Tuesday, 1 March 2016

NigerianEye: “PDP divided, faction sets up new party, PMP” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “PDP divided, faction sets up new party, PMP” plus 29 more


PDP divided, faction sets up new party, PMP

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 09:30 PM PST

' A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday set up a new political party in Abuja. The party, which has yet to be registered, is known as the Peoples Mega Party. The faction is led by...

Finally, Police hand over abducted minor, Ese Oruru to parents

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 09:35 PM PST

Police authorities in Abuja yesterday night said Ese Oruru, freed Monday, will now be officially handed over to her mother, Mrs. Oruru, today. 14 years old Ese Rita Oruru was brought to Police...

Ese Oruru: Emir of Kano and those distorting the narrative, by Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 09:39 PM PST

All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God's judgement. The facts are as follows. She is 14 years old and not...

2015 elections turned me into a debtor - Lagos PDP candidate, Jimi Agbaje

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:25 PM PST

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, says the last general election turned him into a debtor. Agbaje, who addressed party members at the PDP's...

EPL: Norwich City 1-2 Chelsea

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:20 PM PST

A first-minute goal from Kenedy and a controversial strike from Diego Costa helped Chelsea to a 2-1 victory at Norwich City, who dropped into the Premier League relegation zone. The Canaries came...

EPL: West Brom hold leaders, Leceister City to a draw

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:17 PM PST

West Brom checked Leicester City's Premier League title bid as Craig Gardner's superb second-half free-kick earned a 2-2 draw at the King Power Stadium. Claudio Ranieri's men edge three points ahead...

Olu Falae escapes death following assassination attempt

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:10 AM PST

Former presidential candidate and a leader of Afenifere, Chief Olu Falae, Wednesday escaped death by whisker when a gun shot was fired at his car by mobile police men along Akure-Ilesha Express...

Nigeria to begin production of essential drugs soon – Buhari

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:37 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured pharmaceutical companies in the country of government support to enable them produce essential drugs locally, instead of relying on wholesale...

NFF in talks to bring back Enyeama, Emenike

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:26 AM PST

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says it is in talks with Vincent Enyeama and Emmanuel Emenike, former goalkeeper and striker respectively, over possible return to Super Eagles. Vincent...

Nigerians are in ‘one chance bus’ under Buhari and APC - Fayose

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:24 AM PST

"Everything Buhari and his party promised Nigerians when they were looking for votes, they have denied and it won't be a surprise if one day, Buhari comes out to even deny that he was elected on the...

Nigerian capital market indices record 1.09% growth

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:21 AM PST

Major blue equities on Tuesday lifted activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) with the market indicators appreciating by 1.09 per cent.  The All-Share Index for the second consecutive...

Buhari will not probe former Agric Minister, Adesina — Ogbeh

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:18 AM PST

The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it would give the President, African Development Bank (ADB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, maximum support to succeed in his continental assignment, The Minister of...

UBA appoints Uzoka as new GMD

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:05 AM PST

The Board of United Bank for Africa, UBA Plc, Monday, approved the appointment of Kennedy Uzoka as the new Group Managing Director, with effect from August 1st, 2016 and subject to the approval of...

‘400,000 Nigerians kick against banks’ arbitrary charges’

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 11:02 AM PST

The President of the Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON), Mrs Sola Salako, on Tuesday said 400,000 bank users lodged complaints against arbitrary charges by Nigerian banks between June...

Pope advises Biafra agitators to be patient

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:51 AM PST

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday released the text of Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis address to over 35,000 IPOB members who gathered last Sunday at the Vatican City for the weekly...

Buhari felicitates with Pastor Adeboye at 74

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:49 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as he turns 74 years on March 2.  This is contained in a...

Ooni Charges Afenifere to work for Yoruba’s unity, progress

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:44 AM PST

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has charged the leadership of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere to give priority to the progress of Yoruba land irrespective of their...

Tottenham not favourites for Premier League title - Pochettino

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:41 AM PST

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday laughed off Leicester City counterpart Claudio Ranieri's claim that his team are the favourites for the Premier League title. Surprise leaders...

Osama Bin Laden left millions for jihad in handwritten will

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:36 AM PST

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had millions of dollars stashed in Sudan and wanted most of it to be used to fund jihad, according to a handwritten will released Tuesday. The document was among a...

Kashamu disagrees with Buhari critics

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:33 AM PST

A Senator represents Ogun East Senatorial District in the upper chamber, Senator Buruji Kashamu has disagreed with the critics of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration , urging them to...

Alleged false declaration of assets: CCT shifts Saraki’s trial to March 11

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:30 AM PST

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has shifted the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on the 13-count corruption charge that was filed against him by the federal...

Father sells day-old baby for N2million

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 10:19 AM PST

Controversy is brewing in Orhuwhorun community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State following the alleged sale of a day-old baby for N2million by her father, Happy Fashion, a member of vigilante...

Wenger finds another excuse for Arsenal horror show against Man United

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 07:07 AM PST

Arsene Wenger has admitted that defeat against Barcelona in the Champions League affected Arsenal's morale ahead of last Sunday's crunch clash against Manchester United. Hot on the heels of a...

Alleged abductor of 14-year-old minor, Yunusa, to face criminal charges

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 07:01 AM PST

The Assistant Police Commissioner in charge of Zone 1 Police Headquarters, Kano, Shuaibu Gambo, on Tuesday said Yunusa Yellow, the alleged abductor of a Bayelsa teenager, Ese Oruru, would be charged...

Court orders Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan to account for recovered loot

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 06:29 AM PST

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgment has held that successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999 "breached the fundamental principles of transparency and...

Nigeria police launch hunt for students kidnapped from boarding school in Lagos

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 06:29 AM PST

The Lagos State Police Command has said they are on the trail of the armed men who allegedly abducted about three school girls in Ikorodu on Monday night. ‎The students were taken from their hostel...

What Manner of Man is T.B. Joshua?

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:54 AM PST

Written by Ikechukwu Orji This man is simply an enigma wrapped in mystery. Temitope Balogun Francis Joshua means different things to different people. Some see him as an angel of light and to...

Amodu, Siasia to meet on Eagles’ AFCON list

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:56 AM PST

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical director, Shuaibu Amodu will meet with coach Samson Siasia and his assistants Salisu Yusuf and Emmanuel Amuneke on Tuesday in Abuja to work on a list...

Court orders EFCC and Nigeria Army to release Jonathan's former ADC

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:45 AM PST

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately grant bail to a former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,...

Three female students kidnapped in Lagos

Posted: 01 Mar 2016 02:41 AM PST

About three students of Babington Macaulay ‎Junior Seminary School, a private school in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, have been abducted by some gunmen. It was learnt that the bandits stormed the...

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