Friday, 16 April 2021

NigerianEye: “N7.9 billion cash: EFCC grants Okorocha bail” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “N7.9 billion cash: EFCC grants Okorocha bail” plus 29 more


N7.9 billion cash: EFCC grants Okorocha bail

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 08:38 PM PDT

 After spending two nights in its custody, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, released former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on administrative bail....

BREAKING: Makinde sacks LAUTECH VC Ologunde

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 02:32 PM PDT

  Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has sacked the Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Prof Michael Ologunde. The governor's decision was communicated in a...

Terrorists’ll be brought to their knees, Chief of Air Staff speaks tough

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:23 AM PDT

  The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, has said the Nigerian military will win the war on insecurity in the North-East and other parts of the country. Amao said this when he...

We’re ready to end influx of criminals, irregular migration – NIS tells Osun govt

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:18 AM PDT

The leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has pledged its readiness to end the influx of criminals, irregular migrants and illegal mining in Osun as part of efforts to strengthen the...

VIDEO: May you have more Queens, Ooni's wife prays for him

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:15 AM PDT

  The wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, was a year older yesterday April 15 and a dinner was held in her honor at the palace last night. While she was giving her vote of thanks,...

N60bn controversy: CBN’s duty is to print money and lend to govt – Emefiele

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:12 AM PDT

  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Friday said it is the duty of the bank to print money which can be lent out to government. Emefiele's comment comes...

8,439 out of over one million vaccinated Nigerians reported mild side effects -NPHCDA

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:08 AM PDT

 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says 8,439 persons across the country have reported mild side effects after they received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Faisal...

Gov. Matawalle suspends district head for conferring title on soldier aiding bandits

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:05 AM PDT

  Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, has suspended Surajo Namakkah, the district head of Badarawa in Shinkafi Emirate council of the state.   Yusuf Idris, director-general on...

Money printing saga: PDP asks Buhari to sack finance minister

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 11:02 AM PDT

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, and replace her with a better hand.   The main opposition party accused...

NDDC is broke, we need more funds -Akpabio

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 10:06 AM PDT

  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has asked for more funds for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which he said is broke.   The commission was in...

JAMB bans parents from UTME venues

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 10:04 AM PDT

 The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is'haq Oloyede, has ordered all CBT Centres across the country not to allow parents/guardians into the registration hall...

Insecurity remains global, stop politicizing - Keyamo tells critics

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 09:57 AM PDT

 The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has reacted to the mass shooting in the US city of Indianapolis which happened on Thursday.   Eight people were killed...

Buhari snoring while Nigeria sinks under him – Dino Melaye

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 09:50 AM PDT

 Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, on Friday lamented that Nigeria was currently sinking under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.   Melaye made the remark in reaction to the...

NPFL: Ahmed Musa isn’t a threat, we have ex-national player – Kwara United star, Steven

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 09:46 AM PDT

Kwara United midfielder, Jude Steven, has insisted that the signing of Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, by the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, club, Kano Pillars isn't a threat to his...

Nigeria now a transit country for drug trafficking – Marwa

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 09:08 AM PDT

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, has said that Nigeria is traditionally being considered a transit country for drug trafficking. Marwa stated...

18 ISWAP commanders, other fighters killed in Damasak —Army

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 09:02 AM PDT

  A senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Bukar Gana Fitchmeram (aka Abu Aisha), and scores of his fighters, who were on revenge mission at Damasak, fell to the firepower...

We can’t ‘continue’ with bad governance, PDP tells Buhari

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 08:58 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has reminded the President Muhammadu Buhari that his tenure in office ends on May 29, 2023. This was after Buhari, while fielding questions from journalists on his...

Parents of abducted Kaduna students ignore El-Rufai, talking with bandits on release of children

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 07:40 AM PDT

  Parents of the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, have resolved to employ all possible ways towards the released of their abducted children not...

Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury confirm venue for blockbuster fight

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 07:16 AM PDT

 Boxing champions, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have approved the location for their undisputed world heavyweight title fight this summer according to promoter, Eddie Hearn.   Although the...

Ghanaian actress bags 90-day jail term for posting unclad photo with son online

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 07:20 AM PDT

  The Circuit Court sitting in Accra has sentenced Akuapem Poloo, Ghanaian actress, to three months in prison for posting an unclad photo with her son on social media. According to BBC...

Rohr reacts as Ahmed Musa joins Kano Pillars

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 07:08 AM PDT

 Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, is pleased with Ahmed Musa's decision to rejoin Kano Pillars.   Musa, this week, signed a short-term deal with the Nigeria Professional...

#PantamiResign: Communications minister under fire over alleged link with terrorists

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 06:46 AM PDT

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has come under fire on popular social media platform, Twitter, over his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The...

Sovereign national conversation inevitable – Ezekwesili

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 06:34 AM PDT

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that it is inevitable that a sovereign national conversation will hold in Nigeria. According to Ezekwesili on Twitter, this is likely because of...

Nigeria lacks courageous leaders who can tell FG the truth -Gov. Ortom

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 05:17 AM PDT

  Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says Nigeria lacks courageous leaders who can tell the federal government the truth. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at a lecture organised by the...

Germany picks Ghana over Nigeria for West African centre of global health

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 05:11 AM PDT

  The German government says it will support the launch of a German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention.   Christoph Retzlaff, German ambassador to Ghana,...

BREAKING: Nigeria is number one importer in Africa, says WTO

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 05:08 AM PDT

Nigeria is the number one importer of commercial services in Africa in 2020, data released by World Trade Organisation showed on Friday. The Geneva-based international trade organisation ranked...

Gunmen kidnap Ekiti monarch — days after another escaped abduction

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 05:08 AM PDT

  The Ekiti state police command says David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemosu, has been kidnapped by gunmen in Oye local government area of the state. Sunday Abutu, the command's spokesman, who...

I’m not behind distribution of rice in north —Tinubu

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 05:02 AM PDT

National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied distributing bags of rice in some states in the northern part of the country. Tinubu stated this in a...

Buhari now re-energised – APC

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 03:42 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is now re-energised and recommitted to executing the party's lofty developmental objectives after his medical trip...

Mourinho makes players feel ‘they don’t exist anymore,’ says Pogba

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 03:13 AM PDT

  Paul Pogba has attacked Jose Mourinho's man-management style, accusing him of "going against players" and making them feel like "they don't exist any more". After Mourinho's appointment as...

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