Saturday, 12 December 2020

NigerianEye: “Reps invitation: Gov Wike reacts as Buhari snubs lawmakers” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Reps invitation: Gov Wike reacts as Buhari snubs lawmakers” plus 29 more

Reps invitation: Gov Wike reacts as Buhari snubs lawmakers

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 11:49 PM PST

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has revealed what President Muhammadu Buhari should have done instead of snubbing the House of Representatives after assuring them he would honour their...

Pastor Adeboye assured me that I’ll be re-elected -Obaseki says as he testifies at Redemption camp

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 11:48 PM PST

 Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Friday night testified how the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye prophesied his victory at the last Edo...

Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership newspapers, is dead

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 11:51 PM PST

 The Chairman and publisher of LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah, is dead, his family has announced. Mr Nda-Isaiah's newspaper, LEADERSHIP, in a report Saturday morning, quoted his...

Controversy surrounds death of Saraki’s in-law, Dapo Ojora

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:44 PM PST

  The death of Dapo Ojora, a socialite and brother-in-law of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, has generated controversies.   While several online news platforms claimed that the...

Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul pogba in massive swap deal

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:38 PM PST

 Juventus could use their superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo as part of a swap deal for Manchester United's Paul Pogba.   This is according to The Independent's chief football writer, Miguel...

How my ex-commissioners dumped PDP for APC – Wike

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:34 PM PST

 The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described two former commissioners, John Bazia and Michael West, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party,, as political neophytes with slippery...

Nigeria records 796 new COVID-19 infections — highest daily count ever

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:19 PM PST

 Nigeria broke a new record on its daily count of coronavirus infections on Friday, with 796 new cases recorded in 15 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).   The Friday figure is...

2023: Goodluck Jonathan told not to contest for President

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 01:09 PM PST

Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has pleaded with former President Goodluck Jonathan to discountenance the plot to lure him into 2023...

Wike attacks Secondus’ NWC, says PDP not ready to win 2023 presidency

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 12:08 PM PST

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Uche Secondus' National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sowing seed of discord among PDP governors and...

Sanwo-Olu goes into isolation as close aide contracts COVID-19

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 12:05 PM PST

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has gone into self-isolation, the state government said on Friday. This was contained in a statement titled 'Sanwo-Olu goes into...

Buhari takes one-week visit to Daura

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:59 AM PST

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja to Daura, Katsina State, to begin a one-week visit to his country home.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

US reacts as Nigeria police arrest suspected kidnappers of its citizen

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 10:52 AM PST

  The United States have commended the Nigerian Police for arresting two members of a trans-national kidnap syndicate involved in the abduction of its citizen, Philippe Nathan Walton.  ...

20m more Nigerians to become poor by 2022 -World bank

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 09:37 AM PST

The World Bank projects that the number of poor people in Nigeria will increase by 20 million by 2022. According to the bank's Nigeria Development Update (NDU), an average Nigerian may witness a...

FIFA announces three-man final nominees for Men’s Best Player, Puskas Awards, others (Full list)

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 09:27 AM PST

FIFA, on Friday, announced their final three-man shortlist for this year's Men Best Player of the Year, Puskas Awards and Best Goalkeeper. The world football governing body also announced their final...

BREAKING: ICC to investigate Nigerian security agencies over ‘crimes against humanity’

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 09:24 AM PST

  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a preliminary determination to investigate Nigerian security forces over allegations of "crimes against humanity" and "war...

COVID-19: F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton excited to be back

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:54 AM PST

A happy Lewis Hamilton said he was 'super-excited' to be back in action on Friday after he was second-fastest for Mercedes behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas in practice for this weekend's Abu...

Yuletide: Police ban fireworks, ‘knockouts’, others

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:48 AM PST

The Bauchi State Police Command, on Friday, banned the use of fireworks and explosives, otherwise known as knockouts during Yuletide celebrations. The Command also said it is not leaving any stone...

Presidency warns those threatening Buhari to desist

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:31 AM PST

  The Presidency has warned those threatening the President to perform certain functions within specific timelines to desist.   The Special Assistant to the President on Media and...

#EndSARS: Protesters ask Sanwo-Olu, Fashola, others to appear before panel

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:25 AM PST

 The counsel for the End SARS protesters, Adesina Ogunlana, on Thursday, demanded that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses summons Lagos...

Same rule army used to demote General Adeniyi was relaxed for northern muslim soldiers two years ago

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:11 AM PST

  The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has flayed the Nigerian Army over the demotion of General Olusegun Adeniyi, by a rank.   Adeniyi had in March, in a viral video,...

I met Imo State in shreds, virtually comatose – Gov Uzodinma claims

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:06 AM PST

  The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has claimed that the state was comatose when he assumed office on January 15, 2020.   The Governor said this while addressing people of...

Mace stolen from Ogun assembly recovered in Lagos

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 08:06 AM PST

  The mace stolen from the Ogun state house of assembly has been recovered in the Abule Ado area of Lagos state. Muyiwa Adejobi, police public relations officer in Lagos, confirmed the...

Thieves burgle Oyo government secretariat, cart away valuables

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 07:31 AM PST

Suspected robbers have burgled the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan and carted away valuables. It was gathered that the suspects stormed the Secretariat in the early hours of Thursday. The...

Be magnanimous in victory, Obasanjo urges Ghana’s Akufo-Addo

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 07:05 AM PST

 Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, congratulated President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana on his victory at the December 7 general elections.   In a letter he personally...

Police denies reports of attack, killing of 16 travellers on Abuja-Kaduna highway

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 07:01 AM PST

  The Police Command in Kaduna State has debunked the story making the rounds on social media that gunmen killed sixteen travellers on the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Tuesday as fake.   Umar...

Biden administration will be full of scandal –Trump

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 06:31 AM PST

  US President Donald Trump says the administration of Democrat Joe Biden will be full of scandals for many years. He also urged the Supreme Court to follow the constitution and do the...

Europa League: Tottenham star, others included in UEFA’s team (Full list)

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 05:59 AM PST

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Giovani Lo Celso, has been included in the UEFA Europa League team of this week. UEFA released the Europa League team in a post via its official website on Friday...

‘They were secretly recording’ — Fr. Mbaka defends attack on BBC reporters

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 06:02 AM PST

 Ejike Mbaka, a Catholic priest in Enugu state, says a team of BBC reporters were attacked after they were suspected to be assassins. The journalists – Chioma Obianinwa and Nnamdi Agbanelo –...

ASUU clears air on suspension of strike

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 05:51 AM PST

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not suspended the ongoing industrial action.   The Chairman, ASUU University of Jos, Dr Lazarus Maigoro, disclosed this in an...

El-Rufai decries Nigeria’s debt profile, worries over low GDP ratio

Posted: 11 Dec 2020 05:51 AM PST

 Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has raised alarm over Nigeria's high debt profile, lamenting that it is spinning out of control.   He spoke at a virtual event organised by the...
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