Wednesday, 17 March 2021

NigerianEye: “Ekiti United players involved in auto crash” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ekiti United players involved in auto crash” plus 29 more

Ekiti United players involved in auto crash

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:23 PM PDT

  Players and officials of Ekiti United Football Club of Ado-Ekiti were on Tuesday involved in an auto crash. The club's Media Officer, Quozeem Oladapo, made this known in a statement...

Nigeria records 179 cases of COVID-19, two deaths

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:17 PM PDT

  Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 179 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, increasing infections in the country to 161,074. It also announced two virus-related deaths. The death...

Wike absent as Deputy takes first jab of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Rivers

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 01:08 PM PDT

  The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, was absent as the state government commenced the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination that will help to promote immunity and reduce infection in the...

N16bn for managing n’assembly not enough — it should have been doubled -Rep

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 01:02 PM PDT

  Yunusa Abubakar, lawmaker and member of the house committee on house services, says the amount of money allocated to the national assembly as running costs should have been doubled.  ...

FIRS: We’re still in charge of stamp duty collection

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:55 PM PDT

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has countered reports that the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has been licensed for collection of stamp duty charges. According to the 2019...

At 93, I wish someone younger was chosen as Afenifere leader- Adebanjo

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:49 PM PDT

  The new Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says he wished someone younger was chosen for the position newly bestowed upon him.   Adebanjo said this during an interview with PUNCH on...

Clerics can negotiate with bandits that’s not our job -El-Rufai

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:35 PM PDT

Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says his government will not engage with bandits and kidnappers. There have been a series of attacks on Kaduna communities in the past weeks, particularly...

Kidnappings of schoolchildren in North is becoming funny – Wike

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:21 PM PDT

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that Nigerians need to know the truth about the spate of abduction of students by bandits in the North West.   Wthin 3 days, the bandits...

Health worker in Norway dies of brain haemorrhage after AstraZeneca vaccination

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:57 AM PDT

  A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine, though no direct link to the jab has been established, health authorities said...

EFCC orders bank workers to declare assets, sets June 1 deadline

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:48 AM PDT

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ordered bank employees to declare their assets. The anti-graft agency has also set a June 1 deadline for workers to comply with the...

Covenant University lecturer arrested for raping 17-year-old student

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:48 AM PDT

  A lecturer in the Department of Business management at the Covenant University Ota, Ogun State, Dr. Stephen Ukenna, has been arrested for alleged rape.   Police said Ukenna was arrested...

Buhari receives Niger Republic’s highest award

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:50 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari was on Tuesday conferred with the Niger Republic's highest national honour, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger. He was conferred with the honour by the country's...

Fish out abductors of OOU students – Gov Abiodun orders security agents

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:43 AM PDT

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has directed security agents to fish out those behind the kidnapping of two students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Aiyetoro Campus, asking them to ensure the...

Grammy: Buhari urged to give Wizkid, Burna Boy national awards

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:38 AM PDT

A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Olusegun Bamgbose, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Grammy Awards winners, Wizkid and Burna Boy It was reported that self-acclaimed...

Mob attacks Lagos policemen, labels them thieves

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:28 AM PDT

  Two mobile policemen were attacked and called thieves by angry youths suspected to be traders at the Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State.   In a viral video online, some angry youths...

Enugu assembly drops life pension bill for ex-governors after public outcry

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:12 AM PDT

  The Enugu house of assembly has stepped down the life pension bill granting more benefits to former governors of the state.   The bill was stepped down after a public outcry that...

BREAKING: Fire razes scores of shanties in Ebute Meta, Lagos (VIDEO)

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 09:56 AM PDT

  Scores of shanties were razed on Tuesday at the Ondo-Ibadan axis of the Okobaba sawmill,  Ebute Meta, Lagos State.   It was gathered that fire started in one of the shanties but...

2023 presidency: Fayose meets IBB, Abdulsalami Abubakar

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:56 AM PDT

  Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State has met with two ex-Presidents of Nigeria. Fayose met with former Military Heads of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, and Abdulsalami...

Men comfortable with women paying bills are vegetables -Actress Lilian Afegbai

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:13 AM PDT

  Lilian Afegbai, Nigerian actress, says men who are comfortable with women paying their bills are "vegetables".   The 29-year-old Edo-born film star addressed issues surrounding paying...

FULL LIST: Lagos opens 88 centres for COVID-19 vaccination

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:47 AM PDT

  The Lagos government has released the list of COVID-19 vaccination centres in the state. The vaccination is expected to be held in 88 health facilities, including military and police...

Police charge Wakili for ‘murder, kidnapping’ as court remands him in prison

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:47 AM PDT

  An Iyaganku chief magistrate court in Ibadan, Oyo capital, has ordered that Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani leader in the state, be remanded in a correctional facility. Wakili was arrested by the...

Champions League: ‘This is my worst Man City team’ – Guardiola

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:47 AM PDT

  Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has claimed his current squad is his worse until they win a trophy.   The Etihad side is in the running to win an unprecedented quadruple this...

Punish those responsible for Nigeria’s security problems – Group urges Buhari

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:41 AM PDT

The leadership of the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum, UNYF, has condemned in totality the spate of countless kidnapping and abduction of students in the North and the country at large. The forum noted...

President, Governors must obey summons – Reps’ bill passes second reading

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PDT

A bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution to grant the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly powers to summon the President and Governors has scaled second reading at the House of...

BREAKING: CBN introduces new charges for USSD services

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:20 AM PDT

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services.   The apex bank said effective Tuesday, customers will...

EU reports Nigeria to WTO over ban on milk importation

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:17 AM PDT

  The European Union has written a letter to the World Trade Organisation to complain about the milk and dairy restriction policy of Nigeria.   Director-General, World Trade Organisation,...

Defaulting employers risk N1m fine as senate seeks stiffer penalties for labour offences

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:17 AM PDT

  A bill seeking to fine employers as high as N1 million for labour offences has passed second reading at the senate. In total, the bill is seeking to amend 11 sections of the labour act of...

Okonjo-Iweala was on everyone’s necks to ensure Nigeria got COVID-19 vaccine -SGF

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:13 AM PDT

 Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), ensured Nigeria got its supply of COVID-19...

Gov. Hope Uzodinma reports Okorocha to President Buhari

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:13 AM PDT

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has reported his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha to President Muhammadu Buhari.   Buhari inaugurated two roads in Owerri, the Imo State capital visually...

Tutorial centre owner arrested for hiking JAMB form price

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 07:03 AM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has arrested a tutorial centre operator for collecting N6,500 registration fees from would-be UTME candidates. The operator, Bayo Olajide, who owns...
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