Saturday, 6 August 2016

NigerianEye: “I can never return to PDP – Obasanjo declares” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I can never return to PDP – Obasanjo declares” plus 29 more


I can never return to PDP – Obasanjo declares

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:16 PM PDT

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated his last year exit from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to became an elder statesman, saying he left the party when it was still alive. Obasanjo...

Shiite members trek to Abuja, demand El-Zakzaky’s release

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:15 PM PDT

The President of Media Forum, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Musa Ibrahim, has accused security operatives of planning to attack youths trekking from Zaria to Abuja to demand the release of the group's...

Gani Adams warns Niger Delta militants against further invasion

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:04 PM PDT

Gani Adams gave marching order to OPC members to confront any invaders of Yoruba Land. The National Coordinator of Oodua People's Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has attributed the deployment...

Herdsmen: Buhari condemns clashes

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:02 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that Nigeria has had enough of the clashes between herdsmen and farmers. He said the government had mandated security agencies to end the problem. "On the...

Ogun directs Julius Berger to work on Lagos-Ibadan expressway at night

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 05:58 PM PDT

The Ogun State government has expressed deep concern about the hardship being faced by Nigerians who regularly commute on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on account of the ongoing...

I did not attack Buhari – Mbaka

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:16 PM PDT

The popular pastor of the Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Saturday advised President Muhammadu Buhari against marginanisation of any part of the country in his appointments. In the...

Abducted Lagos monarch regains freedom

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 02:11 PM PDT

Lagos monarch, Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni who was recently kidnapped by unknown gunmen has regained his freedom. He was abducted by unknown people on Saturday, July 16, 2016 from his...

‘Stolen Kia car sold for N10,000 in Ogun’

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 02:10 PM PDT

A member of a robbery gang, Jimoh Wasiu, on Thursday narrated how they stole a Kia car and sold it for a meagre N10, 000. Mr. Wasiu, 37, made the disclosure while being paraded before journalists at...

Emir of Katsina attacks Buhari’s critics

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 02:07 PM PDT

The Emir of Katsina, Abdul-Mummuni Kabir, has urged Nigerians to stop castigating President Muhammad Buhari over the economic challenges facing the country. Mr. Kabir made the call during the...

How my trip to U.S. is funded — Aisha Buhari

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 02:05 PM PDT

Aisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday said her ongoing trip to the United States was not being funded with public funds. Speaking in an interview with the Hausa service of the...

Olympic: Bullet hits Rio Games media tent

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 01:32 PM PDT

A bullet struck the media centre at the Olympic equestrian venue on Saturday, fuelling security fears at the Rio de Janeiro Games. No one was hurt in the incident, but an AFP journalist at the media...

Virginia Thrasher wins first gold medal at the Rio Olympics

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 10:53 AM PDT

US teenager Virginia Thrasher claimed the first Rio Olympics gold medal with her final shot in the shooting on Saturday. The 19-year-old won the women's 10m air rifle title at the Deodoro shooting...

Two Belgian police hurt by machete-wielding assailant shouting ‘Allahu akbar’

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 10:31 AM PDT

Two policewomen were wounded in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday by a machete-wielding man who shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is the greatest), local police said. The attacker was...

Flooding: Evacuate communities on River Niger immediately, NEMA warns

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 10:23 AM PDT

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised communities along the River Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground. The agency warned in a statement it issued in Abuja on Saturday...

Why I rejected Barcelona - Gameiro

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 08:47 AM PDT

New Atletico Madrid signing Kevin Gameiro says he rejected Barcelona because he would not have been a first-team regular at Camp Nou. The 29-year-old joined Diego Simeone's side from Sevilla on a...

REVEALED: Obasanjo attended Zero Hunger in Africa meeting at Yar’Adua Centre not that of PDP

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 08:31 AM PDT

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was at the Yar'Adua Centre in Abuja on Friday to attend a meeting of Zero Hunger in Africa-Nigeria chapter and not a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party...

Division in Avengers over emergence of new faction

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 08:07 AM PDT

There are discordant tunes in the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the militant group responsible for the recent spate of attacks on oil installations. On Friday, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers...

Goodluck Jonathan arrives Zambia to lead election observers from AU

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 08:03 AM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday touched down in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, where he will lead a team of observers from the African Union. Mr. Jonathan immediately convened a...

Rio 2016 Table Tennis: Offiong defeats Yee Sally 4-0

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 08:11 AM PDT

Nigeria's Offiong Edem has qualified for the next round of the Table Tennis event after she beat Yee Sally from Fiji 4-0 in the women's singles preliminary round at the on-going Rio 2016 Olympic...

Woman accidentally shoots self while Snapchatting

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:59 AM PDT

A woman in the US state of Florida tried to Snapchat a video of herself holding a gun but instead accidentally shot her cellphone, injuring her right hand, authorities said. Regina Powell, 22, said...

New report indicts US embassy officials of ‘aiding’ corruption in Nigeria

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:42 AM PDT

A recent report by the Council on Foreign Relations says that despite the United State's government efforts to combat illicit finance, poor governance, and violent extremism in Nigeria and the world...

AMCON set to conclude sale of Keystone Bank in 2 weeks

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:36 AM PDT

Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said that it will soon conclude the sale of Keystone Bank formerly Bank PHB, the last of the three banks which was taken over in August...

World’s second richest man introduces three-day workweek

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:27 AM PDT

The second richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, chairman emeritus, América Móvil, wants his employees to work for just three days a week. Slim thinks by introducing the three-day workweek, it...

APC to conduct primary in Oyo State Aug 8

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:21 AM PDT

All Progressives Congress in Oyo State says it will conduct a primary election on August 8 to pick a candidate for Oorelope State Constituency re-run election. Mr Olawale Sadare, the Director of...

If Boko Haram kills Christian, burn churches, we’ll slay Muslims, raze mosques – N-Delta militant group

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:18 AM PDT

The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, Saturday, vowed that it would carry out reprisal attacks on Muslims and mosques in the Niger Delta region if Boko Haram kills Christians and burn down...

France expels Malian on suspected jihadist links

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:08 AM PDT

France has expelled a Malian believed to pose a "serious threat" to public order "for belonging to a pro-jihadist Islamist movement," the interior ministry said Saturday. "Malian national Moussa...

Trouble Retruns Back to Paradise As Lindsay Lohan Gets Violent With Her Fiance

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:06 AM PDT

In a video obtained by Radar Online, Lindsay Lohan who was in the passenger seat of a black jeep, grabbed Egor's phone and threw it out the window. They both rush out of the jeep to grab the phone,...

Victoria Iyama Reply Critics Who Blasted Her For Asking Single Women to Stay off Married men

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:54 AM PDT

After getting criticized by some people over her post concerning single girls dating married men Victoria has come out to reply critics and maintain her stance. In a post the actress wrote "Oh...

Nigeria Ranked 7th Most Successful African Nation At Olympics

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:49 AM PDT

Team Nigeria is ranked seventh in the top 10 most successful Africa nations at the Olympic Games. Ahead of the official opening ceremony at this year's games in Rio according to a list compiled by...

Rio Olympics: Nigeria Senate To Probe Dream Team VI Travel Delay

Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:36 AM PDT

President of the Nigeria senate, Olusola Saraki, has hinted that the house will investigate the circumstances behind the country's U-23s' delayed departure to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Eagles...

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