Wednesday, April 7, 2021

NigerianEye: “Champions League: Guardiola names areas Man City must improve after Dortmund clash” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Champions League: Guardiola names areas Man City must improve after Dortmund clash” plus 29 more


Champions League: Guardiola names areas Man City must improve after Dortmund clash

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 12:18 AM PDT

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has identified areas his team must improve after beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie on Tuesday night at...

We will hunt for the 1,844 escapee inmates till the end of this earth - FG vows

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 05:14 PM PDT

  The Federal Government on Tuesday vowed to hunt down all 1,844 inmates who escaped during the Owerri Prison break, saying they cannot escape justice. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola...

Gunmen kidnap five family members in Ondo, demand N10 million

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 05:10 PM PDT

 A family of five from Ajowa Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State were reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen at Ayere Area in Kogi State on Sunday. The abductees,...

MASSOB accuses FG of sponsoring attacks on South-East

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 05:04 PM PDT

  The Movement for Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has accused the Federal Government of sponsoring recent attacks on South-East MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, said this in a...

"Why Tinubu deserves to emerge as Nigeria’s president in 2023"

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT

  Pa Reuben Fasoranti, elder statesman and former leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has declared that National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has...

NNPC signs $1.5 Billion contract for repairs of Port Harcourt refinery

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 04:50 PM PDT

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will award contracts for the rehabilitation of Kaduna and Warri refineries at the end of June. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Malam...

Champions League: Real Madrid defeat Liverpool 3-1

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 02:17 PM PDT

  Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid made Liverpool pay for more defensive errors on Tuesday, a 3-1 victory putting them in sight of the Champions League semi-finals. Vinicius and Marco...

US rules out coronavirus vaccine passport

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 02:02 PM PDT

The White House on Tuesday ruled out imposing any form of a coronavirus vaccine passport in the United States, but said private businesses were free to explore the idea. "The government is not now,...

Kano slashes March salaries of political office holders by 50%

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 12:06 PM PDT

  The Kano State Government has slashed the salaries of political office holders in the state by 50 per cent for the month of March due to dwindling resources.   The state commissioner for...

COVID-19: PTF transforms to presidential steering committee

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 12:03 PM PDT

 The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has transformed into a Presidential Steering Committee.   Its chairman, Boss Mustapha, announced the development at a press briefing in Abuja on...

IMF forecasts higher economic growth for Nigeria in 2021

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 12:01 PM PDT

 The International Monetary Fund has projected an economic growth of 2.5 per cent for Nigeria in 2021.   This is higher than the 1.5 per cent IMF's 2021 forecast earlier announced for the...

NNPC, Tecnimont SpA sign contract for $1.5bn PH refinery rehabilitation

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:57 AM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Tecnimont SpA, an Italian engineering company, on Tuesday, signed the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the...

Medical trip: Buhari not in London for prayers – Aisha Yesufu tells protesters

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:57 AM PDT

 Aisha Yesufu, a right activist popular with the Bring Back Our Girl BBOG, campaign, has reminded pro-Buhari protesters that President Muhammadu Buhari did not go to London to pray.  ...

Champions League: Pepe predicts club to win trophy this year

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:35 AM PDT

FC Porto defender, Pepe, has predicted his team to win the Champions League this year. Pepe believes Porto can eliminate Chelsea from the Champions League last-8 and win the Europe top-flight trophy...

Atiku’s citizenship: AGF Malami blinded by 2023 presidential ambition – A. A support group

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:32 AM PDT

A socio-political group, Amalgamated Atiku Support Group has lambasted the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN for allegedly casting aspersions on the Nigeria citizenship of...

BREAKING: Buhari’s official driver Sa’idu Afaka dies

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:15 AM PDT

  Master Warrant Officer, Sa'idu Afaka, the official driver of President Muhammadu Buhari is dead.   He died at the State House Clinic, Abuja on Tuesday after a prolonged illness,...

BREAKING: Gunmen raze another Imo police station

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:09 AM PDT

 Gunmen on Tuesday razed the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State.   This development came just a day after unknown gunmen attacked Owerri...

Bauchi governor: Jonathan made me FCT minister despite not being in same party

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:04 AM PDT

Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, has praised Goodluck Jonathan for making him a minister in 2010 despite not belonging to the same party.   Jonathan, the incumbent president at the time, was a...

Imo jail break: FG to pardon escaped inmates — if they voluntarily return

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:01 AM PDT

  Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says the fugitives who escaped from the custodial centre in Owerri, Imo state capital, will be pardoned if they voluntarily return. The minister gave...

CJN begs JUSUN to call off court strike as meeting ends in deadlock

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:55 AM PDT

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on has met with some national and local officials of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to explore solutions and ways to...

Gunmen who attacked Imo prison, police command are cowards— Osinbajo

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:52 AM PDT

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, described as cowardly, Monday's attacks by gunmen on Owerri Correctional Center and the Imo State Police Command. He disclosed that the Federal Government was...

Profile of Nigeria’s new Police chief, Usman Alkali Baba

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:21 AM PDT

  President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, as Nigeria's Acting Inspector General of Police.   In November 2020, outgoing IGP...

Kim Kardashian West becomes billionaire

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:20 AM PDT

  With KKW Beauty and popular shapewear firm Skims, American reality show star, Kardashian West's net worth increases to $1 billion, earning her a spot on Forbes' World's Billionaires List....

Corrupt politicians making LG administration worse —Obasanjo

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:17 AM PDT

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the survival of the current state of local government administration in the country is in the hand God, adding that politicians are making the...

Imo jailbreak worst in recent history —Aregbesola

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:15 AM PDT

 Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has described the Monday jailbreak at Owerri Correctional Center and the razing of the Imo State Police Command headquarters as the worst in the recent...

Why ex-IGP Adamu didn’t complete his three months tenure extension -Police Minister

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:26 AM PDT

 Muhammad Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, has spoken on why Mohammed Adamu, former inspector-general of police (IGP), did not complete his three months tenure extension.   He said it...

APC governors tricking me into party – Gov. Atiku Bagudu

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:23 AM PDT

  The Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has told Governor Bello Mohammad Matawalle that he has the intention to end the long dominated banditry and economic backwardness in...

Shoprite concludes sale of Nigerian subsidiaries

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:23 AM PDT

South African Company, Shoprite Holdings Limited, has announced that the sale of its Nigerian outlets are being concluded.   The company said it would shut down operations in the country by...

Champions League: Tuchel puts 9 Chelsea players up for sale

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:10 AM PDT

Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, will put up to nine players for sale this summer, ahead of this first full season at Stamford Bridge. They include Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Jorginho, Antonio...

Odumakin died Friday but doctors couldn’t tell me, Wife reveals

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:03 AM PDT

  A human rights campaigner, Joe Okei-Odumakin, says her husband, Yinka Odumakin, died on Friday but doctors could not phantom how to communicate that to her. She said this in a tribute...

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