Saturday, 2 July 2016

NigerianEye: “Terrorists/militants planning to bomb computer village in Lagos - DSS” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Terrorists/militants planning to bomb computer village in Lagos - DSS” plus 29 more


Terrorists/militants planning to bomb computer village in Lagos - DSS

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:36 PM PDT

The Department of State Services (DSS) announced yesterday it had uncovered a plot to bomb Nigeria's largest computer market, the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. It named one Chidiebere...

Abia state boils as Ikpeazu, Ogah’s supporters clash

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:37 PM PDT

Supporters of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and those of his rival for the governorship, Dr. Uchechukwu Ogah have taken their battle to the court of public opinion while legal fireworks...

Police retire Joseph Mbu, 20 other Assistant Inspectors-General of Police

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:37 PM PDT

The Police Service Commission has approved the retirement of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police who were senior to the new acting IG, Idris Ibrahim, before his appointment. With this...

How Amaechi helped Nigeria save $800 million in railway deal

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:36 PM PDT

The Federal Government has signed a contract agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Railway project. The...

Nigerian 'evangelist' nabbed concealing N1.4 Billion drugs in assorted foodstuffs

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:38 PM PDT

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are interrogating a South Africa-based evangelist over 165kgs of narcotics drugs seized at the Apapa Seaport, Lagos. The 92kgs of...

Suspected Sea pirates kill three Agip workers in Bayelsa

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:29 PM PDT

Armed men suspected to be sea pirates have killed three workers of Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Bayelsa State. The incident, it was learnt, occurred on Wednesday at a work station in the creeks of...

Buhari should publish arms probe report – Junaid Mohammed

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:25 PM PDT

A member of the House of Representatives during the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to make public contents of the interim report of the arms probe...

Kidnappers demand N44million ransom for Sierra Leonean ambassador

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:22 PM PDT

The Sierra Leonean Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Alfred Nelson (retd.) has been kidnapped along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory. Nelson was abducted with...

STRIKE: Two die in UNILORIN teaching hospital

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:18 PM PDT

No fewer than two people have reportedly died at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, since members of the Joint Health Sector Unions commenced their warning strike. It...

Workers and students of Obafemi Awolowo University jubilate as FG dissolves governing council

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:12 PM PDT

Workers and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday jubilated following the dissolution of the university's governing council by the Federal Government. The...

Ondo workers call off one month old strike

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:02 PM PDT

Organized labour in Ondo State including workers in the employ of the state government have suspended their one month old strike. The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade...

Ex-militants protest non-payment of allowances

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 09:59 PM PDT

Ex-militants, under the aegis Bakassi Freedom Fighters, yesterday went to the Government House in Calabar to protest the non payment of their allowances. According to sources, the spokesman for the...

PDP dead, buried in Edo - Oshiomhole

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 09:56 PM PDT

Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole said the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is dead and buried in the state, maintaining that the party can never be resurrected. Oshiomhole made the remark...

Plateau governor links his immediate predecessor to grazing reserve protest

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 09:54 PM PDT

State governor, Solomon Lalong on Friday accused his immediate predecessor, Jonah Jang of sponsoring street protests in the state against a non-existent plan to establish grazing reserves. He made...

PDP crisis could drag till the 2019 general elections - Modu Sheriff

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 09:49 PM PDT

The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has expressed fears that the leadership crisis that currently engulfs the party could drag till the...

Ikpeazu’s appeal notice had no stay-of-execution order - INEC

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 09:39 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday admitted that it actually received a notice of appeal from Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State in respect of the judgement of a...

Police IG orders tactical operation unit to flush-out militants from Ibafo/Arepo

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 03:16 PM PDT

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Friday, ordered the deployment of a Tactical Operation Unit, comprising the Police Mobile Force, the Counter-Terrorism Unit with the back-up of an...

Sallah: Watch out for new moon 5 July

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 03:00 PM PDT

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has predicted that the appearance of the first moon crescent for July would be on July 5. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr...

Buhari hasn’t apologised to Senate – Presidency

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:40 PM PDT

The presidency has denied media reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had apologized to the senate for the conduct of an official of the ministry of justice. The Senior Special Assistant to the...

Gunmen kidnap INEC staff in Bayelsa, demand N20 million ransom

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:29 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Bayelsa State has confirmed the abduction of ‎its staff at Otuasega town in Ogbia local government area of the state with the kidnappers...

Street hawking in Lagos: Buyers and sellers to pay N90,000 or 6 months in jail

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:06 PM PDT

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode has announced that the laws on Street Trading in Lagos State will be strictly enforced from today, July 1, 2016.. Ambode said this while on Television...

Nollywood Debuts Explicit Movie.

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 10:40 PM PDT

 A new Nollywood movie has been making waves online. Believe us when we say the movie isn't popular because of how great it is but rather because of the raunchy content. The Movie which stars...

Nigerian Army remains committed to protecting Nigeria’s territorial integrity – Buratai

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:11 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army, on Friday, said it remained committed to protecting the territorial integrity of the country. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, reiterated the commitment...

Court adjourns Abba Moro’s case to Sept. 29

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:06 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case of former Interior Minister, Mr Abba Moro, and two others to Sept. 29 and 30 for continuation of trial. Charged along with Moro are the former...

Nigeria declares nutritional emergency in Borno

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 02:02 PM PDT

To meet the welfare needs of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in camps in the Northeast, the Federal Government has declared a nutritional emergency in Borno State. The move is to mobilize a...

Salisu Yusuf applies for Super Eagles’ job

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 01:59 PM PDT

Nigeria caretaker coach, Salisu Yusuf, has submitted his application to head the Super Eagles coaching crew in full capacity. The technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had...

Sierra-Leonean ambassador kidnapped in Kaduna

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 01:57 PM PDT

The Sierra-Leonean Ambassador to Nigeria, Major Gen. Nelson Williams (rtd), was on Friday morning kidnapped by unknown gunmen along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Nation gathered that the...

Euro 2016: Wales 3-1 Belgium - Wales stun Belgium to reach Euro semfinals + Match Highlights

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 01:57 PM PDT

Wales rallied from an early deficit to defeat Belgium 3-1 and advance to the semifinals in their first European Championship. Ashley Williams cancelled out Radja Nainggolan's opener, before Hal...

'Join me in moving PDP forward' - Sheriff tells Makarfi

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 01:54 PM PDT

  The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, has called on the party's caretaker committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the party's...

Court reserves ruling on Fani-Kayode, Usman’s bail applications

Posted: 01 Jul 2016 01:49 PM PDT

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday reserved ruling on the bail applications of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and his Finance counterpart, Nenadi Usman. They are to...

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