Wednesday, 14 July 2021

NigerianEye: “Social media regulation threatens rights – UN” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Social media regulation threatens rights – UN” plus 29 more

Social media regulation threatens rights – UN

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:53 PM PDT

  The United Nations on Wednesday warned that public and private actors are intervening against online content in ways that curtail rights and muzzle criticism. "You see a digital world that...

Falana attacks Buhari govt over inhuman treatment meted out to Kanu, Igboho

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:44 PM PDT

Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has said economic saboteurs and political buccaneers have taken over the country, as he criticized the inhuman treatment given to IPOB leader...

All hands must be on deck to end insecurity in Nigeria – Wamakko

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:37 PM PDT

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence as well as Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has lamented that the security of lives and property of...

Internet fraudsters now hire unclad women to evade arrest, destroy evidence -EFCC

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:13 PM PDT

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says some suspected internet fraudsters now employ women who use nudity as a decoy so that suspects can evade arrest.   In a...

How pastor, female choir member conspired to rape me in Port Harcourt – 20-year-old victim

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:11 PM PDT

  The Rivers State Police Command is investigating a case of alleged rape of a 22-year-old girl by a General Overseer of one of the new generation churches in Port Harcourt.   The case...

Gov Diri imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on Bayelsa communities

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 01:03 PM PDT

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Bassambiri and Ogbolomabiri areas of the Nembe Local Government Area of the state. Diri said the curfew, which takes effect...

FEC awards N309bn road contracts to Dangote as tax credit

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 12:55 PM PDT

  The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the award of a contract to Dangote Industries to construct five roads totalling 274.9 kilometres at N309,917,717,251.35 to be advanced by the...

IPOB to FG: Nnamdi Kanu’s health is deteriorating… he mustn’t die in custody

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 12:53 PM PDT

 The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has asked the federal government to allow its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, receive medical treatment for his "deteriorating" health. In June, Nnamdi Kanu was...

FG approves unit to regulate, monetise posting of police officers as escorts, guards

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 12:37 PM PDT

  The federal executive council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the formation of the Special Police Services. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said...

Saraki hindering us from probing him, EFCC tells court

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 12:37 PM PDT

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court to vacate an order made restraining the commission from probing Bukola Saraki, former senate president. On...

‘I’ve undergone mental torture’ — Nnamdi Kanu seeks transfer from DSS’ custody to Kuje prison

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 12:37 PM PDT

 Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked a federal high court in Abuja to transfer him from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to...

Man 37, remanded for alleged rape of his 11-year-old child in Ekiti

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:20 AM PDT

An Ekiti State Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered one Musa Nurudeen (37) to be remanded in the Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. In her pronouncement, Magistrate O.F. Bamidele granted...

Why Lord Lugard is devil’s incarnate, Pastor Paul Adefarasin reveals

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:16 AM PDT

Head Pastor of the House on The Rock Church, Pastor Paul Adefarasin has revealed why Lord Lugard is a devil's Incarnate. The Cleric while giving a sermon in his church revealed that Lord Lugard...

Bishop Kukah laments about Buhari government to US Congress

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 10:11 AM PDT

  The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah has expressed fear that the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari is not handling issues concerning religious...

Singers Davido and Tiwa Savage visit Obama DMW’s gravesite in Lagos

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:27 AM PDT

  Davido, Nigerian singer, has paid a visit to the gravesite of Obama DMW, the late music executive and his close associate — about two weeks after he was buried. Obama DMW, whose...

There’re business opportunities in Nigeria for serious-minded investors -Tony Elumelu

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:17 AM PDT

  Tony Elumelu, chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, says the Nigerian business environment is "hospitable and supportive" for any serious-minded investor.   Elumelu, who spoke at an...

Boundary dispute: Supreme court stops FG from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:15 AM PDT

The supreme court has issued an order restraining the federal government and its agencies from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo state.   The oil wells are located in Akri and Mgbede communities, where...

Katsina: Police close roads ahead of Buhari’s visit

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 08:34 AM PDT

The Katsina Police Command on Wednesday said it is closing some highways ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari's visit on Thursday. According to a statement made available to newsmen by the state's...

Keyamo: PDP is a comedy troupe… no law against Matawalle’s defection

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 07:57 AM PDT

  Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, says there is no law against the decision of Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC)....

COVID-19: UNILAG orders students to vacate hostels

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 09:11 AM PDT

  The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has ordered students to vacate its hostels. The varsity broke the news in a statement on Wednesday.   On Tuesday, panic broke out at...

Court rejects EFCC’s video evidence against former NNPC boss, Yakubu

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:57 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to play video evidence in the ongoing trial of former Group Managing Director (GMD)...

We will be more intentional in seeking investors —Osinbajo

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:49 AM PDT

  VP Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government look for the right type of investors in its privatization and commercialization efforts. According to Osinbajo, the federal government going...

Barcelona strikes new contract agreement with Messi

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:48 AM PDT

 Barcelona has reached an agreement in principle with captain Lionel Messi for the renewal of a new contract.   Diario Sport reports that the agreement between Barcelona and Messi includes...

Stop requesting classified information – NFIU warns govt officials, politicians

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:47 AM PDT

 The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has condemned attempts and inordinate requests for information from the establishment by politicians.   A statement on Wednesday by Ahmed...

We won’t allow usage of humans for rituals – Ogun Assembly tells Obas, traditionalists

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:44 AM PDT

The Ogun State House of Assembly has told traditional rulers in the state that it will not allow the use of human beings for rituals during the installation or burial of a monarch. The Speaker of the...

My life was threatened for saving Nigeria $3.6bn from ghost workers, oil subsidy scam –Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:32 AM PDT

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says her life was threatened for saving Nigeria huge sums of money from oil subsidy scam while serving as the country's...

COVID-19 Delta variant: NCDC warns Nigerians not to travel for Sallah

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:58 AM PDT

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has warned Nigerians not to travel if it is not necessary as Muslim faithful prepare to mark this year's Eid-el-Kabir celebrations next week amid...

Super TV CEO’s murder: Police arrest more suspects

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 06:10 AM PDT

  Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu on Wednesday disclosed that the police have arrested more suspects in connection with the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer (CEO),...

Okorocha has long left APC without his aides knowing – Uzodimma

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:53 AM PDT

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has replied his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, saying he has long left the All Progressives Congress, APC, without some of his aides knowing. Uzodimma was reacting to...

IPOB killed two soldiers in Enugu, says army spokesman

Posted: 14 Jul 2021 05:52 AM PDT

  The Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militia of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have allegedly killed two soldiers in Enugu. According to Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, the...
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