Thursday, 23 July 2015

NigerianEye: “We are shocked at the magnitude of corruption cases in Jonathan's administration - APC” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “We are shocked at the magnitude of corruption cases in Jonathan's administration - APC” plus 29 more


We are shocked at the magnitude of corruption cases in Jonathan's administration - APC

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:43 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has said it was shocked at the magnitude of cases of corruption it has so far unearthed while going through the records of the previous administration. The National...

Buhari will not extend his corruption probe beyond Jonathan's administration - Presidency

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:45 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari will not extend his corruption probe beyond the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the presidency has said. Mr. Buhari, who is currently on official...

NNPC, engine room of corruption —Saraki

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, described the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the engine room of corruption, lamenting that none of the perpetrators of illegal deals in the...

No Bomb threat to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 10:17 PM PDT

Media reports that there was a plan by terrorists to bomb the house of the Vice President is completely false with no iota of truth whatsoever. An unendorsed press briefing note circulated today by...

APC warns Fayose: 'Don’t misapply FG cash'

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has warned Governor Ayodele Fayose not to misapply the bailout cash he collected from the Federal Government to settle workers' salary. The governor...

Don’t be selective in your probes, PDP tells Buhari

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT

National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to probe every corrupt politician and not to be selective in the...

National Universities Commission bans online degrees in Nigeria

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT

The National Universities Commission has said online degrees obtained from foreign institutions will not be accepted as means of seeking employment or doing other legitimate business in Nigeria. The...

NYSC bars pregnant women, nursing mothers, PG students

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT

The National Youth Service Corps has barred prospective corps members that are pregnant and nursing babies from participating in the national service across the country. Also affected are students...

Ijaw youths give Buhari condition to curb oil theft

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:23 PM PDT

Ijaw youths, under the auspices of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, have tasked President Muhammadu Buhari on economic plan for the people of the Niger Delta. They said they were not against the...

3,000 ghost workers uncovered in police pension scheme

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:23 PM PDT

PTAD discovers 3,000 ghost pensioners in the police pension scheme, saves FG N100m monthly, the Director-General, Nellie Mayshak, says. Details later. . .

Gunmen kidnap 92-year-old monarch in Bayelsa

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:23 PM PDT

Gunmen have abducted a 92-year-old monarch, His Royal Highness, Christian Otobotekere, in Bayelsa State. Otobotekere, father of a former Commissioner for Science and Technology and former Chief of...

Oyo receives N5.4bn bailout

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:22 PM PDT

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Oyo State has said bailout funds totaling N5.4bn has been released from the Federation Account to the state. The Chairman of the congress in Oyo...

Our absence has increased vandalism – OPC

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:22 PM PDT

Pan-Yoruba group, Oodua Peoples Congress, says the increase in pipeline vandalism started after the organisation stopped protecting oil pipelines. The group said this while reacting to the death of...

I did not maltreat Buhari after 1985 coup - Dasuki

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:49 AM PDT

Immediate past National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), has sworn that he never maltreated nor took part in maltreating President Muhammadu Buhari when he, as military Head of State,...

I know I will succeed - Buhari

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:48 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that he believes he would succeed despite the daunting task ahead of him, noting that, he would work very hard to sustain the current goodwill his...

Tension in Niger Delta as Tompolo convenes meeting of MEND Ex-leaders

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:49 AM PDT

Tension is buliding up in the Niger-Delta as ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, has convened a meeting of ex-generals of the Movement for the Emancipationeof...

Nigerian governors express worry over high Naira exchange rate

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:56 AM PDT

Nigeria governors have expressed worry over the high exchange rate of Naira to other foreign currencies. They have therefore said this and other issues would be discussed with President Muhammadu...

Buhari has a lot of work to do - US

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:43 AM PDT

United States government has said President Muhammadu Buhari has a lot of work to do to end the ongoing Boko Haram attacks in the country. This was stated at a press briefing on Wednesday by the US...

#SomeoneTellCNN: Kenyans mock CNN over ‘terror hotbed’ tag ahead of Obama’s visit

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 08:41 AM PDT

Barack Obama is expected to touch down in his father's ancestral home country this week for the first time since becoming US President, where he is expected to be greeted by his counterpart, Uhuru...

Global oil tanker association orders Buhari, NNPC to lift ban on 113 oil tankers

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:59 AM PDT

LONDON, (Reuters) – A ban on 113 oil tankers by Nigerian state oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) must be lifted immediately as no grounds have been given for the measure, the...

INEC promises improved elections in Kogi, Bayelsa

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:53 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission said it would display its improved election processes in the upcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa. This is contained in the commission's...

Psychiatric hospital health workers suspend strike

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:51 AM PDT

Health workers at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, on Thursday suspended their seven-week-old strike to give room for further dialogue with the hospital's management. The News...

Police caution companies, individuals against illegal guards

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:34 AM PDT

The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, cautioned corporate organisations and individuals against illegal hiring of police personnel for their services. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr...

Court rejects NERC’s prayer to hike electricity tariff

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 06:19 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday rejected the prayer by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to give effect to its proposed hike in electricity tariff. The Chairman of NERC, Dr....

Dakuku not eligible to run for governor — Wike

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 05:12 AM PDT

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday told the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that Mr Dakuku Peterside of All Progressive Congress (APC) had no eligibility to contest the 2015...

'Why Buhari must not wait till September to form his cabinet'

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 04:56 AM PDT

An economic and social rights group, Centre for Social Justice (CENSOJ), on Wednesday criticized President Muhammadu Buhari's declaration on Monday that his cabinet would not be constituted until...

Africa has potential to be next center of global economic growth - Obama

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 04:51 AM PDT

On the eve of his trip to Africa, US President Barack Obama said he was excited about the impending visit to his ancestral continent, which he said had great resilience and enormous potential for...

93 hoodlums arrested in Oshodi, Lagos

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 04:48 AM PDT

The Police in Lagos have arrested 93 suspected hoodlums at Oshodi on Wednesday as it continued with its raid of criminal hideouts in the metropolis. A statement by the state command of the Nigeria...

Universities are allowed to go higher than the 180 Cut off mark - JAMB

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 03:56 AM PDT

Following the rancour at the University of Lagos on Wednesday morning over admission scores, the spokesperson of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Fabian Benjamin, has said universities...

Saraki blasts Sahara Reporters for its 'smear campaign'

Posted: 23 Jul 2015 03:14 AM PDT

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has blasted online news outfit Sahara Reporters and has urged Nigerians to disregard the platforms smear campaign against him. In a statement titled SaharaReporters...

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