Thursday, 12 November 2015

NigerianEye: “We don't want Biafra - Rivers elders” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “We don't want Biafra - Rivers elders” plus 29 more

We don't want Biafra - Rivers elders

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:51 PM PST

The Rivers Elders and Leaders Council (RELEC) Chairman Chief Albert Horsfall and Secretary Lawrence Ibiayenie, yesterday warned that Port Harcourt should not be turned to a battle ground by...

Fulani herdsmen attacks: Enough reason to consider secession — Gani Adams

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:36 PM PST

OTUNBA Gani Adams is the National Coordinator of the Oodua People's Congress, OPC. In this interview, he argues that failure by the Federal Government to address the continued attacks by Fulani...

Terror attack imminent in South West — NOA

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:50 PM PST

The National Orientation Agency, NOA, yesterday raised alarm of imminent terror attacks on the South-West Zone by Boko Haram terrorists. Sequel to this, NOA has advised schools, churches and...

REVEALED: Why NAFDAC slammed N1 Billion fine on Guinness

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:42 PM PST

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, was said to have slammed a fine of N1 billion administrative charges on Guinness Nigeria Plc for its failure to adhere to the...

Five former permanent secretaries to face trial for alleged corruption

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:50 PM PST

Barely 24 hours after they were retired, five of the affected 17 federal permanent secretaries may face trial for alleged corruption. One of those slated for trial has been interrogated by the...

Etisalat denies selling pre registered SIM cards

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:41 PM PST

Telecom operator, Etisalat Nigeria, has denied allegations that it was selling pre-registered SIM cards to the public. The operators said that knowing the security implications and the huge cost...

Lamorde still Police Commissioner, to be posted soon — Okiro

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:31 PM PST

The Police Service Commission, PSC, yesterday, said the embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, who recently proceeded on his terminal...

Nigeria sliding into dictatorship under APC - PDP

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:26 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday drew the attention of the international community to what it described as increasingly fascist inclination of the ruling All Progressives Congress,...

Buhari warns permanent secretaries against sabotage, corruption

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:21 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday warned permanent secretaries against indulging in sabotage and corrupt practices. He spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja at their swearing-in. President...

Former Tottenham keeper dies at 32

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:19 PM PST

Former Premier League goalkeeper Marton Fulop has died at the age of 32. Fulop, who played for Tottenham, Sunderland and Manchester City during his time in England, passed away after a battle with...

Supreme Court directs CCT to suspend Saraki’s trial

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:12 PM PST

The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to suspend proceedings in the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki. It asked the CCT to "tarry awhile" and await its...

Nigerian troops rescue Boko Haram victims

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:07 PM PST

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, has said that soldiers rescued 61 captives of the Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday. He said the captives who were rescued by advancing...

Thugs were made ministers under PDP - APC

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:04 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of defeat-induced impatience. The National Secretary of the APC, Mai Bala Buni, who said this in Abuja on Thursday,...

Nigeria full of ‘certificated illiterates’ – Utomi

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:02 PM PST

The Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi, has described most educated Nigerians as certificated illiterates Utomi, who decried the standard of education in the country, said...

Buhari, Fashola won’t fail Nigerians – Tinubu

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:01 PM PST

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday expressed confidence in the cabinet team just unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari, including the immediate...

Halt MASSOB protests, IG tells Ohanaeze

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:59 PM PST

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has called on the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze N'digbo, to halt the ongoing protests in some states by the Movement for the...

Nigeria’s population will outgrow US in 2050 - UN

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:56 PM PST

A United Nations survey has projected that Nigeria's population will surpass that of the United States by 2050 to become the third most populous country in the world behind only India and...

Police arraign eight suspected pro-Biafra supporters

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:53 PM PST

The police on Thursday arraigned before a Port Harcourt Magistrate's Court eight persons suspected to be members and supporters of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra...

The poor won’t pay Land Use Charge, only the rich people will – Oshiomhole

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:52 PM PST

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that low income earners in the state will not pay the Land Use Charge. The governor, who spoke on Thursday, said palaces of traditional rulers and...

Bayelsa Election: Begin to pack your belongings, Sylva tells Dickson

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:49 PM PST

With just few days to the governorship election in Bayelsa State, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Chief Timipre Sylva, has asked Governor Seriake Dickson to begin to pack his...

We are not sponsoring pilgrims – Lagos state government

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 08:46 PM PST

The Lagos State Government has said it does not sponsor pilgrims but only ensures their safety while on the spiritual exercise. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, said...

Details of Supreme Court decision on Bukola Saraki CCT charges

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 10:58 AM PST

The Supreme Court today in Abuja halted the trial of the Senate President Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on charges of false assets declaration. The trial initiated by...

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Gallant Nigerian soldier deactivates IEDs with bare hands

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:35 PM PST

Pictured above is a Nigerian soldier pictured deactivating bombs using his bare hands without any protective covering. More pictures below... Photo credit: DanBorno

I don't want to go to jail so I wouldn't steal - Rotimi Amaechi

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 10:58 AM PST

The new Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says he does not want to go to jail and so will not be stealing from the accounts of the ministry. Amaechi said this while speaking to members of...

Pro-Biafra protesters storm Owerri

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 10:59 AM PST

Hundreds of supporters of Pro- Biafra groups on Thursday marched along major streets in Owerri and called for the release of Mr Nnamdi Kanu, the acclaimed operator Radio Biafra. The demonstrators,...

Arase warns police commands against unlawful detention

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 10:58 AM PST

The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday admonished all police commands across the country against illegal detention of suspects. Arase gave the warning while addressing...

Super Eagles midfielder, John Ogu weds girlfreind in Ikoyi

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 10:40 AM PST

Super Eagles and Hapoel Be'er Sheva midfielder John Ogu, Thursday, tied the knot with long time girlfriend Vera. The footballer who now joins the long list of footballers who have quit bachelorhood,...

I will strive to be the best minister in Buhari’s cabinet - Onu

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:56 AM PST

Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the newly sworn-in Minister of Science and Technology, said on Wednesday in Abuja that he would strive to be the best minister in President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet. Onu, who...

Support Buhari anti- corruption crusade - Afenifere

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:54 AM PST

The secretary-General of the pan- Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa has urged Nigerians to support and cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari's administration...

'Stop appointing incompetent persons as Power Ministers'

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 09:51 AM PST

Former Minister of Power, Suleiman Bello, on Thursday, said that one of the major problems in the power sector is the incompetence of ministers appointed to man the sector over the years. Bello told...
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