Friday, 4 March 2016

NigerianEye: “EFCC arrests Ebonyi Speaker for N60m fraud” plus 25 more

NigerianEye: “EFCC arrests Ebonyi Speaker for N60m fraud” plus 25 more

EFCC arrests Ebonyi Speaker for N60m fraud

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 11:15 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Ogbonnaya Francis Nwaifuru. Mr. Nwaifuru was picked up at about 11a.m. Friday at the...

What is Prince Secondus talking about? – APC asks

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 11:10 AM PST

By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC said it has come to its notice that the Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche...

Borno bans sale of dried meat in Maiduguri

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 11:08 AM PST

The Borno Government on Friday banned the sale of dried meat in order to curtail the activities of Boko Haram terrorists currently engaged in cattle rusting to fund their operations. Gov. Kashim...

Governor Yahaya Bello welcomes twin boys

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 10:17 AM PST

The wife of Kogi state governor, Hajia Hafi Bello, has given birth to twin boys at a private hospital in Abuja on Friday 4 March, 2016. A statement released this evening by the Special Adviser to...

Amaechi behind my misrepresented ordeal - Uche Secondus

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 10:08 AM PST

The deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has hinted that former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi is behind his ongoing corruption ordeal. Secondus said this...

EFCC chairman urges Nigerians to shun corruption

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 10:03 AM PST

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu has urged Nigerians to shun corruption at all strata, so as to help and support President Muhammadu Buhari's...

I stabbed him because he touched my breast, woman tells court

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 10:00 AM PST

A 28-year-old woman, Ifeoma Okoroafor, on Friday told a Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory that she inflicted injuries on a man because he touched her breast. Okoroafor of Dutse...

Lagos Derby: Ikorodu FC, MFM in supremacy contest

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:58 AM PST

The Nigeria Premier Football League Match Day 5 games will swing into action on Sunday with an expected explosive Lagos Derby between Ikorodu United FC and Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM). MFM...

Mile 12 market riots: Police arrest over 105 suspects

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:50 AM PST

More than 100 people were arrested in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, after bloody riots in the city's biggest food market left at least three people dead, police said on Friday. "The police...

IN PICTURES: Nigerian troops intercept fleeing Boko Haram members

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:46 AM PST

Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted a group of terrorists who were escaping from their hideout in the Sambisa forest. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in...

Saliu Adetunji crowned as 41st Olubadan of Ibadanland

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:48 AM PST

The ancient city of Ibadan was agog on Friday as High Chief Saliu Adetunji was crowned the 41st Olubadan of Ibadanland. Adetunji, 87, was crowned at about 10.51 a.m. by the 10th Oluwo Afobaje of...

Court rejects Badeh’s application for bail

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 07:28 AM PST

Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed an application for bail filed by a former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh. Justice James Tsoho, in a ruling on Friday morning, upheld the objection...

Robert Mugabe wants to live to 100

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 07:18 AM PST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a warning to feuding members of his ZANU-PF party that...

Oshiomhole replies Dino Melaye, seeks ‘unreserved public apology

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 07:15 AM PST

Governor Adams Oshiomhole says Senator Dino Melaye only displayed his hollowness by delving into a matter as private as his marriage to his heartthrob. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr...

Kano governor, Ganduje loses mother

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 05:07 AM PST

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state Friday lost his mother, Hajiya Fadimatu Umaru Ganduje. In a statement by Madakin Ganduje Alhaji Sama'ila Umar, the 95 years old woman joined her...

Buhari congratulates Obasanjo at 79

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 04:32 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo as he turns 79 years old on Saturday. Buhari's congratulatory message to Obasanjo was contained in a statement...

Woman in court for bathing neighbour with faeces

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 04:30 AM PST

A trader, Tope Akinside, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly beating and bathing her neighbour with faeces. Akinside, 36, a resident of No. 14, Unity Street,...

Manny Pacquiao, and his lifelong lessons for Nigerian lawmakers

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 04:25 AM PST

Many know Manny Pacquiao as one of the best pound for pound boxer of all times but not many know he is also a politician and lawmaker in his country, Philippines. Pacquiao who lost to Floyd...

Wenger hits back at Thierry Henry

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 03:30 AM PST

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists that club legend Thierry Henry is in no position to speak about the level of disillusionment among fans, claiming that the former striker makes his judgements...

Senate leader, Ali Ndume explains why lawmakers need new cars

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 03:23 AM PST

Senate Leader. Ali Ndume, was a guest on Channels TV on Friday morning where he spoke on the controversial N4.7 billion reportedly meant for the purchase of new cars for each senator to carry out...

I’d pick Messi’s left foot instead of Ronaldo’s right – Neymar

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 03:05 AM PST

Neymar has joked he would rather have Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi's left leg than Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo's right. In a light-hearted exchange with UOL's Mauro Beting, Neymar...

North Korea leader orders nuclear arsenal on ‘standby’

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 03:03 AM PST

Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at any time, in an expected escalation of military rhetoric following the UN Security Council's adoption...

Arsenal title hopes hit as Cech is OUT for 4 weeks

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 02:59 AM PST

Wenger will be without both Cech and Laurent Koscielny for the north London derby against Tottenham on Saturday. But the Gunners boss has now revealed the former Chelsea man has a "serious calf...

MTN clarifies accounting provision for fine

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 02:56 AM PST

The Management of MTN Nigeria has clarifed that the R9287 million set aside in the recently released MTN Group Financial results is in accordance with the Principle of Prudence in generally accepted...

Onazi vow Super Eagles will beat Egypt

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 02:54 AM PST

LAZIO midfielder Ogenyi Onazi has said the Super Eagles will pick the AFCON 2017 ticket ahead of group leaders Egypt. The Lazio midfielder maintained the Eagles are no strangers to walking a tight...

Ese Oruru, the girl-child and a nation’s shame By Reuben Abati

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 01:10 AM PST

Three different incidents in the last week cast, poignantly, in bold relief the plight of the girl-child in Nigeria. Thanks to The Punch newspaper which launched the #FreeEse, #JusticeforEse campaign...
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