abduction of students from Katsina State. Ortom said the abduction of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government...

Kankara abduction: Buhari, greater threat to Nigeria than Boko Haram – Reno Omokri

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 08:20 AM PST

Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari was more of a threat to Nigeria than Boko Haram. Omokri made the remark in response...

YouTube removes Boko Haram video of kidnapped Kankara schoolboys

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 07:10 AM PST

  YouTube has promptly blocked the video released by Boko Haram showing hundreds of captured Kankara schoolboys.   Th video was first uploaded by a website called Humangle on Thursday....

‘10 years is more than a lifetime’ — Sen. Dariye begs supreme court to reduce jail term

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 07:10 AM PST

  Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, has asked the supreme court to nullify his conviction or reduce the 10-year jail sentence he was given for diverting public funds. The...

Kakuri traders beg El-rufai to extend market demolition date

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:53 AM PST

Traders in Kakuri market have appealed to the Kaduna State government to give them more time to evacuate their belongings. This is as the seven days quit notice given to the traders to quit the...

Femi Adesina reveals why Buhari gifted him foreign currency

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:20 AM PST

 The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says contrary to widespread belief, his principal is not a stingy man.   Adesina claimed that Buhari, one time,...

People don’t appreciate what Niger Delta does for Nigeria -Edwin Clark

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 06:19 AM PST

  Edwin Clark, chairman of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), says the Niger Delta people are not appreciated for their contribution towards improving the country's economy.   Clark spoke at...

Boko Haram releases video showing abducted ‘Kankara schoolboys'

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 07:07 AM PST

Last Friday night, gunmen invaded Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, shooting into the air to scare away people in the area as they abducted schoolboys. In a recent...

Omah Lay, Tems, arrive Nigeria

Posted: 17 Dec 2020 04:55 AM PST

  The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has taken to her Twitter account to announce that Nigerian singers, Omah Lay and Tems, have arrived in Nigeria.   Both...
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