Saturday, 15 August 2015

NigerianEye: “ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: ICPC seizes property, cars from wealthy civil servants” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: ICPC seizes property, cars from wealthy civil servants” plus 29 more


ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR: ICPC seizes property, cars from wealthy civil servants

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:30 PM PDT

The anti-corruption war in Nigeria continued as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Tribunal has commenced a clampdown on very wealthy civil servants. Already, the agency has...

Randy male househelp injures his spinal cord while peeping at female boss while she was having her bath

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:41 PM PDT

A randy 26-year-old male house-help, Ubong Etu Nbomang got more than what he bargained for after he  injured his spinal cord while peeping at his female boss while she was having her bath. He...

FG monitoring social media accounts of Nigerians

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:30 PM PDT

The Federal Government has been monitoring the social media accounts of Nigerians who are suspected of having links with various terrorist groups, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Syria...

Nigerian Air Force begin intensified aerial offensive on Sambisa forest

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:39 PM PDT

The Nigerian Air Force has commenced intensified aerial offensive against Boko Haram insurgents in the dreaded Sambisa Forest. The Director of Information and Public Relations of the NAF, Air...

Borno deputy governor dead, buried

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:32 PM PDT

The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, who died on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has been buried according to Islamic rite. Zannah was said to have died in his...

'Buhari should give looters of the nation’s treasury amnesty'

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:30 PM PDT

A former Chairman of Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Senator Aloysius Etok, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to introduce what he termed 'self amnesty programme'...

How I escaped death 12 times - Obasanjo

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:34 PM PDT

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has given insight into how he has so far escaped death by the whiskers at least a dozen times in his 78-year stay on earth. In his latest three-volume...

Chelsea coach, Jose Mourinho mocks Arsene Wenger

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:28 PM PDT

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has mocked Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the Blues prepare to play Manchester City on Sunday. City boss Manuel Pellegrini signed a new contract recently after...

Defectors to APC in Bayelsa, are huge disappointment, embarrassment - PDP

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:25 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Saturday, said that those who defected to the All Progressives Congress in the state capital are a huge disappointment and embarrasement to the party...

Who becomes the new Ooni of Ife?

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:22 PM PDT

Barely 24 hours after the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade was buried, the battle for the vacant stool has started. One of the ruling houses in Ile-Ife, the Giesi Ruling House, which claimed...

Why PDP lost 2015 election -Bamanga Tukur

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:04 PM PDT

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has described the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the centre in the 2015 general elections as...

Bayelsa PDP chairman leads 1500 others in defecting to APC

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:56 PM PDT

The All Progressive Congress, APC, had a big harvest in Bayelsa state today as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state Chairman, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), the former Managing Director of NDDC, Mr....

Plot to bomb Borno market prevented

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:51 PM PDT

An attempt by a suicide bomber to attack and wreak havoc on Rumirgo Market in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State Saturday morning was thwarted by a gallant vigilante group member, the...

Governor El Rufai saves N221m for refusing to sponsor Hajj in Kaduna

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:48 PM PDT

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday said the state has saved N221.81m on its decision not to sponsor pilgrims to the 2015 Hajj. The governor, in a state broadcast, had said the state...

I'm not afraid of EFCC - Amaechi

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:42 PM PDT

The past Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said he is not afraid of being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Amaechi, who was reacting to the allegations...

Police probe sudden death of the Deputy Governor of Borno State

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:37 PM PDT

The police have started investigations into the sudden death of the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Mr. Zannah Umar Mustapha, at a Yola hotel in the early hours of Saturday. Though no arrest had...

'Buhari owes Igbos nothing'

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:28 PM PDT

The Convener of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has dismissed the sentiments shared by a former Governor of Anambra State that...

‘We Don’t Mind Wrestling With The Pig As Long As It Produces The Pork,’ - CACOL replies Fashola's defence of N78.3 Million website

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:27 PM PDT

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders on Saturday took a swipe at the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, describing his administration as draconian and anti-people. The activist...

Leicester beat West Ham to go top of EPL

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:37 PM PDT

Leicester held on to beat West Ham and continue their 100% winning start to the season under Claudio Ranieri. Photo: Getty Shinji Okazaki put the Foxes ahead, heading home the loose ball after...

Ayew on target as Swansea beat Newcastle 2-0

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 09:37 PM PDT

Swansea produced a stylish display to beat 10-man Newcastle and inflict a first defeat on new Magpies head coach Steve McClaren. Jonjo Shelvey set up Bafetimbi Gomis to round Tim Krul and slot into...

We are monitoring Buhari with a lot of respects - PDP Chief

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 11:54 AM PDT

Alhaji Shehu Gabam, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said President Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions for the country and urged the opposition to support him. Gabam, Chief of...

Three in court for loitering at Murtala Muhammed International Airport

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 11:48 AM PDT

Three persons, namely, Ikechukwu Nicholas (35), Timothy Jackson (26) and Charles Okafor (30) have been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos for allegedly loitering at the...

Buhari mourns Borno deputy governor

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 11:51 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he received with shock and immense sadness, news of the death of the Deputy Governor of Borno State , Alhaji Zannah Mustapha. According to a statement by...

Borno state confirms sudden death of deputy governor, Zannah Mustapha

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 07:28 AM PDT

The Borno State Government has confirmed that the state's Deputy Governor, Zannah Mustapha, has passed on. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Usman Jidda Shuwa, said Mr. Mustapha...

Power outage stalls INEC taskforce from sorting election materials in Rivers

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 07:23 AM PDT

The special taskforce set up by the acting chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, Mrs. Amina Zakari to supervise the inspection of materials by the Rivers All Progressive...

NSA, Service Chiefs avow end to Boko Haram insurgency

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 07:05 AM PDT

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen (rtd) Babagana Monguno and four other Service Chiefs for Defence, Nigerian Army, Air Force and Police have declared to end Boko Haram insurgency that has...

Jihadists kill Imam for refusing recruitment

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:45 AM PDT

Jihadists killed a village imam in central Mali who had refused their repeated attempts to recruit him, a local official told AFP Friday. Gunmen with suspected links to radical Islamic preacher...

Cameroon pledges 2,500 troops for regional Boko Haram force

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:42 AM PDT

Cameroon will send nearly 2,500 soldiers to join a west African regional force to fight Boko Haram Islamists that will number 8,700 men, the defence minister said Friday. Nigeria's neighbours Chad,...

Edo gives flood warning as Cameroon opens dam

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:25 AM PDT

Edo State Government has advised residents living in low lands, river banks and other flood-prone areas in the state to take proactive action and relocate to safer parts of the state to avoid being...

Lagos Helicopter Crash: Full investigation commences – AIB

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:19 AM PDT

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr Felix Abali yesterday said that full investigation to unravel the cause of the Bristow helicopter crash would now get underway with the...

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