Wednesday, 22 July 2015

NigerianEye: “Jonathan's ministers stole one million barrels crude daily, we will arrest and prosecute them – Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Jonathan's ministers stole one million barrels crude daily, we will arrest and prosecute them – Buhari” plus 29 more


Jonathan's ministers stole one million barrels crude daily, we will arrest and prosecute them – Buhari

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:39 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday confirmed that he had started receiving some documents which indicted some former ministers and other top government officials of massive fraud, including oil...

Multiple explosions kill 40 in Gombe

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:50 PM PDT

About 40 persons were feared killed on Wednesday evening in Gombe State following three-bomb explosions at two bus station in the state. Eyewitnesses told AFP that the first two explosions occurred...

Buhari rejects United States gay marriage offer

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Nigeria's president,Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture. The...

Alleged Corruption: EFCC moves against Saraki’s wife, Yar’Adua’s daughter

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The daughter of former President Umaru Yar' Adua and wife of former Kebbi State Governor, Saidu Dakingari, Zainab Dakingari, has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over...

Boko Haram attacks family home of Nigeria’s new army chief, 2 killed

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:45 PM PDT

Suspected Boko Haram militants burned down houses, including the family home of Nigeria's new army chief, in Buratai, Borno State, on Tuesday. The attack came two days after the chief of army staff,...

We’re changing tactics on Boko Haram – Chief of Air Staff

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:47 PM PDT

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, has said that the Nigerian Air Force is developing a strategy in its fight against Boko Haram and other threats to security of lives and...

Ambode scraps Lagos finance dept

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has scrapped the Finance and Administration Department in the state's civil service, renaming it the Administration and Human Resource Department. A circular...

Read Buhari’s speech at US Institute for Peace

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 11:13 PM PDT

1. I am delighted to be here this morning, and I wish to thank the United States Institute for Peace (USIP), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Atlantic Council, the...

Buhari selective and insincere in his fight against corruption - PDP

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 11:14 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being selective and insincere in his fight against corruption. The state PDP said in a statement signed by the...

President Buhari Departs Washington

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:42 AM PDT

President Mohammadu Buhari on Wednesday afternoon rounded up his four-day official visit to the United States on the invitation of President Barrack Obama. He departed the Joint Base Andrews Airport...

Boko Haram leaders can help Nigeria reclaim Chibok girls – Buhari

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:27 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Washington that the leaders of Boko Haram could help the Federal Government reclaim the abducted Chibok girls through negotiations. Buhari, however,...

DSS releases Jonathan’s Ex-Chief Security Officer, Gordon Obua

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:28 AM PDT

The Department of State Services has released the Chief Security Officer to former President Good luck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, after six days in detention. Obua was released on Tuesday night, hours...

'Tread softly on corruption probe' - Onaiyekan tells Buhari

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:29 AM PDT

The Catholic Arch-Bishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Tuesday night advised President Muhammadu Buhari to go slowly on his anti-corruption drive so that his actions are not seen as...

Toke Makinwa’s husband apologizes for cheating

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:59 AM PDT

Maje Ayida has begged his wife Toke Makinwa to forgive him, stating that his action was wrong and indefensible. Maje is accused of impregnating his long-time girlfriend, Anita Solomon despite his...

Nobody is above law in Nigeria – Osinbajo

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:38 AM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday maintained that nobody in Nigeria is above the law. Osinbajo insisted that the rule of the law be maintained in the country. He spoke at the Presidential...

Nigerian troops ​clear Borno roads of mines, militants

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:27 AM PDT

Troops of the 3 and 7 Divisions of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday cleared some roads in Borno State for motorists and other road users to ply. The Spokesperson of the Nigerian army, Sani Usman, said...

Former SFG Aminu Saleh Is Dead

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:29 AM PDT

A former Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) during late General Sanni Abacha's regime, Alhaji Aminu Saleh, is dead. He died Wednesday at the age of 82 in Azare, Bauchi state. He was a...

We Are Not Recruiting, Says BPP

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:20 AM PDT

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has advised the public to disregard the report on the social media that it is was recruiting new staff. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on...

Police plan two-bedroom flats for retiring officers

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:16 AM PDT

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, says he is working out a scheme for every officer to own a two-bedroom house on retirement. Arase made this known while briefing officers and men...

Police recover ammunition from insurgents’ Jeep

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:14 AM PDT

The Police Command in Yobe has recovered four bombs, two improvised explosives, six mortar bombs, a machine gun and two Ak47 rifles inside a damaged Toyota Highlander, belonging to insurgents, an...

I am going to go slow and steady - Buhari

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:06 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has again defended the delay in the appointment of his ministers. Speaking in Washington, United States, on Tuesday Buhari said contrary to critics who have nicknamed him...

Osinbajo, Yari discuss workers pay bailout ahead of NEC meeting

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:04 AM PDT

NIGERIAN Governors' Forum (NGF) Chairman and Nasarawa State Governor Abdulazeez Yari was yesterday at the Presidential Villa, where he held a closed-door parley with Vice President Yemi...

CCECC Construction Workers Protest Sack, Poor Wage

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:57 AM PDT

Workers at the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on Wednesday continued their protest over what they said was unlawful sack and poor wage by the management of the company. The...

Robbers attack judge in Lagos

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:55 AM PDT

Hon. Justice Olayinka Gbaja-Biamila of High court 1 Ikorodu Division was Tuesday attacked on his way to work and his briefcase stolen in the process. The judge, reports say was scheduled to give two...

Synagogue: Indicted engineers ask court to quash coroner’s verdict

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:52 AM PDT

Two structural engineers indicted in the six-storey Synagogue Church of All Nations' building collapse have asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to quash the coroner's verdict which found them...

First class graduates to serve in tertiary institutions - NYSC

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:49 AM PDT

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, has said prospective corps members with first class degree and their counterparts, who graduated with...

Many feared dead in Arepo pipeline explosion

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:38 AM PDT

Many suspected vandals were reported dead in a pipeline explosion that rocked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC, pipeline at Arepo village, in Owode Local government Area of Ogun...

Combined team of Nigerian and U.S. doctors perform first open-heart surgery in Enugu

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:35 AM PDT

Combined team of Nigerian and U.S. doctors performs the first truncus arteriosus open heart surgery on 15-month-old baby at UNTH, Enugu — Hospital Mgt. More later...

'Buhari must prosecute Jonathan and his wife'

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:31 AM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan's kinsman and factional Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute Jonathan and his wife,...

Abia Assembly approves Ikpeazu’s N30 Billion loan request

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:29 AM PDT

The Abia State House of Assembly has approved a request sent to it by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to raise a loan facility of N30 billion from commercial banks. Ikpeazu had sought the approval of the...

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