Thursday, 20 August 2015

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram will be defeated very soon - Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram will be defeated very soon - Buhari” plus 29 more

Boko Haram will be defeated very soon - Buhari

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:56 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday reaffirmed his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight, given the added vigour with which the war against the terrorist sect...

Bristow crash: AIB releases names of passengers

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:07 PM PDT

The Accident Investigation Bureau on Thursday released the official list of passengers and crew members onboard the Bristow Helicopters' chopper that crashed into a lagoon in Lagos last...

Why Babatunde Fowler will change the face of taxation in Nigeria

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:00 PM PDT

By Daramola Babalola The Nigerian tax system has faced several challenges in recent times. Under current Nigerian law, taxation is enforced by the 3 tiers of government, i.e. federal, state, and...

Buhari orders IG to reduce policemen attached to dignitaries across the country

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:59 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to prune down the number of policemen attached to dignitaries across the country. He also...

How Mikel snubbed me in London - Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:06 PM PDT

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh yesterday explained why he left out Chelsea of England midfielder, John Mikel Obi from his list of players invited for the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of...

APC blasts Bode George over call on Buhari to probe Tinubu, Fashola

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:49 PM PDT

The All Progressive Congress, APC, Lagos Chapter has berated Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Chief Olabode George over his call to President Muhammadu Buhari to probe former governor of Lagos...

Buhari’s integrity increases power supply - APC

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:49 PM PDT

The integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari has led to the seeming stability in power generation and has also ensured an increase in its supply, the All Progressives Congress has said. It also...

Reasons why I said APC’ll govern Imo for 24 yrs – Okorocha

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:04 PM PDT

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has advised loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop losing sleep over his earlier stand that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would...

Tailor stabs colleague to death over N200

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:58 PM PDT

A tailor, Ifeanyi John, is now in police net for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Anthony Kalu, 28, to death, following an argument that ensued over N200 fine. The incident occurred on Wednesday...

FG refuses to appeal ruling against Kashamu’s extradition

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:08 PM PDT

The Federal Government has not appealed against the ruling of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed a suit seeking the extradition of the Ogun-East Senator,...

Stop fixing fuel prices, NNPC, others tell FG

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:10 PM PDT

The fixing of petroleum products' prices is denying the country investment in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry and depriving Nigerians certain benefits from the country's petroleum...

I left N10 Billion for Wike —Amaechi

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:12 PM PDT

Former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has said he left a balance of between eight to ten billion naira for his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike. In a statement from his from his media office...

Lagos orders agencies to obey pension law

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:13 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has ordered government agencies that have not fully complied with the provisions of the Lagos State Pension Reform Law to commence their contributions into the employees'...

We are on six weeks working leave, Senators tell Nigerians

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:55 PM PDT

Some senators on Thursday said in spite of the current six-week recess by the National Assembly, the lawmakers were engage in legislative activities. The senators, who spoke to NAN in separate...

Chelsea sign Pedro from Barcelona

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:32 AM PDT

Chelsea today completed the signing of Barcelona forward Pedro in a deal worth €30 million, both clubs have confirmed. The Spain international was allowed to miss training on Thursday to finalise...

Jimmy Carter says cancer has spread to brain

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:23 AM PDT

Jimmy Carter, the former US president turned Nobel peace laureate and global humanitarian, revealed Thursday he has cancer on his brain but said he feels at peace and grateful for having lived a full...

Jealous lover sets family ablaze in Osun

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:20 AM PDT

A man, said to be one of the lovers of a married woman, has set ablaze the woman, his rival and three of the woman's children in Ede, Osun State. It was gathered on Thursday that the suspect,...

Funeral mass holds for late Bristow helicopter pilot, Capt. Peter Bello (Jr)

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:16 AM PDT

A church service in honour of Capt. Peter Bello (Jr), the co-pilot of the Bristow helicopter that crashed on August 12 at a Lagos lagoon, was held in Calabar on Thursday. The service was held at St...

Adamawa state university reopens, recruits 80 hunters

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:13 AM PDT

The authorities of Adamawa State University, Mubi, have recruited 80 vigilante men and hunters to ensure the security of the university community. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Joshua...

Court okays Amaechi’s probe

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:12 AM PDT

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday dismissed the suit filed by a former governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, challenging the setting up of a Judicial Commission of...

Kogi governor, Idris Wada boasts - 'Buhari's popularity will not help APC win in Kogi governorship election'

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:10 AM PDT

Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, has said the popularity of President Muhammadu Buhari will not help the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 governorship election in the state. Wada, who...

Nigeria needs 19,500 extra policemen – Okiro

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:07 AM PDT

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr Mike Okiro, on Thursday, said Nigeria currently has a deficit of 19,500 policemen. He said the recruitment of 10,000 policemen promised by President...

Governor Ambode asks court to reverse order on Ayangburen stool

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:06 AM PDT

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has urged a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja to reverse the order it made last Friday to stop the coronation ceremony to fill the vacant stool of Ayangburen,...

Desmond Tutu to remain in hospital for two weeks

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:04 AM PDT

South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, has been put on a new course of antibiotic treatment that is expected to prolong his stay in hospital, his foundation said on Thursday. "Tutu is in...

Aircraft crashes in Slovakia, kills seven

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:03 AM PDT

Two light aircraft collided and crashed near a village in northwest Slovakia's Trencin region, killing seven people, during skydiving practice on Thursday morning, the Fire and Rescue Corps Presidium...

PDP governors warn DSS - 'Stop meddling in electoral matters'

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:01 AM PDT

Thirteen governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have said there is need for the country to have a virile opposition. The governors whose political party ruled the country for 16 years before it...

Fatal shooting of US black teen sparks protests

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:59 AM PDT

Police in the US state of Missouri have fatally shot a black teenager, who they say pointed a gun at them, and later faced angry crowds, reigniting racial tensions in the country. Sam Dotson, the...

Buhari Appoints Fowler, New FIRS Chairman.

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:13 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has chosen new heads for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Budget Office of the Federation. Pending approval by the Senate, Dr. William Babatunde Fowler...

Fan stabbed on the head, neck, jaw at viewing centre

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 05:16 AM PDT

Two men, who allegedly stabbed another man at a football viewing centre, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos. The accused : Akinbo Toyin (29), a printer, resident at...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo meets with governors at Aso Rock

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:14 AM PDT

The National Economic Council (NEC) comprising of state governors on Thursday held a meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting presided over by the Vice President...
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