Saturday, 5 February 2022

NigerianEye: “Delta: Three kidnapped lawyers, driver released by abductors in Warri” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Delta: Three kidnapped lawyers, driver released by abductors in Warri” plus 29 more

Delta: Three kidnapped lawyers, driver released by abductors in Warri

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 05:19 AM PST

Three Warri based lawyers and a driver kidnapped in the town have been released by their abductors. The legal practitioners regained their freedom today. The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar...

Senegal vs Egypt: Jay Jay Okocha predicts country to win AFCON 2021 trophy

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 05:16 AM PST

Nigerian football legend, Austine Jay Jay Okocha, has tipped Senegal to win the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The Taranga Lions will on Sunday lock horns with the Pharaohs of Egypt in...

Nigerians are doomed if PDP loses 2023 election - Fayose

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 04:54 AM PST

  A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, said Nigerians are doomed if the People's Democratic Party PDP does not win the 2023 elections.   Fayose added that Nigerians will...

Governor Wike threatens to depose newly installed King over illegal oil bunkering

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 04:54 AM PST

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to depose the newly installed king of Akpor Kingdom in Obio Akpor local government area of the state over activities of illegal oil refinery...

Strike: ASUP Osun Poly gives govt 7 days ultimatum

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 04:26 AM PST

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Osun Government to address the demands of the union. The union made the decision after...

Man United vs Middlesbrough: Ronaldo mocked on 37th birthday as #Penaldo trends on Twitter

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 04:06 AM PST

  Twitter fans mocked Cristiano Ronaldo on his 37th birthday after missing a penalty against Middlesbrough late Friday.   This is as the Twitter user trended #Penaldo and #Ronaldo, with...

Nigeria has much to learn from China on industrialisation —PDP

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 04:01 AM PST

  Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Nigeria can learn from China's model of industrialisation.   According to a statement issued by Debo...

Ex-CAF boss Hayatou wins appeal over FIFA one-year ban

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 03:55 AM PST

  Former African football boss Issa Hayatou has won his appeal over a one-year ban imposed for a breach of FIFA's code of ethics.   The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced its ruling...

Former APC Rep members decry lack of internal democracy in party

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 03:24 AM PST

Former House of Representatives members of the All Progressive Congress extraction have described the lack of internal democracy in the APC as a great threat to the successes of the party. The...

ISWAP abducts 3 in Mandaragirau village in Borno

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 03:21 AM PST

Reports from Mandaragirau Village in southern Borno indicates that fighters from the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP abducted three people in the early hours of Saturday. The three...

Canada-based Nigerian doctor suspended for hugging, blowing kiss at co-worker

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 03:49 AM PST

  Efe Ovueni, a Nigerian based in Canada, has been suspended from medical practice for three months for unprofessional conduct.   The suspension was announced on Thursday following a...

2023: We’ll not allow Abuja miss Tinubu, wife– Joe Igbokwe

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 02:41 AM PST

  All Progressives Congress chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has described former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, as the incoming first family.   In a...

Power generation drops by 630mw at Egbin Power Plant after fire outbreak

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 02:38 AM PST

  Power generation dropped by 630 megawatts (MW) following a fire outbreak at the Egbin Power Plant in Ikorodu, Lagos state.   This development has led to the attendant shutdown of...

Afenifere fears Nigeria may be consumed by insecurity, advocates state police

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:38 AM PST

  The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has said Nigeria could be consumed by the increasing rate of insecurity if urgent steps are not taken to bring it to an end.   The...

EFCC releases VON DG detained over alleged fraud

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:34 AM PST

  THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, who was detained over alleged fraud.   This was as civil society...

‘He made change a reality’ — Buhari congratulates Amaechi on Daura chieftaincy title

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:30 AM PST

  President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, on the latter's selection for a chieftaincy title by the Daura Emirate Council.   Amaechi will be...

I can rebrand Nigeria as I did with Enyimba FC, says Orji Kalu

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:27 AM PST

  Orji Kalu, chief whip of the senate, says if elected president, he will make Nigeria a "big player" in world affairs just like what he did with Enyimba FC.   In January, Kalu announced...

Nigerian govt delaying our seaport project, investors ready – Gov Akeredolu

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:27 AM PST

  Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said the planned Ondo Sea Port Project will not be abandoned.   The Governor disclosed that some investors have expressed interest in the...

I won’t allow teenagers abuse me on social media — Yemi Solade

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:19 AM PST

Veteran actor, Yemi Solade, has said he will not allow teenagers throw jabs at him on social media. The 'Elevator Baby' actor, who recently clocked 62 years, told Saturday Beats, "I am human and I...

FIFA Award more important, Ballon D’Or votes not verifiable – Lewandowski takes dig at Messi

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:14 AM PST

Bayern Munich striker, Robert Lewandowski, has taken a fresh swipe at Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi. Lewandowski was named 2021 FIFA Best Men's Player last month, beating second-placed Messi...

Osun: PDP accuses Oyetola of not securing state, warns against political violence

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 01:09 AM PST

The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the rising spate of political violence being experienced in the state. This is as the party has also accused the state...

FA Cup: Rangnick blames referees for Man Utd’s defeat to Middlesbrough

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 12:35 AM PST

Manchester United interim manager, Ralf Rangnick, has blamed match officials for their exit from the FA Cup. The Red Devils were eliminated in the fourth round of the competition by Middlesbrough...

2023 Presidency: 26 APC state chairmen, 14 governors back Tinubu – Abdulmumin boasts

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 12:33 AM PST

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that 14 state governors have already thrown their weights behind former Lagos State Governor, Bola...

APC: Again Buni, Ganduje, Shekarau, others meet to resolve Kano crisis

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 12:24 AM PST

Yobe State Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni has again met with critical stakeholders of the ruling party in Kano State with a view to...

‘I saw hell in Abba Kyari’s hands’ – Evans denies kidnapping businessman, collecting $420,000 ransom

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 12:17 AM PST

Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has claimed that he saw hell in the hands of suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari. Evans said this at an...

Boko Haram, ISWAP sponsors: Buhari’s govt accused of having ‘skeletons in cupboard’

Posted: 05 Feb 2022 12:13 AM PST

The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of deliberately refusing to uncover names of Nigerians that are allegedly sponsoring Boko Haram, Islamic State of West Africa...

N57.8m Fraud: Boy sent to prison after posing as ‘American prostitute’

Posted: 04 Feb 2022 09:46 AM PST

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Friday convicted 20-year-old Oyelowo Mayowa Fawas. The native of Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State got 12 months...

Court convicts fake lawyer in Ekiti

Posted: 04 Feb 2022 09:34 AM PST

An Ekiti State Magistrates' Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, has sentenced one Abayomi Kayode to six months imprisonment for unlawfully parading himself as a lawyer in the state. The defendant was...

Navy arrests ship with 2.4m litres of crude oil

Posted: 04 Feb 2022 09:30 AM PST

Outgoing Flag Officer Commanding FOC, Eastern Naval Command ENC, Rear Admiral Sanusi Ibrahim has confirmed the arrest of a vessel, MT PREYOR 1 bearing 2,458,350 litres of crude oil and additional...

Singer 9ice, wife welcome second child together

Posted: 04 Feb 2022 09:27 AM PST

Nigerian singer, Abolore Akande, better known as 9ice, and his wife, Sunkanmi, have announced the birth of their second child, Myla.   Taking to his Instagram page on Friday, 9ice shared a...
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