Friday, 22 April 2016

NigerianEye: “Senate President, Bukola Saraki replies Dele Momodu 's candid advice” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Senate President, Bukola Saraki replies Dele Momodu 's candid advice” plus 29 more


Senate President, Bukola Saraki replies Dele Momodu 's candid advice

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:33 PM PDT

My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, "My Candid Letter to Saraki." I take everything you said in that article to heart and I must commend you for your...

We haven’t recovered from fighting Obasanjo - PDP

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:16 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party said on Friday that it had yet to recover from the fight that made former President Olusegun Obasanjo tear his membership card. It, however, blamed its former National...

EFCC freezes Fani-Kayode’s account

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:09 PM PDT

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode will have to live without one of his accounts for now. The account has been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as it steps up...

Bus driver sentenced to death for stealing N68,000

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:10 PM PDT

A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Iorhemen Hwande has sentenced a bus driver, Tanko Inalegwu, to death by hanging for robbing his passengers of the sum of N68,000 at gun point. Justice...

Why I am jumping from court to court - Saraki

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:11 PM PDT

Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has decided to explain to Nigerians why he has been "jumping" from one courtroom to another since his 13-count charge on false asset declaration began. Saraki who...

For elections to be credible, leaders must value process more than product — Jonathan

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:23 PM PDT

Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, at the mayor's office in Newark, New Jersey, yesterday spoke to Friends of Africa coalition on the theme of strengthening democracy and elections and also...

Naira weakens slightly against dollar at parallel market

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:13 PM PDT

The naira weakened slightly against the dollar at the parallel market on Friday as it exchanged at N321 to the dollar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian currency lost N1 to...

Female student battered and molested for late payment of fee

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:14 PM PDT

Two soldiers attached to Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, have allegedly battered a female student of the school, Miss Oladokun Leshi Folashade, and denied her entry into the...

UNILAG calls off strike, academic activities to resume May 2nd

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 03:55 PM PDT

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) have directed that the institution resumes full academic activities on Monday, May 2, 2016, with examinations commencing the week after. It can be recalled that the...

Nigerian troops arrest four top Boko Haram commanders in Borno

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 11:26 PM PDT

The troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested four to Boko Haram commanders of the Ameer Class. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who described the arrest of the top four...

How i bring guns to Lagos APC campaign venues – Cultist

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:15 PM PDT

A self-confessed cultist, Muhideen Ibrahim, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, has said he conveyed guns to the All Progressives Congress campaign venues during the 2015...

Ex-PDP governorship aspirant arraigned for stealing

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:15 PM PDT

A Peoples Democratic Party,PDP former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Alhaji Sikirulai Ogundele and two other party members were on Wednesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrate Court over...

Nigerian troops kill fresh 27 Boko Haram insurgents

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:16 PM PDT

A total of 27 insurgents and two members of the Civilian JTF have been killed in the intensified military action against the Boko Haram in the North East. The Acting Director, Army Public...

Prince autopsy results ‘ready in weeks’

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:32 PM PDT

A post-mortem examination has been carried out on the body of United States music superstar, Prince but officials warn it may take weeks for full results to be ready. A spokesperson for the Midwest...

Court remands Jonathan’s cousin in EFCC custody

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:25 PM PDT

Chief magistrate B.O Osunsanmi of a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja on Friday ordered that Robert Azibaola, a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan be remanded in the Economic and...

3 Osun State officials kidnapped in Kogi

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:07 PM PDT

Three Osun Government officials were on Friday kidnapped by gunmen on the Obajana – Lokoja road in Kogi. The victims were taken into a nearby bush by their abductors, while the official vehicle in...

Joint military force warns `militants’ against attacks on oil facilities

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 01:05 PM PDT

The joint military force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta on Friday reiterated its resolve to crackdown on vandals and economic saboteurs. A statement from its spokesman,...

Henry tells Wenger to sign Kante

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:56 PM PDT

Thierry Henry has urged Arsenal to sign Leicester City midfielder N'Golo Kante this summer. The Gunners are all but out of the title race, while Kante has been a pivotal figure for Leicester, who...

Wike sacks 23 LG caretaker chairmen, members

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:52 PM PDT

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has dissolved all the 23 Local Government caretaker committees with immediate effect. In a statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the...

Court dismisses Rickey Tarfa’s application to quash bribery charges

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:46 PM PDT

Justice A.A. Akintoye of a Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has dismissed an application by Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) seeking to quash the bribery charges pressed against him by the Economic and...

Prince album forecast to hit number one after death

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:42 PM PDT

Pop icon Prince is expected to re-enter the US album chart at number one after his shock death at age 57, Billboard said Friday. The music journal, which publishes the benchmark US chart, said that...

Curfew in Maiduguri still in force – Nigerian Army

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:36 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army has reiterated that the curfew imposed in Maiduguri as a consequence of the Boko Haram terrorist's activities in the North East, which takes place from 9pm to 6am daily is still in...

Mike Tyson Pays Tribute To Music Legend Prince By Posting A Weird Picture

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:59 AM PDT

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has paid tribute to music icon Prince in a way that can only be considered weird. Tyson photoshopped his face onto a picture of the music icon. Prince died...

FG committed to rebuilding Nigeria Police Force – Osinbajo

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:50 AM PDT

The Federal Government on Friday said it remains committed to addressing the challenges of inadequate funding, training and other challenges facing the Nigeria Police Force with a view to making it...

La Liga Delegation To Sign Partnership With LMC In Nigeria On Monday

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:34 AM PDT

La Liga chiefs will arrive in Nigeria on Monday for a bilateral meeting with the League Management Company (LMC) to finalize discussions on collaboration between the two leagues which began during a...

Osun State Permanent Secretary, Director, Others Abducted by Gunmen

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:06 AM PDT

The Permanent Secretary of Osun State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mrs Adebimpe Ogunlumade has been abducted by gunme‎n while returning to Osogbo from Abuja. Ogunlumade was...

New Video: Seyi Shay ft Olamide - Pack and go

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 09:04 AM PDT

Seyi Shay has released the visuals to her smash single "Pack and Go" featuring Olamide off the album "Seyi or Shay". This is her second video released in 2016, it was shot by prolific video director...

Dead Referee Appointed To Officiate A Nigerian Premier League Match

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:38 AM PDT

One of the NFF presidency factions has appointed a dead referee for Sunday's NPFL clash between the Seasiders and Jos Elephant Chris Giwa's group of the Nigeria Football Federation has listed a...

Amnesty International Reveals How Nigerian Army Buried Shi'ite Members Alive

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 08:22 AM PDT

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian military of taking measures to cover up its troops' massacre of Shiite Muslims in Zaria, Kaduna State last December. In its latest report, the...

Nigeria never benefited from past Naira devaluation, says Buhari

Posted: 22 Apr 2016 12:50 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that he was yet to be convinced that the vast majority of ordinary Nigerians will  derive any tangible benefit from devaluation of the Naira. He spoke...

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