Monday, 25 January 2021

NigerianEye: “Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continue to worsen” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continue to worsen” plus 29 more

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continue to worsen

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 05:25 PM PST

According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the nation reported 1,430 new cases on Monday, with Lagos posting 744 cases, more than half of the national figures. Monday's infections...

REVEALED: First set of Covid-19 vaccine to arrive Nigeria

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 03:26 PM PST

  The first shipment of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines being expected by Nigeria, would arrive in early February. Mr. Boss Mustapha, secretary of the Government of the Federation and chairman of...

Uzodimma imposes curfew in 10 LGAs after clash between soldiers and IPOB security outfit

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:16 PM PST

  Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has imposed a 12-hour curfew in 10 local government areas (LGAs) following a clash between soldiers and members of the security network set up by the...

Man narrates how friend was fired from PR firm for calling own mum illiterate

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:09 PM PST

  A Twitter user who identifies as Lola Okunrin has narrated how an unnamed friend of his was fired from a public relations (PR) company for referring to his own mother as an "illiterate"....

REVEALED: Dangerous UK COVID-19 strain now in Nigeria

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 03:04 PM PST

 The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says cases of B117 strain of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria.   The strain was first reported in the United Kingdom and South Africa.  ...

EFCC releases names of 16 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos (Full list)

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:35 PM PST

At least, 16 young men have been apprehended in Lekki area of Lagos State for allegedly involving in internet fraud, otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo.   The Lagos Zonal Office of Economic and...

‘Buhari should deploy solders against herdsmen’ – Fani-Kayode on clash between Nnamdi Kanu’s ESN, soldiers

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 11:53 AM PST

 Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday, reacted to the clash between soldiers and operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in Orlu area of Imo State.   Fani-Kayode...

‘Four killed’ as soldiers clash with IPOB security personnel in Imo

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:20 PM PST

  Four residents have been reportedly shot dead in Orlu, Imo state, following a clash between officers of the Nigerian army and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) established by the Indigenous...

BREAKING: South-West Governors ban open grazing, underage herders after meeting with Miyetti Allah

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 11:46 AM PST

  All open and night grazing by Fulani herdsmen and underage herders have been banned in the South West zone of Nigeria.   This was one of the agreements the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF,...

BREAKING: Buhari govt extends eased COVID-19 lockdown by one month

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 10:49 AM PST

The Nigerian government has extended the phase three ease of COVID-19 lockdown. Boss Mustapha, Secretary of the Government of the Federation, SGF, has disclosed that the easing of COVID-19 lockdown...

Two remanded in prison for stealing plastic bottles, baskets

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:45 AM PST

Two persons were on Monday remanded by an Osogbo Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing plastic bottles and baskets. The accused persons are; Oyekanmi Abdulkadri, M, 30 and Opeyemi Mustapha, F,...

Nigerian govt to employ 30,000 graduates

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:27 AM PST

  The Federal Government has approved the employment of 30,000 graduates to be trained on soil samples and to render extension services to farmers.   The recruitment is part of efforts to...

Herdsmen quit notice: Akeredolu cannot ask Fulanis to vacate Ondo, he was misquoted– Fayemi

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:25 AM PST

 Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has insisted that Governor Rotimi Akaredolu cannot ask Fulanis to vacate Ondo State.   Fayemi, who is the Governor of Ekiti...

Untold story of Sunday Igboho’s childhood days and his ‘powerful’ grandfather

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:22 AM PST

  Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has been in the spotlight lately over his eviction notice to herders in Oke Ogun area of Oyo state. Blaming herders for the high level of...

I wouldn’t want my kids to emulate me -Wizkid

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 09:21 AM PST

 Wizkid, his three sons Popular Hip-hop star, Ayo Balogun professionally called Wizkid has said he wants his kids to be better than him.   The Made in Lagos crooner said this in a virtual...

OYO: Arrest Sunday Igboho now, he’s not more powerful than Nigeria – Miyetti Allah urges Makinde

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 08:20 AM PST

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has demanded the arrest of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho. Ibrahim Jiji, the Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of MACBAN asked the...

EPL: It is very disappointing – Harry Redknapp reacts to sack of Lampard as Chelsea manager

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 08:16 AM PST

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp has expressed disappointment over the sack of Frank Lampard as Chelsea manager. Redknapp, who managed Lampard at the start of his playing career at...

EPL: Guardiola sympathises with Lampard over sack from Chelsea

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 08:12 AM PST

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has offered to take Frank Lampard to a restaurant. Guardiola said this while expressing his sympathy for Lampard following his sacking by Chelsea. Lampard was...

Apostle Johnson Suleman speaks on being probed by IG of Police, Adamu for allegedly sleeping with a pastor's wife

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 07:53 AM PST

  Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has reacted to reports that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, is investigating him.   A former pastor of his church, Mike...

Nigeria’s peace, unity, prosperity depends on restructuring – Fmr VP, Atiku Abubakar

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 07:42 AM PST

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called for the restructuring of Nigeria. Atiku said Nigeria would have peace, unity and prosperity if and when restructured. In a statement on...

Fulani eviction: Buhari now ceremonial President, only reacting to death of prominent Nigerians

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 07:19 AM PST

  A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Barr. Olusegun Bamgbose has warned that Nigeria's unity may become extinct if nothing is done about the current state of the nation....

Ban looters, corrupt Nigerians – PDP Chieftain, Timi Frank begs Biden

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 07:13 AM PST

  Timi Frank, Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the United States President, Joe Biden to take a stronger position against corrupt...

NSCDC arrest 10 suspected illegal gas refiners in Lagos

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 07:06 AM PST

A 10-man gang of suspected illegal refiners of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Lagos State. Mr Paul Ayeni, the state NSCDC...

Kaduna: Court orders evacuation of El-Zakzaky’s wife to COVID-19 treatment center

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:58 AM PST

A Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Zeenat, to an isolation centre, for...

My wife wants to kill me, plans to marry another man – Man tells court

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:49 AM PST

A civil servant, Moses Ojo, on Monday, prayed a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to grant him a divorce, on grounds that his wife, Martha, was secretly planning to marry another man. NAN reports...

Ebonyi PDP: Caretaker cmttee chair, Udeogu raises alarm over alleged plots to burn party secretariat

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:41 AM PST

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State has raised alarm over an alleged plot by thugs suspected to be loyal to the state government to set its Secretariat ablaze. The Caretaker...

Herdsmen quit notice: Buhari’ll turn Sunday Igboho into Southwest version of Nnamdi Kanu – Omokri

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:40 AM PST

  Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against arresting Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho.   Omokri warned that Buhari would turn Igboho into a...

2023 presidency: Gov Wike speaks on his campaign posters surfacing in Abuja

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:39 AM PST

Governor Nyesom Wike has blamed mischief makers for viral 2023 presidential campaign posters spotted in some parts of Abuja.   Wike disassociated himself from the campaign posters in a statement...

Sunday Igboho: How Tinubu stopped him from causing mayhem in Ekiti

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:07 AM PST

  Sunday Igboho was hired to cause mayhem in Ekiti state but changed his mind after a meeting with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   Babafemi Ojudu, the Special Adviser on Political Matters to...

Nigeria’s security situation better than in 2015- FG

Posted: 25 Jan 2021 06:07 AM PST

  The Federal Government on Monday said although the country was facing security challenges, the current situation is better than what the present regime met at its inception in 2015.  ...
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