Wednesday, 30 March 2016

NigerianEye: “BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'” plus 29 more


BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:59 PM PDT

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the British Government to intervene in his case by asking President Muhammadu Buhari to release him from...

What I told DSS, police - Aluko

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:38 PM PDT

The whistleblower on the alleged rigging of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr. Tope Aluko, yesterday appeared in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, reliving his encounter with...

Chibok girls not missing – Fayose

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:39 PM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday declared that no pupil was abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Over 200 pupils of the school were...

Tinubu made the impossible happen – Fashola

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:53 PM PDT

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, made the impossible happen by ensuring that for...

CBN recruitment scandal: Job titles for Buhari, Ministers’ relatives ‘released’

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:40 PM PDT

Sahara Reporters, has published the positions and job titles of 91 children and relatives of politically exposed person secretly recruited by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Top government officials and...

Aluko is Judas Iscariot - Ekiti government

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:48 PM PDT

Aluko The Ekiti State Government has accused the poll fraud whistleblower, Dr. Tope Aluko, of making millions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to remove Governor Ayo Fayose. It...

I used to be a DJ – Bola Tinubu

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:41 PM PDT

Not many would imagine former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wearing big earphones and standing over some stereo. In fact, not many know that the diminutive politician used to be a disc jockey...

Police seal Kogi Assembly complex

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:42 PM PDT

Kogi State House of Assembly complex was yesterday sealed off by security agents on the orders of the National Assembly following the protracted leadership crisis rocking the House. This came as...

Buhari set to visit China

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:42 PM PDT

Arrangements have been concluded for President Muhammadu Buhari's official visit to the Peoples' Republic of China in April, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie, has said. Xiaojie stated...

Former WAEC registrar, Dotun Oyewole is dead

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:44 PM PDT

A former Deputy Registrar of the West African Examinations Council, Chief Dotun Oyewole, is dead. A statement by the family on Wednesday said he was 94. Oyewole attended primary school at St....

My cabinet members are saboteurs – Governor Al-Makura

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:45 PM PDT

The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has lost confidence in some of his senior government officials, describing them as saboteurs. The governor stated this at the Council Chamber,...

Abducted Colonel buried in Kaduna

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:46 PM PDT

The remains of abducted Col. Samaila Inusa were on Wednesday buried at the old Nigerian Defence Academy burial ground in Kaduna State. Inusa, who was a Chief Instructor at the Nigerian Army School...

INEC now under APC control - PDP

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:47 PM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission is now under the firm control of the All Progressives Congress. It cited the...

U.S. to invest $600m in Nigeria

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:48 PM PDT

The United States will invest more than $600 million in Nigeria this year, Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday in Washington. He spoke during the opening session of the U.S.- Nigeria...

40% of Nigerians are hypertensive — Cardiologist

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 01:05 PM PDT

A consultant cardiologist to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Lagos, Dr Amam Mbakwem, has expressed worry about the growing...

Fulani herdsmen not responsible for attacks – Governor Ortom

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 01:00 PM PDT

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has explained that Fulani herdsmen are not the ones responsible for the incessant attacks in Nigeria. He blamed the attacks on herdsmen from Mali, Ghana, Congo...

IN EVENT THAT TRUMP WINS

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:49 PM PDT

Political theorists have sometimes been seen as a group of people who predict (the result of an election) wrongly and later explain why they predicted wrongly. This perfectly describes those who...

Forex claim: Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, demands PDP apology within 72 hours

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:35 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has threatened to sue the Peoples Democratic Party for accusing him of illegally trading in foreign...

I have no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh - Pinnick

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:32 PM PDT

Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday in Abuja said he had no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles' Head Coach. Pinnick told newsmen in Abuja at...

'Akpabio Used Akwa Ibom People As Collateral For Loans'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:29 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's senior aide on National Assembly, Ita Enang, on Monday painted a gloomy picture of Akwa Ibom state's economy, saying the state and its people were used as "collateral"...

Boko Haram not in control of any North East LGA — Defence Minister

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:25 PM PDT

The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has denied a media report credited to him that Boko Haram insurgents still control two local government areas in the North-East. The minister stated this in...

Reasons why I didn’t bring Iwobi early against Pharaohs – Siasia

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:21 PM PDT

Coach Samson Siasia has explained reasons why Arsenal wonder boy Alex Iwobi did not get a starting shirt in the all important game against the Pharaohs in Alexandria on Tuesday. Iwobi whose...

Man files N800m lawsuit against Lagos pastor, Paul Adefarasin

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:09 PM PDT

A businessman named Gerald Chukwueke has filed an N800 million lawsuit against the senior pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, for allegedly trespassing his land located in the...

'We don’t have quality players in Super Eagles'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:54 AM PDT

Ex-international, Adokiye Amiesimaka, says the lack of quality players in the Super Eagles is responsible for the drawback the team has been experiencing in recent times. Amiesimaka, who was a...

Sports minister apologises for Eagles’ AFCON failure

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:36 AM PDT

Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung has apologised to Nigerians for the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations to be hosted by Gabon. Dalung...

Governor El Rufai denies slapping his deputy

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:32 AM PDT

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said on Tuesday night that he has never quarrelled with, nor slapped his Deputy, Barnabas Bala. The governor said Bala has been his friend since they both...

Naira maintains exchange rate of ₦322 to a dollar

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:27 AM PDT

The Naira on Wednesday, maintained its exchange rate at N322 to a dollar. It also remained firm against the two other major currencies, the pounds sterling which exchanged at N448 and the\euro which...

Lagos set to begin prosecution of tax defaulters

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:25 AM PDT

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), on Wednesday, said that it will commence the prosecution of tax evaders and offenders in Lagos State beginning from April 1, 2016. A statement signed...

Football Fans React to Gary Neville's Sacking

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:07 AM PDT

After being appointed somewhat surprisingly by Valencia, Gary Neville has been sacked, rather unsurprisingly, as manager of Valencia, just four months after being hired. Here are some of the...

FG working hard to relieve Nigerians’ pains – Lai Mohammed

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 09:58 AM PDT

The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the...

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