Friday, 18 December 2015

NigerianEye: “Dasukigate: We don’t support corruption – PDP” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Dasukigate: We don’t support corruption – PDP” plus 29 more


Dasukigate: We don’t support corruption – PDP

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 05:26 PM PST

Due to its defeat at the March 28 Presidential election and ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP disclosed yesterday that it has...

Petrol may sell below N87/litre next year –NNPC

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 05:04 PM PST

The pump price of petrol may sell for less than N87 per litre before the end of the first quarter of 2016, latest findings from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have revealed. This is...

Buhari sacks 2,000 varsity workers

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 05:00 PM PST

The Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Universities has called for an indefinite strike on December 24, 2015 to protest a recent decision of the Federal Government to sack 2,000 university...

Lagos-bound train derails, hundreds escape death

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 04:55 PM PST

Hundreds escaped death on Friday after a train taking passengers from Ogun State to Apapa in Lagos derailed at the Shina Peters end of Iju. The incident occurred around 11:00am, with hundreds of...

Rivers Speaker resigns after passing Wike’s budget

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 04:00 PM PST

The Speaker of Rivers House, Ikunyi Owaji-Ibani, representing Andoni Constituency resign a moment ago shortly after presiding over the 2016 budget presentation by Governor Nyesom Wike at about 5:30pm...

70.67% fail English, Maths in Nov/Dec WASSCE

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:54 PM PST

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has on Friday in Lagos released the statistics of candidates who passed English Language and Mathematics in theNovember/December 2015 WASSCE...

Nigerian military appoints new commander to lead war against Boko Haram

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:43 AM PST

The Defence Headquarters has restructured the Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East to reposition it for more efficiency, effectiveness and combat readiness in the discharge of its assigned tasks...

Hacked Lagos state website now working

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:39 AM PST

The Lagos State Government website, which was hacked early this morning has been recovered. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said although the...

Nigerian student in UK jailed 9 years for using hot iron on lover during sex

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:36 AM PST

A former student who burned her lover's genitals with a hot iron while they were having sex has been jailed for nine year by a UK court.Kenya Alozie, 31, of no fixed address, pressed the hot iron...

Appeal court sacks Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel; election nullified

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:35 AM PST

An Appeal Court has nullified the entire governorship election held in Akwa Ibom State on 11 April, purportedly won by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Udom Emmanuel. The...

IG dismisses 50 corrupt policemen

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:30 AM PST

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has said the police under his leadership has fought corruption to the barest minimum, stating that the force has dismissed 50 police officers for...

Court declares former Enugu deputy gov impeachment illegal

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:27 AM PST

An Enugu High Court on Friday nullified the impeachment of a former deputy governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi was impeached in August 2014 in the infamous 'chicken impeachment'...

28 Nigerians deported from Europe

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:25 AM PST

Three European countries, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium on Thursday deported twenty eight Nigerians who were said to be living there without valid visas. Forty eight Nigerians were on November 25,...

Naira strengthens against dollar, gains N10

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:12 AM PST

The naira on Friday strengthened against the dollar after weeks of free fall at the parallel market. The currency gained N10 to exchange at N270 to the dollar after it nosedived to N280 on...

Buhari meets Father Mbaka, insists change will come

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:09 AM PST

Popular Catholic priest and the Spiritual Director of the Adora­tion Ministry in Enugu, Rev.-Father Ejike Mbaka, on Friday met behind closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential...

FG issues fresh security alert on Boko Haram

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:07 AM PST

The Federal Government on Friday issued a security alert that Boko Haram terrorists were planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students or foreigners in a desperate effort to raise funds...

Mourinho sacking sets off Europe-wide coach alert

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:04 AM PST

The sacking of Jose Mourinho set off a frantic merry-go-round among Europe's star coaches with the spotlight now falling on Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich and Rafa Benitez at Real Madrid. Carlo...

3 Konga staff docked for allegedly stealing 500 mobile phones

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:01 AM PST

Three staff of an online retail outlet, Konga, on Friday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing 500 units of Infinix Hot2 mobile phone valued at N9.6...

I could end up like Mourinho - Man United - Van Gaal fears

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:58 AM PST

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says he was shocked to learn that Jose Mourinho had been sacked as manager of Chelsea - and admits he could be next to face the chop. Mourinho left the Premier...

Guus Hiddink tipped to replace Jose Mourinho

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:49 AM PST

Guus Hiddink is "absolutely perfect" to step in as Chelsea's saviour following Jose Mourinho's sacking, former Blues assistant boss Ray Wilkins said Friday, as reports said the Dutchman was poised to...

I’ll announce if I’m quitting Bayern on Sunday — Guardiola

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:44 AM PST

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola says club boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge "knows everything" about his future plans with an announcement on whether he is leaving at the end of the season expected...

NCC files criminal charges against MTN over alleged copyright infringement

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:42 AM PST

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria Communication and its Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman, over alleged copyright infringement. The...

Fayose’s wife wants FG to implement National Confab resolutions

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:39 AM PST

The Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose has reiterated the need for Federal Government to consider the implementation of the resolutions of the national conference, saying this was...

Dutch court to rule on landmark Nigerian case against Shell

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:31 AM PST

A Dutch appeals court is to rule Friday whether the country's tribunals can hear a landmark case for damages brought by four Nigerians against oil giant Shell. The four farmers and fishermen, backed...

Niger’s president says coup plot foiled, suspects arrested

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 11:58 AM PST

Niger's government has "foiled" a coup plot, resulting in a number of arrests, President Mahamadou Issoufou said in an address broadcast on national radio and television Thursday, adding that the...

ECOWAS urge West African countries to ban use of Hijabs

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:26 AM PST

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders have been urged to ban the wearing of full-face veils by Muslim women as part of an effort to limit the growing number of Boko Haram female...

Lagos budgets N662.588 Billion for 2016

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:18 AM PST

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday presented the state's 2016 budget proposal of N662.588 billion to the House of Assembly, with a pledge that his administration will not only...

Dasuki, four others get bail

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 10:06 AM PST

Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by a FCT High Court despite the argument by counsel of EFCC that it was too risky to grant him and others bail. Dasuki is...

Lagos government website hacked by muslim group

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:53 AM PST

The Lagos State government website has been hacked. A visit to the website URL, www.lagosstate.gov.ng showed that it was hacked by a Muslim group who claimed they were protesting the killings of...

Scientist develop Super Condoms that kill HIV virus and enhances pleasure

Posted: 18 Dec 2015 03:41 AM PST

A new hydrogel-based condom that contains antioxidants has been invented by a team of Indian-American scientists at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center. Not only does it contain...

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