Saturday, 1 August 2015

NigerianEye: “Ooni of Ife’s remains allegedly arrive Ile-Ife as palace chiefs insist the Oba is alive, hale and hearty” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ooni of Ife’s remains allegedly arrive Ile-Ife as palace chiefs insist the Oba is alive, hale and hearty” plus 29 more

Ooni of Ife’s remains allegedly arrive Ile-Ife as palace chiefs insist the Oba is alive, hale and hearty

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:06 PM PDT

The remains of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade may have arrived at his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State. NE became aware of the development even as palace authorities and notable Ile-Ife...

IN PICTURES: President Buhari Arrives Nigeria From His One Day Visit To Benin Republic

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:16 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari alongside his entourage arrived Nigeria this evening from his one day state visit to Benin Republic. He was received by VP Prof Osinbajo and other government...

Buhari vows to defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:15 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Boko Haram will be defeated hopeful by end of this year. Buhari spoke in Cotonou on Saturday during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin...

PDP workers blast Olisa Metuh, accuse him of working against GEJ during last election

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:17 PM PDT

PDP staff members who have been threatened with sack by the party's management following non availability of funds to pay their salaries, have come hard on the party's national publicity secretary,...

APC is a party of shameless, desperate liars – PDP

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:38 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as a party of shameless and desperate liars. The party berated the APC for sticking to its lies and empty...

The first person Buhari nabs for corruption won’t find it funny - Presidency

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:17 PM PDT

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina was until his appointment the managing director of Sun Newspapers and concurrently, the president of the Nigerian Guild of...

Who wins Sunday's Community Shield? Arsenal or Chelsea

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:18 PM PDT

Arsenal's readiness to mount a sustained title challenge in 2015-16 will be tested at Wembley on Sunday when they face Premier League champions Chelsea in the Community Shield. Arsene Wenger's team...

Oyo workers’ salaries will be paid within three months - Ajimobi

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:59 PM PDT

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has assured civil servants in the state that their outstanding salaries would be settled within the next three months. The governor gave this promise...

Women must aspire for elective positions, says Tinubu

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:52 PM PDT

To effectively combat vices that have impeded the nation's progress, women must play key roles and divest their efforts for Nigeria to achieve greatness. Senator representing Lagos Central, Mrs....

Yahaya Bello picks APC form for Kogi State gubernatorial election

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:49 PM PDT

Kogi State gubernatorial aspirant Yahaya Bello has picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) form at the party head office in Abuja. Bello lamented that Kogi State created 24 years ago has remained...

Africa Wealth Report 2015: The rich get richer

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:46 PM PDT

Africa is now home to more than 160,000 people with personal fortunes worth in excess of $1m (£642,000), a twofold increase in the number of wealthy individuals since the turn of the century that...

Todays America and a few more questions for U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy - Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:40 PM PDT

The United States of America funded and led the fight against tyranny and the German Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm 2nd in World War 1. She led the fight against fascism, the Axis Powers and Adolf Hitler's...

Son of the Ooni of Ife weds today despite strong rumours of his father's death

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:35 PM PDT

The families of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, and the former National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA boss, Mrs Remi Olowu, will, today, join their son and daughter in holy matrimony in...

NYSC didn’t ban pregnant women, nursing mothers from service — DG

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:29 PM PDT

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has said the NYSC did not ban pregnant women and nursing women from its orientation camps. The director-general stated...

Nigerian states owe commercial banks N685 Billion - Osinbajo

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 07:26 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said in Kano State on Saturday that the 36 states of the federation owe commercial banks N685bn. He said the situation made the Federal Government to assist the states...

Nigerians troops mop up Dikwa, environs – Army

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Colonel Sani Kukasheka, acting Director, Army Public Relations, said troops of 7 Div. Nigerian Army have mopped up Dikwa and environs of Boko Haram terrorists. Kukasheka, who disclosed this in a...

Lagos hotelier’s son dies in hotel room

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:18 PM PDT

The Operations Manager of Maybeny Hotel at Ire-Akari Road in Isolo, Lagos, Mr. Uche Egwuenu, was found dead in one of the rooms in the hotel on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A source...

IN PICTURES: Buhari and Boni Yayi celebrate Benin Republic's 55th Independence Day Anniversary

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 03:12 PM PDT

IN PICTURES: Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo visits IDP camp school in Kano

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:56 PM PDT

Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on saturday visited the Mariri IDP camp school in Kano state. The school was set up to provide quality education for children who lost their parents/guardians...

Boko Haram turns college of education’s chemistry laboratory into bomb making factory

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 01:38 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army has uncovered an abandoned college of education's chemistry laboratory in Borno State which the terrorist group, Boko Haram, has turned into an improvised explosive devices...

Nigerian rapper, Reminisce Loses Dad

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:22 PM PDT

Nigerian indigenous rap star Remilekun Shafaru, popularly known as Reminisce, has lost his father, Alhaji A.A Shafaru. The rapper announced the passing on of his dad early Saturday via an Instagram...

Ile-Ife: Anxiety mounts, women remain indoors as Oro festival enters second day

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:19 PM PDT

Many women in the ancient town of Ile-Ife remained indoors on Saturday as the annual Oro festival entered its second day. Although a palace source told NAN on condition of anonymity that the...

MFM splashes N91m on members with First Class

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:13 PM PDT

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries on Saturday gave out financial rewards of N91m to its members who graduated in First Class from different universities across the country. The General...

DSS arrests 28 kidnap masterminds in six days

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 12:12 PM PDT

The Department of State Services has arrested 28 suspected kidnappers nationwide within six days. The service stated that it apprehended the suspects across various states in the South-South,...

Ekiti warns ‘Fayose boys’ over attacks on residents

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:58 AM PDT

Political violence returned to Ekiti State on Friday as innocent persons were allegedly attacked at various locations in the state. The Ekiti State Government has, however, called on security...

Egypt jails 300 Brotherhood supporters

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:56 AM PDT

An Egyptian court sentenced on Saturday 300 loyalists of the currently-blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi from three to 10 years in prison over violence...

Buhari's wife donates money to Gombe blast victims

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 08:15 AM PDT

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has donated undisclosed amount of money to 48 victims of the recent Gombe bomb blast admitted at the Federal Teaching and Specialists' Hospital, Gombe...

Osinbajo pledges support for IDPs

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 08:16 AM PDT

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday in Kano, told the Children displaced by insurgency not to lose hope as the Federal Government was committed to providing for their future....

Nigeria assumes UN Security Council presidency

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 05:58 AM PDT

Nigeria will today, assume the one-month rotational Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council as the country's Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu, takes over from...

Buhari exempts varsities’ boards from dissolution

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 05:19 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the Governing Councils of Federal Universities be exempted, for the time being, from the dissolution of Boards of Federal Government's parastatals,...
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