Monday, 18 April 2016

NigerianEye: “#PanamaPapers: 12 offshore companies linked to Tinubu” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “#PanamaPapers: 12 offshore companies linked to Tinubu” plus 29 more


#PanamaPapers: 12 offshore companies linked to Tinubu

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:02 PM PDT

About 12 offshore companies have been linked to the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, Mr. Wale Tinubu, who is also a nephew of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola...

Fashola justifies Buhari's foreign trips - 'PMB repairing Nigeria’s reputation damaged by Jonathan

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:03 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has continued his foreign trips in a bid to repair Nigeria's reputation which was severely damaged by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister...

Saraki failed to declare his houses in UK, Lagos, Abuja – Witness

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:03 PM PDT

The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki resumed on Monday with the first prosecution witness alleging that the defendant failed to declare houses in the United Kingdom, as well as the upscale...

I turned down taking a picture with Wizkid today - Linda Ikeji

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:05 PM PDT

The bad-blood between popular singer, Wizkid and blogger, Linda Ikeji may persist for a while despite the fact that they both met with the Lagos State commissioner of police, Mr Fatai Owoseni to...

92 armed herdsmen arrested in Abuja

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:05 PM PDT

The soldiers of the Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army have arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in Abuja. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade, Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that...

In Nigeria, the rich are getting richer, the poor getting poorer - Freeze

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 09:58 PM PDT

The popular Cool FM OAP Freeze shared his thoughts on how the rich are getting richer in Nigeria, while the poor are getting poorer and poorer. Read below.... N150 million 2016 #LAMBORGHINI...

Nigeria may pay a very high price for Chibok girls’ release - Sen Shehu Sani

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 09:45 PM PDT

Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central) who once brokered a meeting between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Boko Haram leadership in 2011, has said Nigeria may have to pay a "very high price"...

Hilarious reactions to the Wizkid/Linda Ikeji meeting with the Lagos police commissioner

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:55 PM PDT

As always, Nigerians try to create humour out of every situation... Below, here are some hilarious reactions on social media to the Wizkid/Linda Ikeji meeting with the Lagos police commissioner on...

$2.1billion Dasuki Arms Scandal: Jonathan’s aide arrested at the airport while attempting to travel out of the country

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:13 PM PDT

Nigerian security operatives have arrested a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Waripamowei Dudafa, while attempting to travel out of the country through the...

Boko Haram stage deadly attacks on Nigerian soldiers

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:41 PM PDT

Boko Haram fighters attacked Nigerian troops early on Monday, the army said, after two suspected suicide bombers were shot dead near military positions. Army spokesman Sani Usman said in a brief...

Stoke City 0-4 Tottenham: Spurs close gap on Leicester + Watch Full Highlights

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:18 PM PDT

A stellar second-half performance from Tottenham saw the Premier League challengers move within five points of Leicester City with a 4-0 destruction of Stoke City. Watch goals below Claudio...

American businessman arraigned by EFCC for $2.3 million visa scam

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:21 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned an American businessman, Marco Ramirez, alongside his companies — Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP and USA Now LLC — on eight counts bordering...

How Saraki used different bank drafts to buy properties in Lagos — EFCC Witness

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:41 PM PDT

An EFCC witness, Michael Wetkas, on Monday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that Senate President Bukola Saraki used different bank drafts to buy properties in Ikoyi, Lagos. Saraki is facing...

Why Mourinho lost his job at Chelsea - Fabregas

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:48 PM PDT

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas claims Jose Mourinho lost his job at Stamford Bridge because he trusted the players too much. Mourinho was dismissed as Blues boss in December with Chelsea...

CCT: I am the one on trial not the Senate - Saraki

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:22 PM PDT

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that his on-going trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal will not disturb the activities of the Senate. Saraki stated this after the Tribunal...

REVEALED: NYSC plans to increase corps members’ allowances

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:19 PM PDT

Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, the outgoing Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Monday announced plans to increase allowances of corps members soon. Olawumi said this in Abuja...

N47 billion fraud: EFCC arraigns Tompolo in absentia

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:15 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday arraigned in absentia, a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) before a Federal High Court, Lagos....

45 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Kirikiri Prison, Lagos

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:09 PM PDT

Aboutforty-five suspected Boko Haram terrorists are in detention in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. They suspects have been in the prison since the last seven months awaiting trial, following an...

Boko Haram now producing their own fuel

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 11:58 AM PDT

Boko Haram has been forced to produce its own fuel to power its motorbikes because of an acute petrol shortage caused by a military squeeze on supply lines. A senior military source said the...

Bomb rips through Jerusalem bus, 21 wounded

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 11:30 AM PDT

A bomb blast ripped through a bus in Jerusalem on Monday and sparked a fire, wounding at least 21 people, Israeli police said, in an apparent escalation in a wave of violence. Details were still...

LINDA IKEJI SAGA: Wizkid Honors Lagos State Police Commissioner's Invite

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:34 AM PDT

The Starboy CEO, Wizkid on Monday showed that he was indeed a law-abiding citizen by reporting to the office of the Lagos state commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni in a swift response after,...

Alleged destruction of evidence: Metuh shuns court

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:49 AM PDT

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh was absent Monday at the scheduled resumption of his trial before the High Court of the Federal Capital...

Saraki’s CCT trial adjourned till Tuesday

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:46 AM PDT

The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki has been adjourned till 12 noon Tuesday, 19 April at the request of the defence. The defence began cross examination of the first prosecution witness,...

More evidences against Saraki accepted by CCT

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:45 AM PDT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has accepted more evidences against Nigeria's senate president, Bukola Saraki in the ongoing false asset declaration trial. Chairman Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice...

Senate inflated cost of cars for members – NLC

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:42 AM PDT

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday said the Senate leadership inflated the unit cost of the Toyota Land Cruiser jeeps it procured for Senators by over 100 percent, demanding that the cars be...

Ex President Ibrahim Babangida is seriously ill

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:04 PM PDT

Nigeria's Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) is seriously ill. According to someone close to his hilltop mansion in Minna, Babangida is suffering from an illness which has...

Naira sells at N322 to dollar at parallel market

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:41 AM PDT

The Naira on Monday, traded at N322 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The currency was stable in the previous week, maintaining value of between N315 and N320 to a dollar.  However,...

From Despair To Dream: 4 Reasons Why Manchester City's Topsy-Turvy Season Could Yet End On A Grand Note

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:19 AM PDT

By Abayomi Kalejaye Stacked with plethora of potentials and backed with plenty pounds, there has always exist a crushing feeling that Manchester City have somewhat under-achieved despite that...

Update: Mide Martins hospitalized following an emotional breakdwon

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 09:39 AM PDT

According to a popular online media outfit the actress who told fans about her marital problems this weekend, Saturday, April 16, 2016 was reportedly hospitalized after the trauma was too much to...

Buhari didn’t take any loan from China - Femi Adesina

Posted: 18 Apr 2016 09:38 AM PDT

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not discuss the issue of loan during his week-long trip to China. There had been...

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