Friday, 10 June 2016

NigerianEye: “Niger Delta militants threaten to attack state governors” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Niger Delta militants threaten to attack state governors” plus 29 more


Niger Delta militants threaten to attack state governors

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:20 PM PDT

The Joint Revolutionary Council, JRC, of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, yesterday, warned that it would go after any state governor from the Niger Delta region that betrays the...

FG’s plan to negotiate with Niger Delta Avengers will breed more criminals, encourage militancy - Ex-Militant Leader

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:20 PM PDT

Ex-militant leader, Mr. Africanus Ukparasia a.k.a. Gen Africa, has warned that the Federal Government's plan to negotiate with the Niger Delta Avengers will breed more criminals and further encourage...

'Don't drag Nigeria into another civil war' - Arewa group, Bakassi Strike Force warn Niger Delta Avengers

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:21 PM PDT

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday described the destruction of oil installations embarked upon by the Niger Delta Avengers as an invitation to another civil war. It also warned the...

Nigeria loses N51 Billion to pipeline vandalism, bombings by militant groups

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:45 PM PDT

Nigeria has over the last four months, between January to April 2016, lost N51.388 billion to pipeline vandalism, and the country is poised to record more of such losses if the current spate of...

Ooni of Ife to be honored by President Obama at the White House

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:23 PM PDT

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was on Friday hosted by the indigenes of Ile-Ife, Osun State, resident in the United States. The monarch, with his entourage, was received at the...

House of Reps reject MTN’s offer to pay reduced fine of N330 Billion

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:22 PM PDT

The House of Representatives yesterday rejected an agreement reached between the Federal Government and MTN that the telecoms giant should pay a reduced fine of N330 billion ($1.7bn) as against the...

Watch Video: Bakassi Militants appeal to Niger Delta Avengers to stop blowing up oil pipelines

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:24 PM PDT

Bakassi Militants under the aegis of Bakassi Strike Force, have appealed to their counterparts, the Niger Delta Avengers, to stop blowing up pipelines in the region.  WATCH VIDEO...

Niger Delta Avengers destroy AGIP, NPDC facilities in fresh attacks

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:22 PM PDT

A pipeline of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in Kurutie, Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State and an ENI AGIP pipeline in Bayelsa Stae were in ruins yesterday...

Nigeria should be responsible for its problems — Oyedepo

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:57 PM PDT

The Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Bishop (Dr.) David Oyedepo, has commissioned the CU Centre for e-Government and e-Business Research on the institution's premises. At the event,...

Tears flow as drowned Unilag students are buried

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:55 PM PDT

Tears flowed freely on Friday at the Ikoyi Cemetary, Lagos, as the remains of Adesola Ogunmefun and Olufunmilayo Odusina, two University of Lagos post-graduate students who drowned and died during...

Legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali laid to rest

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:44 PM PDT

Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown yesterday — past the little pink house where he grew up and the museum that bears his name — as thousands of mourners along the route pumped...

Mohammed Ali at the Ring-side, 1985

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 07:21 PM PDT

The arena is darkened. A feast of blood Will follow duly; the spotlights have been borrowed For a while. These ringside prances Merely serve to whet the appetite. Gladiators, Clad tonight in formal...

Osun declares Monday public holiday

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 03:16 PM PDT

The Osun State Government has declared Monday as public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the state. A statement on Friday, by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti,...

(VIDEO) - EURO 2016: France vs Romania 2-1 Watch All Goals & Full Highlights

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:47 PM PDT

Watch highlights below...

EURO 2016 Opening Match: Late Payet wonder strike wins it for France

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:43 PM PDT

The West Ham attacker scored a late stunner to earn the three points after Bogdan Stancu's second-half penalty had cancelled out Giroud's opener. Dimitri Payet was France's hero on Friday as his...

IBB returns to Nigeria after medical trip to Germany

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 12:15 PM PDT

Ibrahim Babangida, former military president, returned to the country on Friday after a three week medical trip to a German Hospital. He was received at the Minna International Airport around 3:30pm...

My greatest regret as Rivers governor is..... - Amaechi

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 12:30 PM PDT

Minister of Transportation and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi says his greatest regret as governor of Rivers State for eight years is that the people of the state have failed to...

Oil prices crash further

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 12:26 PM PDT

Oil prices dropped on Friday as traders continued to book profits from a rally that sent crude futures to 2016 highs this week. The losses were in line with a big sell-off on European stock...

MTN agrees to pay Nigeria N330 Billion fine in 3 years

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 12:21 PM PDT

MTN Group has agreed to pay a reduced fine of 330 billion naira ($1.67 billion) in a settlement with the Nigerian government, it said on Friday, sending shares in the South African telecoms provider...

Muslim group rejects new NYSC date for orientation due to Ramadan

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 12:03 PM PDT

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, have released a statement rejecting the June 13th date fixed for the NYSC Batch A (Stream II) orientation course, arguing that the Muslim graduates expected to...

Christian man stabbed by muslim youths for not fasting speaks - 'I'M ALIVE'

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:11 AM PDT

Mr Emmanuel Olokpo, the 41 years old man who was allegedly stabbed by a mob believed to be Muslim youths last Tuesday for not fasting in Kakuri, Kaduna has said that he is alive and recuperating....

Twitter locks accounts after alleged password leaks

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:06 AM PDT

Twitter has locked a number of accounts that may have been affected by internet security breaches, the Security Manager, Michael Coates, said in a blog post on Friday. Coates said "a number of...

Euro 2016 begins in France amid security clampdown

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:03 AM PDT

Thousands of police surrounded the Stade de France on Friday ahead of the European Championship gala opener between the host country and Romania amid widespread security fears. While the French and...

Governor Bello renames Kogi State University after the late, Prince Abubakar Audu

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:58 AM PDT

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Friday renamed the Kogi State University, Ayangba , after the late first civilian governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu. Bello announced the change in the name...

Nigerian Baby born with heart outside her chest wall

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:54 AM PDT

Falmata, the 24 year old mother of the baby born from Geidam Local Government of Yobe State with her heart organ outside the chest wall thought she had given birth to twins when she saw the heart...

Supreme Court affirms five-year jail term for rapist

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:50 AM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the five-year jail term with hard labour passed on Afor Lucky for raping a minor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the option of N300, 000 fine was...

The Inglorious Irony Of Life In Death

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:47 AM PDT

By Abayomi Kalejaye The most petrifying reality that patently and inevitably confronts every mortal is the knowledge of a day when the killer of men finally conveys them to the netherworld. Death....

Oilsa Metuh admitted in LUTH since he was denied medical care abroad - Lawyer

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:41 AM PDT

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh is now on admission at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), Lagos two weeks after he left the National Hospital, Abuja where he was once...

Naira appreciates against dollar

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 10:28 AM PDT

The Naira, on Friday, appreciated against the dollar at the parallel market, trading at N352, from N370 traded on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian currency...

Canada' Supreme Court Legalizes Some Sex Acts With Animals

Posted: 10 Jun 2016 09:16 AM PDT

Canada's highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal. In a quixotic ruling, the country's high court ruled that a man who was on trial for raping and sexually...

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