Friday, 8 January 2016

NigerianEye: “'Reasons why I dumped PDP and defected to APC' - Wike’s ex-Media Adviser” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “'Reasons why I dumped PDP and defected to APC' - Wike’s ex-Media Adviser” plus 29 more

'Reasons why I dumped PDP and defected to APC' - Wike’s ex-Media Adviser

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:28 PM PST

The immediate past Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, yesterday in Port Harcourt stated that he decided to defect to the All...

Thugs Invade Shoprite Warri, goods worth several millions of Naira looted

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:24 PM PST

Goods estimated at millions of naira were Friday looted from the Delta City Mall Warri following an invasion by youths suspected to be from Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The Delta...

Nigeria to probe persons involved in 2015 election violence

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:19 PM PST

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will soon be inviting top Nigerians, among others, who were alleged to be involved in the 2015 general election violence. NHRC Executive Secretary, Prof....

Robbers disguised as policemen rape female NYSC members on the highway

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:14 PM PST

Seven corps members returning from the recent holidays were among the 16 passengers attacked by robbers at a spot on the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday. The females among the corps members serving...

$2.1 Billion Arms Scam: 'Former Oyo governor, Rashidi Ladoja received N100 million'

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:12 PM PST

Accord, one of the minor political parties which did not sponsor a candidate in the 2015 presidential election, has confirmed that its leader, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, received N100m from former Chairman...

BAYELSA: We are ready for PDP today - APC

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:08 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State, is adequately prepared to resist an alleged plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to disrupt today's supplementary poll, a leader of the APC, Chief Bodi...

Selfish leaders are hindering Nigeria's growth - Obasanjo

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:07 PM PST

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised the nation's leaders against selfishness in the interest of the country's growth and progress. He said they should let the interest of the...

Buhari is losing his respect and integrity – Doyin Okupe

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:04 PM PST

A former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of pursuing a selective war against corruption and ignoring...

PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh set to spend weekend in detention

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:02 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might not release the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, and others in detention this weekend. It was gathered that the...

Lassa fever spreads across Nigeria kills 40 people in 10 states

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:59 PM PST

The Federal Government on Friday confirmed the death of 40 people out of 86 reported cases of Lassa fever outbreak in 10 states. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, said this in Abuja while...

Buhari to provide 'new insurance package' for soldiers fighting Boko Haram

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:52 PM PST

The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for soldiers fighting insurgency in the North-East. Dan-Ali...

Borno governor expresses sadness over murder of IDP

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:49 PM PST

Governor Kashim Shettima has received with utter shock and sadness information concerning the murder of an Internally Displaced Person (IDP), name withheld, whose body was found at the Shettima Ali...

PDP's politics of rice and garri is now out of fashion - Oshiomole

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:45 PM PST

Following the alleged diversion of Goodluck Jonathan campaign rice meant for distribution to the people of Edo State in the last general election by a gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic...

Mexico recaptures world's most wanted drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:54 PM PST

Mexican authorities recaptured world's most-wanted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Friday, six months after his spectacular prison break, President Enrique Pena Nieto said, triumphantly...

N82 million dinner: Wole Soyinka’s reaction is disappointing – Rivers commissioner

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:40 PM PST

Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George, has described as disappointing and depressing Professor Wole Soyinka's reaction to attempts to confirm from the...

Jim Nwobodo dumps PDP for APC

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:15 PM PST

A former minister of information, and governor of the old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, on Friday defected to the All Progressive Congress. Nwobodo, a former Senator and presidential aspirant on...

Yaya Toure in epic rant, says defeat to Aubameyang "brings shame to Africa"

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 12:46 PM PST

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has reacted angrily to losing out on the CAF African Footballer of the Year award, saying the decision is "pathetic", "indecent" and "brings shame to...

Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria embarrassing – Minister

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 12:30 PM PST

The Federal Government has described as embarrassing the current outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. Number of persons infected by the outbreak had increased to 86, while 40 deaths had been...

Senator Ekwunife dumps PDP for APC

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 10:52 AM PST

Sen. Uche Ekwunife, the erstwhile senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, announced on Friday that she had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of...

'Charge Metuh to court if you have evidence of fraud against him' - Fayose challenges Buhari

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 10:45 AM PST

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

'Make public evidence that Metuh received N1.4 billion from Dasuki' - PDP to EFCC

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 10:23 AM PST

The office of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party has debunked allegations that the spokesman of the party, Olisa Metuh, received N1.4 billion and N4 million monthly...

EFCC invades former Comptroller General’s residence

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:17 AM PST

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday invaded the residence of the immediate past Comptroller General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko, in Abuja. The operatives of the...

I lost my cousin to Boko Haram – Dogara

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:15 AM PST

Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has recounted how he lost his first cousin, a Divisional Police Office, DPO, serving in Borno State to the Boko Haram sect in one of the attacks...

Supreme Court affirms election of Yari as Zamfara governor

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 07:14 AM PST

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election of Malam Abdulazeez Yari of All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Zamfara. Delivering the judgment, the Justice John Okoro-led panel of six...

Robbers disguised as policemen rape corps members

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:20 PM PST

Seven corps members returning from the recent holidays were among the 16 passengers attacked by robbers at a spot on the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday. The females among the corps members serving...

Continued detention of Metuh, unhealthy for Nigeria’s democracy – Ekweremadu

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 05:22 AM PST

President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh was designed by the...

Thousands trapped as gunmen takeover Delta Shoprite

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 08:22 PM PST

Thousands of shoppers and workers were trapped Friday as a group of gunmen took over the Delta Shopping Mall, in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state shooting sporadically. The mall...

3,032 pardoned Nigerian soldiers reject redeployment to the North East to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 04:25 AM PST

About 3032 soldiers, who were pardoned last August for various offences during campaigns against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the North East of Nigeria, have rejected posting to the...

Nigerian makes history in the US as the first appointed African judge in New Jersey

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 04:28 AM PST

Jude Nkama, Ebonyi state born Nigerian, was today sworn-in as Judge of Newark Municipal Court in New Jersey, USA. Nkama who contested to run for Governorship under the Progressive Peoples Alliance...

Davido, Baby Mamas and other stories By Reuben Abati

Posted: 08 Jan 2016 04:29 AM PST

"What a relief, my friend!" "What are you relieved about?" "It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera". "I tell you. It is a perfect subject for a good home video. But what is your...
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