Tuesday, 8 June 2021

NigerianEye: “The Igbos are free to leave Nigeria - Northern Elders” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “The Igbos are free to leave Nigeria - Northern Elders” plus 29 more

The Igbos are free to leave Nigeria - Northern Elders

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 05:30 PM PDT

  The Northern Elders Forum spoke today on the agitations for secession by Igbo people and advised the authorities not to stand on their way. "The Forum has arrived at the difficult conclusion...

IPOB strongman Dragon shot dead

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:59 PM PDT

  Security agents yesterday foiled an attempt to attack the Imo State Police Command headquarters. They killed six of the assailants. One of them, Joseph Uka Nnachi alias Dragon, was said to...

Igangan attack: License Amotekun to bear arms, senator urges FG

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 01:07 PM PDT

Senator Kola Balogun representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the 9th Assembly has appealed to the Federal Government to license the South-West Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun,...

Jeff Bezos set to become first billionaire to travel into space

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:47 AM PDT

  Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, is set to become the first billionaire to travel into space. In an Instagram post on Monday, Bezos announced his plans to take the trip on...

FG didn’t give conditions to lift Twitter ban –Ministry

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:44 AM PDT

  The Federal Government has not listed condition to lift the suspension of microblogging site Twitter in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.   This was contained in a...

Destruction of public infrastructure is a form of terrorism -Lai Mohammed

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:43 AM PDT

  Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says destruction of public infrastructure is a form of terrorism.   There has been a series of attacks in recent times, targeted at...

Nigeria considers death penalty for railway vandals

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:14 AM PDT

The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering capital punishment (death penalty) for railway track vandals. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said this during a Town Hall Meeting on...

US, UK, EU envoys meet FG, insist #TwitterBan violates freedom of expression

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:11 AM PDT

The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a...

We will deal with you – Reps give 72 hours to CBN Governor, IGP, others

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT

  Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has been given 72 hours to appear before the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating recovered loots.  ...

Iganga, Agatu: Speak to herdsmen, bandits in language they understand – Nnamdi Kanu challenges Buhari

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:10 AM PDT

  Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to speak to Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, and other terrorist groups in the language...

More political appointees resign from Gov Ayade’s APC led government

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:04 AM PDT

Two political appointees, Mark Bookie Obi, Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on administration and Cecil Cecil Ita, Director General Urban Renewal Commission (South) have resigned their...

Gunmen attack Benue’s Odugbeho community

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 10:01 AM PDT

The Benue State Police Command on Monday confirmed the attack on Odugbeho community in Agatu Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sewuese Anene made the...

Pastor Kumuyi defiles Twitter ban, gives reason

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:29 AM PDT

  The general overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, has disobeyed President Muhammadu Buhari's ban on the microblogging platform, Twitter.   Kumuyi who...

Why I don’t have private jet – Father Mbaka

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:05 AM PDT

  Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, Enugu Catholic Priest, has said he would rather feed the poor than acquire a private jet like other pastors.   Mbaka at his Adoration Ministry on Sunday queried why...

FG in talks with Twitter over suspension —Minister

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:03 AM PDT

  Nigeria's government said it is in discussions with Twitter after it suspended the social media giant's operations in the country, foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama told reporters Monday....

Police officer, 41 farmers killed in Zamfara by suspected bandits

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:01 AM PDT

  A police officer and 41 farmers have been killed by suspected bandits in Tofa and Samawa villages in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State. A source from the area, Malam Balarebe...

‘I won’t say it’s not happening’ — Sanwo-Olu speaks on kidnappings in Lagos

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 09:01 AM PDT

  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has spoken on the reported cases of kidnapping in some parts of the state.   The kidnap of two farmers in March in Shalabo village, located between...

Twitter ban: I’m number three on list of defaulters – Dino Melaye

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:56 AM PDT

  Senator Dino Melaye who represented the Kogi CentralSenatorial District in the 8th National Assembly has identified himself as the number three defaulter of the Federal Governments ban on...

COVID-19: AFCON draw in Cameroon postponed

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:16 AM PDT

  The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations draw, scheduled for Yaounde on June 25, has been postponed due to Covid-19, the Confederation of African Football confirmed on Monday. A CAF official said the...

BREAKING: CJN swears in Garba as Chief Judge of FCT High Court

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:12 AM PDT

Hon. Justice Salisu Garba has just been sworn in as the Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The swearing-in was conducted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad,...

President Buhari appoints new aides for his wife, Aisha

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 08:08 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs in the Office of the...

Twitter ban: El-Rufai tweets, defy Malami, Buhari govt’s order

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:56 AM PDT

  Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has defied President Muhammadu Buhari's ban on Twitter.   Governor El-Rufai on Monday posted a message on the microblogging site, disobeying the...

IGP Alkali Baba suspends tinted windscreen permits in Nigeria

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:52 AM PDT

The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, has announced the immediate suspension of tinted vehicle windscreen permits in Nigeria.   Baba made the announcement during a meeting with senior...

U.S Vice President, Kamala Harris escapes air mishap after plane develops technical hitch

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:11 AM PDT

  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris escaped an air mishap on Sunday when her plane developed 'technical issues' after take-off. The plane was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews because of...

Insecurity: I will never be silent – Mbaka dares Catholic church

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:08 AM PDT

  The founder and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries Enugu, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has vowed never to be silent over insecurity in the country.   Mbaka said he would continue...

I can’t join APC, Gov. Ayade’s Special Adviser Mark Obi resigns

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:06 AM PDT

The Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade on Sustainable Development Goals, Mr. Mark Obi, has resigned his appointment. In his resignation letter which he signed and made available to newsmen on Monday...

Pastor Adeboye defies Twitter ban, says tweeting is within UN charter on human rights

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:05 AM PDT

  Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has defied the federal government's Twitter ban. The cleric on Monday posted a tweet reacting to the ban of...

Nigeria’s satellite is outdated but functioning by grace, says NASRDA DG

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 07:03 AM PDT

  Halilu Shaba, director-general of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), says Nigeria's satellite is outdated but still functioning by "grace". Nigeria has been hit by...

Buhari, Osinbajo still on Twitter yet NBC orders stations to deactivate accounts —Omokri

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:48 AM PDT

An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has knocked the National Broadcasting Commission for ordering broadcast stations to deactivate their Twitter accounts when President...

Imo police orders investigation into killing of Germany based Nigerian

Posted: 07 Jun 2021 06:14 AM PDT

The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has ordered a holistic investigation into the alleged killing of a German-based Nigerian, Oguchi Unachukwu, by the personnel of the 211 Regiment of...
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