Thursday, 3 March 2016

NigerianEye: “Ohanaeze to visit Buhari with 'charter of demands'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ohanaeze to visit Buhari with 'charter of demands'” plus 29 more


Ohanaeze to visit Buhari with 'charter of demands'

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:27 PM PST

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has resolved to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja with a charter of demands. The resolution was adopted after a meeting of some members at the...

DSS arrests Umeh over alleged support for Biafra

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:28 PM PST

Former National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its candidate in the Anambra Central senatorial election, Chief Victor Umeh, has allegedly been arrested by men of the...

FG to split NNPC into 30 firms

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:28 PM PST

The Federal Government will next week announce a major overhaul of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as well as the firm's unbundling into 30 different companies, the Minister of State for...

My detention scaring away foreign investors – Dasuki

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:30 PM PST

The immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that his continued detention by the Department of State Services was scaring...

$20 Billion idle in Nigerians’ domiciliary accounts – CBN

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:27 PM PST

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday raised the alarm that about $20bn (N3.94tn) was lying idle in different domiciliary accounts of the citizens. The Deputy Governor, Financial System...

Major Takeaways from President Buhari’s Trips To Saudi Arabia and Qatar, By Garba Shehu

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:14 PM PST

At the invitation of King Salman Bin-Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia and of the Ruler of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani, President Muhammadu Buhari undertook state visits to the two...

370,000 children malnourished in northern Nigeria — Research

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:12 PM PST

Research on Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria, WINNN, has revealed that about 370,000 children with severe acute malnutrition in Northern Nigeria required lifesaving treatment. Dr...

Man steals from church offering box

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:15 PM PST

A member of Saint Peter's Catholic Church, Ejigbo, Lagos, has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from the church's offering box. The suspect, identified simply as Kingsley, was apprehended by...

N400m fraud: Haliru Bello seeks treatment abroad

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:05 PM PST

A former Minister of Defence and ex-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Haliru Bello, has asked for the permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to travel abroad...

Gunmen kill Rivers APC chief

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 08:03 PM PST

UNKNOWN gunmen struck in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State and killed a leader of the All Progressives Congress in the area, Mr. Ipalibo Black-Duke. The gunmen were said to...

APC faults Fayose’s claim on N210 million monthly streetlight fuel

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:56 PM PST

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has faulted Governor Ayo Fayose's claim that his administration spends N210 million monthly on diesel to power Ado-Ekiti streetlights. The party...

Tarfa paid another judge N5.3m in two years - EFCC

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:54 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, paid a judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa, N5.3...

Oyo declares public holiday today

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:51 PM PST

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has declared today a public holiday to commemorate the coronation of the 41st Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, who will be installed at Mapo Hall,...

APC govts inheritors of Awo’s legacies - El – Rufai

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:46 PM PST

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El–Rufai yesterday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governments are the inheritors of the progressive legacies of the first Premier of Western Nigeria, the late...

Utilise your gifts well, Buhari tells UNILAG

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:43 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and other universities to take advantage of their natural endowments to add to the economic development of their states and the...

Naira speculators will soon burn their fingers - CBN deputy governor

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:40 PM PST

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Financial Sector Stability, Dr. Okwu Joseph Nnanna, yesterday said that ongoing speculative attack on the naira exchange rate will soon fizzle...

Governor Dickson to support prosecution of Ese’s abductor

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:36 PM PST

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday met with the family of Ese Oruru at the Government House, Yenagoa. The governor, who spoke after the meeting, said he had set up a medical team,...

National Assembly to Buhari: 'Drop N500b intervention fund from Budget 2016'

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:33 PM PST

The National Assembly yesterday raised concern about the implementation of the N500 billion special intervention fund, a cardinal programme of the Buhari administration. The lawmakers were...

I‘m being persecuted – Secondus

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:30 PM PST

The Deputy National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has described his ongoing trial as witch-hunt and political persecution. In a statement he issued shortly...

Kidnappers of Lagos school girls reduce ransom again

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:28 PM PST

The kidnappers of three school girls at Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS) might have reduced the ransom amount yet again Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoolaniyan and Deborah Akinayo were...

Siasia invites 42-man squad for AFCON qualifiers

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:20 PM PST

Super Eagles caretaker coach, Samson Siasia, has picked uncapped Fanendo Adi, Umar Aminu and Stanley Amuzie, while Victor Moses and Aaron Samuel have been recalled for this month's African Nations...

Abba Moro granted bail on self recognition

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:16 PM PST

Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday granted bail to the ex-Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, on self recognition. The judge granted two other persons, arraigned...

Governor Ambode shuts Mile 12 market over tribal dispute

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:15 PM PST

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of the Mile 12 Market, following a dispute in the area. He also announced the restriction of movement on four...

My daughter is pregnant after rape - Ese's dad

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:08 PM PST

The Kano State-born Yunusa, alias Yellow, who took 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa State, converted her to Islam and married her, has been transferred to the Bayelsa State Police Command in...

Five killed in Lagos market crisis

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 07:04 PM PST

At least five persons were on Thursday killed in an apparent ethnic tussle at the popular Mile 12 Market in Lagos. The clash which grounded business activities and hampered traffic flow for over...

Police transfer Ese’s abductor to Bayelsa command

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 06:59 PM PST

The Kano State-born Yunusa, who abducted the 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa State, converted her to Islam and married her has been transferred to the Bayelsa State police command in...

FG claims Dasuki ‘is scheming’ to evade trial

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 12:01 PM PST

The Federal Government has accused the ex-National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki , of working to evade trial for illegally possessing firearms and money laundering. Dasuki was last year arraigned...

Lassa fever kills NYSC member

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 11:49 AM PST

A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Dr. Ogboji Kelechi, has died of Lassa fever in Kaduna State. It was gathered that Dr. Kelechi who was serving at St Louis Hospital in Zonkwa,...

Shehu of Borno's brother dies at UNILAG guest house fire

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 11:45 AM PST

An early morning inferno on Thursday killed a man at the Shehu of Borno's guest house at the University of Lagos, Akoka. The deceased, who was said to be a brother to the monarch, Umar Abubakar...

Photo of the day: Buhari once condemned Obasanjo’s foreign travels

Posted: 03 Mar 2016 09:25 PM PST

Throw back to the year 2003, It was a Buhari/Okadigbo campaign train under ANPP, and above is a poster where Buhari/ANPP criticized Obasanjo. The campaign states they won't be traveling up and down...

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