Friday, 26 June 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari traces looted funds to UK, Switzerland, others” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari traces looted funds to UK, Switzerland, others” plus 29 more

Buhari traces looted funds to UK, Switzerland, others

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 10:39 PM PDT

The Federal Government has started tracing looted Nigerian funds to foreign nations with the aim of recovering and repatriating them. The Federal Government specifically targets the United States,...

Boko Haram kills 8,239 in two years – Report

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 10:55 PM PDT

The United States State Department has said that Boko Haram killed the most number of people in 2013 and 2014 when compared with other terrorist groups in the world. The State Department, in a...

Buhari gets tougher, dissolves NNPC Board

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:21 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect. The announcement was made in a statement by the Director Communications,...

Gay marriage declared legal across the US amid wild jubilation and tears of joy

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:21 PM PDT

The US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation Friday in a much-awaited landmark decision that triggered wild jubilation and tears of joy. In a 5-4 ruling, the highest court...

APC lawmakers vow to ensure Speaker Dogara obeys party

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:22 PM PDT

Some members of the All Progressives Congress in the House of Representatives have vowed to ensure the position of the party on the choice of principal officers in the House prevails. The lawmakers...

Why we adjourned — Senate President, Bukola Saraki

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:22 PM PDT

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate adjourned plenary to July 21, after just returning from another break, to give the Senate Ad-Hoc Committees on Legislative Agenda...

APC: A Ship With Many Captains - Buwa Meldrick Memeh

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:23 PM PDT

I had seen this coming, the rumble, tearing of shirts, clenching of fists, the exchange of jabs and blows which characterised the National Assembly session. An action-packed session which kept...

ISIL claims responsibility for Kuwait Shia mosque blast

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:20 PM PDT

At least 25 people have been killed and 202 others wounded in a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in Kuwait City claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group. In a...

Perspectives on leadership - Olalekan Adigun

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:02 PM PDT

An adage says,"Show me your friend and I will tell you who you are." This should be reframed "Show me your leader and I will tell you the follower you are." This shows that leaders and followers...

National Assembly Leadership Crisis Not Delaying Ministerial List – Presidency

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:54 PM PDT

The Presidency Yesterday refuted rumours making the rounds that the ongoing crisis in the National Assembly was preventing President Muhammadu Buhari from naming his ministers. The Senior Special...

"I haven't resigned as FIFA president" - Sepp Blatter

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:46 PM PDT

Few weeks after Sepp Blatter said he will be stepping down as FIFA President, today June 26th he told Swiss newspaper, Blick, that he has not resigned as President of the world football body.' "I...

Iheanacho, Yahaya, Isaac Promise destabilized Flying Eagles – Coach

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:32 PM PDT

Nigeria U20 assistant coach, Nduka Ugbade feels that the technical crew's limited time to work on the foreign-based players was the key reason why the Flying Eagles failed at the 2015 Fifa U20 World...

Police arrest human trafficker, baby factory suspects in Imo

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:23 PM PDT

The Police on Friday said in Owerri that it has arrested a human trafficker and four baby factory suspects. The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Austin Evbakharbokun, told newsmen that the suspects...

APC state chairmen lament National Assembly crisis

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:21 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress chairmen from the 36 states of the federation on Friday expressed displeasure at recent happenings in the National Assembly. This is contained in a communique issued in...

Nigeria, UK firm sign $250million joint venture/partnership agreement to provide Synthetic-Aperture Radar satellites

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:19 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja signed a $250million joint venture/partnership agreement with a United Kingdom-based company, Menasat Gulf Group Plc., to provide Synthetic-Aperture Radar...

Supreme Court reverses death penalty on armed robbery convict

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:16 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday revered the death sentence passed on Alhaji Musa Sani who was convicted for armed robbery by a Katsina High Court. Sani and his co-convict, Ifanye Amah, were accused of...

Tribunal sacks Edo APC lawmaker

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:14 PM PDT

The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday upturned the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Yakubu Gowon, as the lawmaker representing Etsako West II...

Buhari holds first Jumat prayer inside Aso Rock

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:10 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday joined Muslim faithful for the Jumat service inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. That was the first time a Jumat service will be held in the premises. All...

Many killed as gunmen attack Tunisia tourist hotel

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:06 PM PDT

At least seven people have been killed after a tourist hotel near the Tunisian town of Sousse was attacked by gunmen, officials said. Ongoing exchanges of gunfire were being reported between the...

Suicide blast hits Kuwait Shi’ite mosque

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:22 PM PDT

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kuwaiti Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, wounding at least eight people, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida said on social media. The...

I wasn’t invited to appear before NFF panel – Enyeama

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:01 PM PDT

Nigeria's international Vincent Enyeama has disclosed he never got any letter from the Nigeria Football Federation inviting him to any disciplinary hearing in Abuja. The 32-year-old Super Eagles...

NDLEA in Jigawa arrests 92 suspects

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 12:00 PM PDT

The Jigawa Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested 92 suspects for allegedly using and dealing in illegal drugs in the state between January and June 2015. This is...

South Africa sets up visa office in Port Harcourt

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:59 AM PDT

The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Louis Mngani, says visa office established in Port Harcourt is to boost operations between Nigeria and South Africa. In a statement signed by Mr...

Osinbajo vows to fight corruption

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:58 AM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday reiterated the present administration's commitment to fighting corruption. Osinbajo said this in Lagos at the 3rd Annual Christopher Kolade Lecture On...

UK issues high-level travel alert for citizens to Rwanda

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:55 AM PDT

The United Kingdom has issued a high-level alert for its citizens travelling to Rwanda following crowds of protestors around its High Commission in Kigali, it said Thursday. It is said British...

Obama hosts Buhari July 20 to discuss Boko Haram

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:53 AM PDT

The United States President, Barack Obama, will host President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on July 20 to discuss how to fight the Boko Haram militant group, among other issues, the White...

Ambode kicks against indiscriminate parking of trucks

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:51 AM PDT

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says his administration will no longer tolerate indiscriminate parking of trucks on roads in the Apapa area. The governor said this on Thursday after...

Friends Forced Man To Drink Acid In Enugu

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 05:03 AM PDT

The Enugu State Police Command has commenced a full scale investigation into the alleged pouring of a substance suspected to be acid on one Sunday Onwe Uche from Amuri Nkanu west local Government...

Poverty level in Nigeria intolerable — Osinbajo

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 03:59 AM PDT

Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo says no decent nation can tolerate the level of poverty currently ravaging the country and unless there is a functional social system where the...

Former Jonathan aide, Reno Omokri lands US TV deal

Posted: 26 Jun 2015 03:27 AM PDT

Former Special Assistant on New Media to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has landed a television deal in the US and will be hosting a Christian teaching program titled 'Transformations With...
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