Thursday, 4 August 2016

NigerianEye: “Governor Ambode vows to tackle militants, vandals” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Governor Ambode vows to tackle militants, vandals” plus 29 more

Governor Ambode vows to tackle militants, vandals

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:47 PM PDT

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday renewed his administration's commitment to flush out militants and pipeline vandals threatening the peace of the state. Speaking while receiving the...

ISIS names Al-Barnawi Boko Haram leader

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:43 PM PDT

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new Boko Haram leader. Al-Barnawi, who was the spokesman for the Nigerian-based Islamists, is featured in the latest...

Sue me if you can, Oshiomhole tells Ize-Iyamu

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:38 PM PDT

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said he will waive his immunity if Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) governorship candidate, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, wishes to contest in court that he did not...

Rivers voters’ll resist plot to rig rerun - Wike

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:36 PM PDT

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the electorate will resist any plot to use the instruments of state to rig the rescheduled rerun. The governor admonished Police Commissioner Francis...

Sheriff writes INEC on PDP convention

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:33 PM PDT

Factional National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), seeking to stop the party's national...

I became Head of State by accident of history - Gowon

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:31 PM PDT

Former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon has attributed his ascension 50 years ago to the accident of history. He said he did not nurse the ambition to be leader of the country. Gen. Gowon spoke when...

Dasuki, Obanikoro, Fayose removed N4.6b from ONSA account - EFCC says

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:29 PM PDT

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki, former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro and Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose removed N4,685,723,000 from the account of the...

Robbers attack motorists on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:27 PM PDT

There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Warewa long bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as motorists abandoned their vehicles after robbers attacked them in a gridlock. A motorist told newsmen...

No alternative to united Nigeria - Jonathan

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:18 PM PDT

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday called for caution with regards to the Niger Delta Republic agitations, saying there is no alternative to a united Nigeria. He also confirmed that he has...

Dogara bribing members with $25,000, claims Jibrin

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 11:12 PM PDT

There was a twist yesterday in the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives. Former House Appropriation Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin, who blew the lid off the scandal,...

NFF power struggle: Giwa drags Pinnick to Supreme court

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:56 AM PDT

The power tussle over the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) presidency between Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa is yet unsettled as the latter has taken the issue to the Supreme Court. Giwa confirmed...

NFF Not To Blame For U23 Team Travel Problems - Pinnick

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:52 AM PDT

Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick has absolved the board of any blame following the inability of the U-23 Eagles to travel to Brazil in time for the the Olympics. Samson Siasia's...

Turkey Coup:Turkish FA fires 94 referees, other officials

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:48 AM PDT

Turkey's football authorities have fired 94 officials including referees in the wake of the July 15 coup that tried to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the football federation said on...

Boko Haram terrorist voluntarily surrender, says tired of fighting

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:42 AM PDT

Boko Haram terrorist, Mr Lawal Aboi, has surrendered to the Nigerian Army, after saying he became tired of fighting. The terrorist who was intercepted along Damboa-Bale road by troops of the...

I became Head of State by accident - Gowon

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:43 AM PDT

Former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon says he became Head of State 31 years ago by accident of history without nursing the ambition. Gowon stated this when Deputy Chairman of Senate...

Enraged Ijaw youths shut down Agip plant in Rivers

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:20 AM PDT

Angry youths on Wednesday shut down the OB-OB gas plant belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in Omoku, the headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The...

Olamide Drops Video to his New Single with Who You Epp Competition Winners

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:16 AM PDT

Winners of the #WhoYouEpp challenge, Maupheen and Dalis team up with YBNL's frontliner, Olamide, to drop this video "Lies People Tell". The track which highlights the lies people tell to feel...

Naira crashes to 390 per dollar

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 09:05 AM PDT

The naira continued its slide on Wednesday, dropping to 390 against the United States dollar at the parallel market as foreign exchange scarcity persisted. The naira, which dropped to 382 against...

How we shared N23b Diezani poll cash - Sen. Nenadi Usman tells EFCC

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:57 AM PDT

More trouble has continued to come the way of the Director of Finance of former President Goodluck Jonathan's Presidential Campaign Organisation, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, over the role she played...

Amaju Pinnick eyeing FIFA seat

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:55 AM PDT

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick is gunning for a seat on the FIFA council. This is the real reason FIFA president Gianni Infantino and 17 African FA presidents were...

IN PICTURES: Goodluck Jonathan meets Buhari in Aso Villa

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:33 AM PDT

Goodluck Jonathan, immediate past president of Nigeria, had a closed door meeting with incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari. See photos:

OFFICIAL: Manchester City Sign Jesus

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:33 AM PDT

Manchester City have completed the signing of Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras. The Premier League side had been chasing the 19-year-old for some time, though Barcelona were also...

New Video: Want You - Yemi Alade

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:09 AM PDT

Yemi Alade is showing us a new side to her craft as she goes from being the mother of the African continent to a regular fun-loving girl in the Caribbean. Her newly released single, 'Want You' is an...

Arsenal ready to bid £20m for Mustafi

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:55 AM PDT

Arsenal are ready to bid £20 million to land Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger remains determined to sign a proven defender in the transfer window after it was...

New NBA president vows to expose corrupt lawyers

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 08:00 AM PDT

President-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, has vowed to use his two-year tenure to expose corrupt lawyers across the federation. Mahmoud who held his median...

What I discussed with President Buhari - Goodluck Jonathan

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:48 AM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari was to brief him (Buhari) on his recent international appointment and future engagements. Jonathan...

OFFICIAL: Roma makes Salah move permanent

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:44 AM PDT

Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah has completed a permanent move to Serie A side Roma. Having joined the Stamford Bridge outfit from Basel in 2014, Salah spent time on loan at Fiorentina before joining...

Patoranking Reportedly Denied Entry Into Uganda

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:32 AM PDT

Nigeria's Dancehall singer Patoranking was allegedly arrested in Uganda's major international airport, Entebbe International airport for not adhering to check-in rules and acting like a diva. This...

Court remands Fayose's aide, Agbele in Kuje Prison

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:28 AM PDT

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of an Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday remanded an associate of the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, in Kuje Prison. The judge ruled that Agbele...

We won't allow militants, vandals hide in Lagos again - Ambode vows

Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:11 AM PDT

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday vowed that the State Government would deploy its entire arsenal to ensure that militants and vandals threatening the peace are flushed out of...
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