Wednesday, 17 February 2016

NigerianEye: “EFCC picks up Diezani’s husband” plus 27 more

NigerianEye: “EFCC picks up Diezani’s husband” plus 27 more

EFCC picks up Diezani’s husband

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 04:14 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, invited Alison Amaechina Madueke, husband of embattled former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Madueke, a retired Admiral...

Alleged N2.1 Billion fraud: EFCC lines-up 15 witnesses against Dokpesi

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 04:08 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has lined-up 15 witnesses that will testify against the Chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who was...

Fayose disagrees with APC over airport project

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 04:05 PM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the capital projects embarked upon by his administration, including an airstrip are not only timely, but are meeting people's needs, contrary to the...

EFCC opens case against Akpobolokemi in second charge

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 03:55 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday called its first witness in the N3.4bn fraud suit filed against the immediate-past Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Gent 2-3 Wolfsburg

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 03:52 PM PST

Julian Draxler netted a superb brace to put Gent's Champions League hopes in jeopardy as Wolfsburg ran out 3-2 winners at the Ghelamco Arena. The German side marked their first appearance in the...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Roma 0-2 Real Madrid

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 03:48 PM PST

A deflected Cristiano Ronaldo strike and a fine Jese goal gave Real Madrid a 2-0 win over a resolute Roma side at Stadio Olimpico in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg tie on...

Gunmen abduct Jonathan’s foster father in Bayelsa

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:21 AM PST

Gunmen on Wednesday struck in Otuoke, former President Goodluck Jonathan's hometown, abducting the ex-President's first cousin and foster father, Chief Inengite Nitabai. The 72-year-old Nitabai, a...

P’Square sacks elder brother, Jude Okoye

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:21 AM PST

The 2016 drama in the Nigerian entertainment industry continued today, after Nigerian pop duo, P'square sacked their brother.  One-half of the singing duo, Peter Okoye yesterday moved against...

New set of militants pressure FG for amnesty

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:31 AM PST

Several militants involved in violent activities in Arepo, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers and Delta State are making efforts to submit their arms and ammunition to the Federal...

I’m not ready for trial — Dasuki

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:23 AM PST

Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has said he was not ready for trial until the Federal Government complied with an order of the Federal High Court granting him bail.  In...

We will fix Ilorin-Jebba highway soon – Fashola

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:25 AM PST

Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has declared that unlike previous administrations that left the Ilorin-Jebba highway to its deplorable state, the present regime will fix...

Stella Oduah loses bid to stop bulletproof cars probe

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:22 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, against the Attorney General of the Federation and three...

Court sentences two to death for armed robbery

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:20 AM PST

Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday ordered the hanging of one Omoilodan Seun and Gbenga Kayode, who were convicted of armed robbery. Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye, who pronounced the judgment, said...

Lioness kills park worker in South Africa

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:16 AM PST

A worker in a game reserve in South Africa was mauled to death by a lioness while on a routine round to pump water, a wildlife spokesman said Wednesday. The 45-year-old man was killed Monday morning...

JAMB advises candidates to print exam notification slip

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:15 AM PST

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday advised candidates who had registered for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to print their examination...

Alleged N2.1bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Dokpesi

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:12 AM PST

‎The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, re-arraigned the Chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, ‎High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before the Federal High Court sitting in...

Nigeria struggles as Buhari wrangles with budget, naira

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 09:03 AM PST

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari finally swore in his cabinet in November, nearly six months after taking office, he hoped to shake off his nickname "Baba Go Slow". But troubling errors in the...

NSA Office paid N300m to Bello Haliru to fund election campaign – EFCC

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:53 AM PST

The EFCC told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the office of the National Security Adviser, paid N300 million to former National Chairman of PDP, Bello Haliru to fund election campaign. Mrs...

BIAFRA: We won’t resort to violence in self-defence — IPOB

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:50 AM PST

he Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has denied earlier reports that it has resolved to resort to violence with the security agencies who have been killing their members during protest and prayer...

MTN pays N1.85m to subscriber over promo fraud

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:46 AM PST

Following an order issued last week by the Consumer Protection Council directing MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to, within 14 days, pay a complainant, Mr. Omeje Fidelis N1.85m being the balance...

Female passenger dies in Lagos airport toilet

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 08:37 AM PST

A mild drama unfolded on Wednesday at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, when a middle – aged female passenger billed to travel with Etihad Airways died...

Nigeria struggling to find buyers for crude oil

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 03:39 AM PST

Nigeria's March crude programme is struggling to find outlets, with some 25 million barrels still unsold even as the April loading programme is expected to start arriving this week, traders have...

'I dare you to arrest me' - Fayose tells Buhari

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:05 AM PST

The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest him. Mr. Fayose said Mr. Buhari is a dictator. "They say he (Buhari) is coming after me, I am ready," Mr....

Nigerian troops destroy Boko Haram camps in Sambisa, Alagarno

Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:02 AM PST

The Nigerian Army has continued its offensive operations of destroying all Boko Haram terrorists remaining camps and enclaves around Alagarno and Sambisa forests. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman...

EFCC has recovered billions of stolen funds - Magu

Posted: 16 Feb 2016 09:47 PM PST

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu yesterday said the agency has recovered billions of stolen funds. He said the anti-corruption war is "the war of the...

Boko Haram kills six, razes 20 houses in Adamawa

Posted: 16 Feb 2016 09:48 PM PST

Suspected Boko Haram members have killed six persons in Kuda village of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The insurgents allegedly razed more than 20 houses in the attack. An aged...

Why Boko Haram keeps bombing North-Eastern communities – Lai Mohammed explains

Posted: 16 Feb 2016 09:52 PM PST

The recent bombings of some communities in the North-eastern part of the country are acts of desperation rather than resurgence of insurgency, the Federal Government has said. Minister of...

Naira falls to N345/$ in parallel market

Posted: 16 Feb 2016 09:47 PM PST

The naira, yesterday, suffered its biggest daily depreciation against the dollar as it exchanged for N345 to a dollar in the parallel market. This represents N20 depreciation when compared with...
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