Monday, 8 February 2016

NigerianEye: “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is next on our list to probe - EFCC” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is next on our list to probe - EFCC” plus 29 more


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is next on our list to probe - EFCC

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:11 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will soon begin the probe of the nation's oil and gas industry as part of the current anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led...

Arms scam: EFCC detains former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:03 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), in connection with his alleged role in the $2.1bn arms...

Wike’s allegation against me spurious, deceitful – Amaechi

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:04 PM PST

Former governor of Rivers State and the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has described the allegation of corruption levelled against him by Governor Nyesom Wike as spurious and...

Full interview with President Buhari

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:04 PM PST

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, gave an exclusive interview to the Chief foreign correspondent of Daily Telegraph, Colin Freeman. Here is the full record of his remarks as published...

Do you want to find out if your spouse or boyfriend is cheating on you ?

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:03 PM PST

Sponsored Post... You've seen the signs, and your mind is putting the pieces together. Your spouse has been coming home late or keeps long hours under the pretext of work. When your spouse comes...

I was happy in the prison – Obasanjo

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:27 PM PST

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday declared that he was happy during his incarceration in Yola prison. Obasanjo was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995 after he was convicted for his...

Music meets Football: Paul Okoye visits Stamford Bridge, meets Mikel, Hazard, others

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 09:24 PM PST

34-year-old Nigerian pop star Peter Okoye on Sunday went to Stamford Bridge stadium to watch the match between Chelsea and Manchester United in the English Premier League. Peter Okoye also had the...

How To Make Your Wife Feel Special This Valentine

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:00 PM PST

Women like it when we flirt with them, they feel special. Many people think that flirting is just about getting the girl, and once you've gotten her, flirting has no purpose. But you need to keep...

North Will Never Discover Oil In Chad Basin – Shehu Sani

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 07:01 PM PST

The north will never discover oil in the Chad basin of Nigeria even after it has wasted $3 billion, approximately (N900 billion) in oil exploration in the basin, said Senator Shehu Sani, Chairman,...

No Borno LGA Is Under Boko Haram Control – Governor Shettima

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:58 PM PST

Borno State government has denied reports that Boko Haram is still in control of local governments in the state. Governor Kashim Shettima, who reacted yesterday to last weekend's claims of Senator...

Buhari laments delay in extraditing indicted Nigerians in UK

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:57 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed reservations over the delay in bringing to Nigeria officials of former President Goodluck Jonathan and its collaborators indicted in corrupt deals taking...

Supremacy battle brewing in Yorubaland, as Benin palace blast Alake of Egbaland

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:40 PM PST

Supremacy battle in Yorubaland is starting to gear up as the Palace of the Oba of Benin has stoked controversy over the supremacy of Obas in the South West, saying it was not true that the Benin...

Nigeria insists MTN must pay N1.04 Trillion fine

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:33 PM PST

The Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu yesterday said that government's position on the out of court settlement sought by MTN on the N1.04 trillion fine over non-disconnection of...

Lack of transparency, cause of Nigeria’s woes –Osinbajo

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:25 PM PST

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said Nigeria would not have found itself in its current sorry state if her handlers had been transparent in handling the nation's...

Ekiti primary schools shut over unpaid salaries

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:16 PM PST

Primary schools across the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State were shut on Monday in line with the two-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Union of Teachers. The teachers are protesting...

We have no plans to turn Nigeria into a one-party state - APC

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 06:11 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress has dismissed the insinuation it was planning to turn Nigerian into a one-party state. The ruling party said that it emerge stronger to win future elections in the...

Scientists may announce big discovery on Thursday

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:52 PM PST

Scientists are set to make a major announcement Thursday on efforts to pinpoint the existence of gravitational waves, or ripples of space and time that transport energy across the universe, the AFP...

Messi undergoes kidney stone treatment

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:49 PM PST

Lionel Messi is undergoing treatment on kidney stones which floored the Argentina superstar at the Club World Cup in December, Barcelona announced on Monday. The five-time world Player of the Year...

'Pope Francis broke my heart'

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:47 PM PST

A British paedophilia survivor who has been asked to step down from a Vatican panel on the issue told AFP on Monday that he felt betrayed by Pope Francis. "Of course Pope Francis has established he...

Bananas may help detect, cure skin cancer – Study

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 02:44 PM PST

The black spots on old banana peels may unlock a faster, easier diagnosis of human skin cancer, boosting survival chances, scientists said Monday. When bananas ripen, their skin is covered in small,...

Naira remains stable at N310 to dollar at parallel market

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 09:12 AM PST

The Naira on Monday remained stable, exchanging for N310 to the dollar at the parallel market. It previously exchanged between N305 and N307 to the dollar early last week. However, the naira closed...

Why I’m frustrated — Van Gaal

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 09:04 AM PST

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal angrily derided the latest reports about his future after his team were pegged back in injury time in a 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Diego Costa equalised for Chelsea...

Leicester are title favourites — Wenger

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 09:00 AM PST

Arsene Wenger admits Leicester are now favourites to win the Premier League title but insists his Arsenal side's challenge is back on course. The Gunners' 2-0 win at Bournemouth was their first in...

ICC judge apologises for Gbagbo witness blunder

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:52 AM PST

The presiding judge at the trial of ex-Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo on Monday apologised for a major blunder last week in which the names of several protected witnesses were accidentally revealed....

Nigeriens begin voter registration in Nigeria ahead Feb. 21 presidential poll

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:49 AM PST

Citizens of Niger Republic, based in Nigeria, have commenced voter registration ahead of the country's presidential election scheduled for Feb. 21, 2016. The. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports...

The grave-diggers of Maiduguri: burying Boko Haram and the past

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:45 AM PST

Even the dead weren't safe from Boko Haram when the Islamist insurgency erupted in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri nearly seven years ago. "They began to destroy this one," said Babagana...

58,000 Somali children starving to death - UN

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:42 AM PST

Over 58,000 children will starve to death in Somalia without urgent support, the United Nations warned Monday, amid severe drought in the impoverished and war-torn Horn of Africa country. "The level...

'Please accept ‘painful’ electricity tariff hike' - Fashola begs Nigerians

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:37 AM PST

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has described the increased electricity tariffs as "a painful pill," appealing to consumers to "swallow" it. Fashola stated this on the...

VIDEO: Leopard gets into school, injures six

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:34 AM PST

Six people, including a regional television channel cameraman suffered injuries after a leopard strayed into a school in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday. According to indianexpress.com, efforts to...

Court dismisses Dasuki’s application to halt trial

Posted: 08 Feb 2016 08:32 AM PST

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has dismissed an application by the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), seeking to stop his trial on the...

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