Saturday, 13 February 2016

NigerianEye: “Buhari sacks 13 varsity VCs appointed by Jonathan” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari sacks 13 varsity VCs appointed by Jonathan” plus 29 more


Buhari sacks 13 varsity VCs appointed by Jonathan

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:50 PM PST

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and the 12 Federal Universities established by the Jonathan administration now have new vice chancellors following the unexpected removal of the...

Woman who donated N1 million to support Buhari for his presidential campaign dies

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:50 PM PST

My dream is to see a day that Buhari will win the (presidential) election and be sworn into office. That day, I will slaughter a cow, cook plenty food and throw a big party. I have told them that I...

$2.1BN ARMS DEAL: Ex-Airforce chief returns N66 million

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:51 PM PST

One of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) chiefs implicated in the $2.1 billion arms deal and put under house arrest at Niger Barracks, Abuja has returned N66 million of the N90 million, allegedly traced...

I won’t pay striking workers – Fayose

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:51 PM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to apply no-work-no-pay rule for workers who embark on strike in the state without following due process and labour laws. He also refuted the...

Pastor Adeboye proffers solution to current economic crisis

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:48 PM PST

The Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has called on Nigerians in leadership positions at different levels to imbibe the fear of God and depend...

Car kills mechanic, throws him off Obalende Bridge

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:44 PM PST

Tragedy occurred on Obalende Bridge on Saturday at about 4pm when a fast moving Kia saloon car with plate number JJJ 537 DP crushed a mechanic, identified simply as Waidi to death and threw him off...

2 policemen, 2 bank officials killed in Osun bank robbery

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:41 PM PST

Mr Kola Sodipo, the Commissioner of Police in Osun, on Saturday said that two policemen were killed during a bank robbery in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area on Friday. Sodipo, who disclosed...

Bash Ali reports Sports Minister to Buhari, takes protest to Aso Rock Monday

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:38 PM PST

World Boxing Federation (WBF) champion, Bashiru Lawrence Ali has sent a complaint letter to President Muhammadu Buhari reporting what Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung and some other government...

Only God can give happiness - Obasanjo

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:11 PM PST

Ex-Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Monday, declared that man can only find genuine happiness in Jesus, through Jesus and from Jesus by the grace, love, mercy and providence of God, our...

Arsenal will attack Leicester - Wenger

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:03 PM PST

Arsene Wenger is out to spoil Leicester City's party and the Arsenal manager said he will not hold anything back against their unlikely title rivals when they meet today. Wenger said there can be...

Man City v Spurs: We’ll fight like a Cup final — Iheanacho

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 08:01 PM PST

Nigeria and Manchester City wonderkid, Kelechi Iheanacho is not dazed by the startling form of the likes of Dele Ali, Harry Kane and others in the Tottenham line up billed to take on title...

General Murtala Mohammed: Forty Years On, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:59 PM PST

If there was one man that had a profound effect on our history, perhaps more than any other, it was Gen. Murtala Ramat Mohammed. Sadly he was assassinated 40 years ago, on February 13th 1976. In a...

Most troublesome Fulani herdsmen are not Nigerians — Police IG, Solomon Arase

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:55 PM PST

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has warned policemen against treating human lives with levity, vowing to prosecute any officer who kills innocent citizens. Mr. Arase gave the warning...

45% electricity tariff hike will not stand, labour insists

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:33 PM PST

AS the nation begins to come to terms with the private-driven power sector following the recent 45 percent hike in electricity tariff, workers in the sector have warned that for allowing...

Nigeria to export rice from 2019

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:29 PM PST

Local rice farmers in Nigeria will commence export of the commodity in the next three years. The Country Manager, Afex Commodities Exchange Nigeria, Ayodeji Balogun, stated this yesterday in...

Bayelsa, police disagree on allegation of baby selling

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:26 PM PST

The Ministry of Health, Bayelsa State, and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), yesterday, said it was not true that a Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Sawyer Wisdom, sold a...

Youths endorse Tinubu as Yoruba Leader

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:23 PM PST

The Oodua Youth Movement (OYM) has pronounced All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as leader of the Yoruba race due to his...

APC youth condemns attack on campaign materials

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:21 PM PST

The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of Youth Network for Democracy in Rivers State (YOWDIRIV) has condemned the renewed destruction of the party campaign materials...

Gunmen kill 18 in Rivers PDP chairman’s home town

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:18 PM PST

A supremacy battle between rival cult groups has left no fewer than 18 persons killed in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area of Rivers state. It was gathered that the...

Nigeria lost momentum with Murtala’s demise - Buhari

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 07:13 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday reflected on the death of former Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed, in a coup attempt 40 years ago, and said his demise in that incident made Nigeria lose...

APC not jittery over Supreme Court ruling - Odigie-Oyegun

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 06:37 PM PST

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says the party is not jittery over the Supreme Court's ruling which favoured the Peoples Democratic Party's governorship...

Bayelsa Assembly in disarray over sacking of Speaker

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 06:33 PM PST

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly is at present enmeshed in a row over the 'vacant' seat of the Speaker, Kombowei Benson. The development followed the second ruling of the Court of Appeal sitting...

Nigerian airforce denies locating missing Chibok girls

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 06:28 PM PST

The Nigerian Air Force has denied reports that it's operatives had located the missing girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok. The Director, Public Relations and Information of the...

Governor Dickson accuses media of aiding kidnappers

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 05:40 PM PST

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has accused the media of working to promote the interest of kidnappers in the state. Dickson, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel...

Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram insurgents

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 05:39 PM PST

Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 10 members of the Boko Haram sect in northern Borno. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Saturday that...

Boko Haram steals 1,000 cattle in Adamawa

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 05:35 PM PST

Suspected members of the terror group, Boko Haram have carted away over 1000 cows, 70 sheep and 40 goats in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Eyewitness accounts stated that the not...

Cult members kill 15 in Rivers community

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:59 PM PST

About 50 gunmen suspected to be cult members attacked Omoku Town in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday night, killing 15 persons including a couple and two...

I was third on Dimka’s death list – TY Danjuma

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:57 PM PST

Lt. Gen Theophilus Danjuma on Saturday said he was the third person on the list of those marked for assassination during the failed 13 February, 1976 coup d'état that claimed the life of the then...

Men face higher risk of cancers linked to oral sex

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 04:54 PM PST

Men are twice as likely as women to get cancer of the mouth and throat linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, researchers say. Love For...

Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West tensions cloud talks

Posted: 13 Feb 2016 06:55 AM PST

The world has plunged into a "new Cold War", the Russian premier said Saturday, as East-West tensions over Syria and Ukraine dominated a gathering of world leaders in Germany. US Secretary of State...

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