Monday, 22 June 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari laments - 'I inherited empty treasury, huge debts from Jonathan'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari laments - 'I inherited empty treasury, huge debts from Jonathan'” plus 29 more


Buhari laments - 'I inherited empty treasury, huge debts from Jonathan'

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:31 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he inherited a country with virtually empty treasury from his predecessor, former President Goodluck Jonathan. He said the country bequeathed him was also...

REVEALED: Nigerian senators’ allowances nine times higher than annual basic salary

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Nigerian senators' allowances totalled N18,642,880 on annual basis. In all, the allowance each senator receives is nine times more than his annual salary. A senator's salary is pegged at...

Prepare for permanent change, Osinbajo urges Nigerians

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday called on Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government in order to bring about the desired permanent change in the country. He spoke with State House...

OSUN: I regret inability to pay salaries — Aregbesola

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:17 PM PDT

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has expressed regret over his inability to pay salaries for months now. He however added that contrary to reports, he was not helpless about the unpaid...

RCCG Pastor Laolu Akande named as Osinbajo’s spokesperson

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:12 PM PDT

Former North American Bureau Chief of The Guardian, Laolu Akande, has resumed as the spokesman of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Pastor Akande was in the Aso Villa on Monday as President...

Governor Shettima Nominates GGSS Chibok Principal As Borno Education Commissioner

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 09:53 PM PDT

Borno State governor Kashim Shettima has nominated the principal of the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSC) Chibok Hadjiya Asabe Kwambura as the new commissioner for education. In a surprise...

Pics: Buhari, Osinbajo arrive at Aso Rock in style

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:32 PM PDT

President Buhari orders removal of military checkpoints nationwide

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 10:33 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the removal of all military checkpoints set up in the wake of Boko Haram activities across the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence,...

Contractor sues PDP over Jonathan’s campaign debt

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:24 PM PDT

An Abuja High Court is set to begin hearing of a case against the Peoples Democratic Party for allegedly refusing to pay debt incurred during the election campaign of former President Goodluck...

Buhari needs time – Bakare

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:21 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari needs sufficient time to study what he inherited before taking key decisions on ministerial appointments and others, the founder of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), Pastor Tunde...

Former Kogi governor is dead

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:20 PM PDT

Former Military Administrator of Kogi, Col. Bzigu Akakirya is dead, aged 66, a member of his family, Prof. Peter Lassa, confirmed. Lassa made the confirmation in a statement he issued in Lokoja on...

Osinbajo urges Nigerians to leave integrity, not riches to children

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:16 PM PDT

Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria has advised that a good father should leave the value of integrity to his children. He spoke on Sunday at the occasion of the Father's Day celebration...

97% of Nigerians prone to Malaria attack

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:11 PM PDT

The Malaria Action Program for States (MAPS), an NGO, on Monday said 97 per cent of Nigerians are prone to malaria attack. A consultant with the project, Mr Umar Garba, said this in Gusau while...

Woman with cocaine in breast implants arrested

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:07 PM PDT

Colombia police said on Monday that a Honduran woman, carrying 1.5 kg of liquid cocaine in her breast implants, was arrested at the Colombian airport in Bogota. Airport police, Col. Diego...

World oil demand increases after price slump

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:05 PM PDT

Nigeria and other oil producing nations are expected to bounce back to an increase in oil prices, if the latest report of the International Energy Agency, IEA, is anything to go by. World oil demand...

REVEALED: How female suicide bomber killed 20 in Maiduguri bus station

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 01:02 PM PDT

At least 20 people were killed Monday when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko...

Customers besiege banks for BVN exercise few days to deadline

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:58 PM PDT

Many bank customers in Makurdi on Monday besieged their banks to collect their Bank Verification Number (BVN) a week to the deadline of the exercise. The BVN is for biometric registration of all...

NFF to probe Keshi’s link to Ivory Coast job

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:51 PM PDT

Nigeria football chiefs have said they will look into reports that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi could be in the running for the vacant Ivory Coast manager's job. "We will look into it. Let's wait...

Former world champion boxer Estrada stabbed to death in Mexico

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:48 PM PDT

Former world champion boxer Juan Jose Estrada was stabbed to death over the weekend in what was believed to be a family quarrel in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, authorities said...

Drones, aircraft to be deployed for surveilling oil installations – NSCDC

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:45 PM PDT

Dr Ade Abolurin, Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says the Corps had concluded plans to deploy about 500 drones and aircraft for proper surveillance of oil...

NYSC, state govts collaborating to ensure safety of corps members – DG

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:42 PM PDT

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, yesterday, reaffirmed the commitment of the scheme to collaborate with the 36 state governors, including the...

Maradona to stand for FIFA presidency

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:39 PM PDT

Diego Maradona will stand for the presidency of scandal-tainted FIFA presidency, a Uruguayan journalist who presents a television show with the Argentine football legend, said Monday. "'I am...

Governor Aregbesola won’t sell Osun helicopter - APC

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:28 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has said Governor Rauf Aregbesola will not sell the helicopter purchased by the administration for surveillance purposes. The Chairman of the APC in Osun State, Mr....

Buhari's wife urges Nigerians to embrace Yoga

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:26 PM PDT

The wife of the Nigerian president, Hajia Aisha Buhari, on Sunday in Abuja urged Nigerians to embrace Yoga to enhance their physical and mental well-being. Buhari, who spoke at the First...

ECOWAS plans to end Almajiri system

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:24 PM PDT

The Economic Community of West African States has concluded plans to put in place laws and strategies to address the phenomenon of street children popularly known as Almajiris, in West Africa. To...

Court frees former Bank PHB boss, Atuche, others; dismisses N25 billion fraud case

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:21 PM PDT

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday struck out the N25.7bn theft charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank...

MEND threatens attacks if National Assembly retains ‘jumbo pay’

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:19 PM PDT

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has vowed to resume hostilities if the eighth National Assembly fails to cut its controversial jumbo perks to lawmakers. The group in a...

Arsenal sign Petr Cech from Chelsea as clubs agree £11m deal

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:17 PM PDT

Arsenal have completed the signing of goalkeeper Petr Cech from rivals Chelsea in an £11m deal - and he could face an immediate reuinion. The Gunners face their London rivals in the Community Shield...

Confusion in Ogun as passenger dies in taxi

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:10 PM PDT

Tragedy struck in Kemta-Idi Aba area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday morning as a passenger jerked suddenly and died inside a taxi on his way to buy herbal medicine. The passenger, later...

NECO cautions candidates against online scammers

Posted: 22 Jun 2015 12:04 PM PDT

The National Examination Council has warned candidates sitting for its examinations against patronising people who post requests online, asking them to pay and get leaked answers. NECO's Abuja...

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