Tuesday, 16 August 2016

NigerianEye: “I denied Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau an interview - Wanted Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I denied Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau an interview - Wanted Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida” plus 29 more


I denied Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau an interview - Wanted Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:07 PM PDT

Ahmad Salkida is one of the three persons declared wanted on Sunday by the military for their alleged ties to Boko Haram sect. The Army accused the trio of Salkida, Ahmed Bolori and Mrs. Aisha...

Avoid bread, pounded yam, noodles, sugar to prevent heart disease - Cardiologist

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:07 PM PDT

Nigerians have been advised to be conscious of what they eat and drink to minimise the risk of heart-related diseases. A cardiologist based in the United States (U.S.), DrSabu George, yesterday...

Nnamdi Kanu willing to renounce Biafra for freedom, says MEND

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:09 PM PDT

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is willing to renounce Biafra in secret in exchange for his...

Modu Sheriff is a curse to PDP, must be kicked out of party- Fani-Kayode

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:07 PM PDT

Ex-spokesperson to immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan's Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said yesterday, that the embattled former National Chairman of Peoples...

Buhari set to decide exchange of Chibok schoolgirls with arrested Boko Haram suspects

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:09 PM PDT

The decision to release Boko Haram suspects in exchange for abducted Chibok schoolgirls as being demanded by the terror sect, will be a political decision. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel...

Time to Take on Boko Haram’s Intellectual Wing

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 09:06 PM PDT

By Inuwa Suleiman It is finally becoming clearer that Boko Haram has taken a hit from Nigeria's military, a bad hit. Things are bad enough for the group to have gotten to the point of splitting down...

WHO sad over new polio cases in Nigeria

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:31 PM PDT

The World Health Organization, WHO, has expressed deep sympathy over the detection of new cases of wild polio virus in Nigeria, after more than two years without wild poliovirus. Reacting to the...

Budget padding: Attempt to implicate me unfortunate – Omisore

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:29 PM PDT

Ex-deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has faulted Abdulmumin Jibrin for describing him as godfather to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, saying Jibrin's...

Fayemi disowns Facebook accounts

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:09 PM PDT

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has disowned phoney Facebook accounts purportedly opened in his name by some unscrupulous individuals to defraud unsuspecting members of...

Gunmen murder hotel guest in Jos

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:08 PM PDT

Some gunmen on Sunday afternoon stormed a hotel, La-Paz Guest House, located in the Utan area of the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing a guest. It was learnt that the gunmen...

Benue lawmakers refund N750m car loan to EFCC

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:06 PM PDT

The 22 members of the Benue State House of Assembly who collected money to purchase Prado Sports Utility Vehicles have started refunding the money to the Economic and Financial Crimes...

Police quiz Labaran Maku over Ombatse violence in Nasarawa

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 08:05 PM PDT

A former Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Monday said he was quizzed by the police in connection with an alleged plot to frame him up as a sponsor of the new Ombatse violence in Nasarawa...

ASUU warns of imminent strike in Nigerian universities

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:58 PM PDT

The Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) has said it may go on a nationwide strike, except the Federal Government addresses some infrastructural and financial challenges confronting...

23 prisons officers sacked over jailbreak

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:49 PM PDT

The Federal Government has dismissed 23 Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) officers and suspended 11 others following reoccurring jailbreaks. The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services...

Lagos bans kidnapping, land grabbing

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:46 PM PDT

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday put paid to his threat to stamp out kidnapping, militancy and menace of land grabbing in the country's commercial nerve centre by signing two bills...

We conducted 137 polls in nine months - INEC

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:43 PM PDT

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu yesterday said the commission conducted 137 rerun elections in the last nine months. The commission has...

Governor Ajimobi hails police over arrest of suspected killers of lawmaker

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:41 PM PDT

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has hailed the Police for their quick intervention in apprehending some suspected killers of the late member of House of Assembly, Gideon Aremu. He spoke through a...

Jubilation as Edo council workers get seven months’ salaries

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:40 PM PDT

There was jubilation yesterday at Uselu, the secretariat of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, when the workers received alert for the payment of seven months' salaries out of the 18 months...

Bayelsa workers protest unpaid salaries

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT

Different categories of Bayelsa State workers yesterday protested their unpaid salaries in Yenagoa, the state capital. The first group comprised teachers under the aegis of the Association of Senior...

Gunmen kill six in Kaduna village

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:36 PM PDT

Gunmen have again attacked Godogodo in Jema'a Local Government of Kaduna State, killing six farmers. The community was attacked two weeks ago. Eleven persons were killed and two villages burnt. It...

Nigerian troops kill 16 insurgents in Borno attack

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:34 PM PDT

TroopS of Operation LAFIYA DOLE at harbour in Kangarwa, Borno State, on Sunday, killed 16 suspected insurgents and repelled others. According to the Army spokesman Sani Usman, the attack was...

EFCC probes ex-Governor Jonah Jang

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:19 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing ex-Governor Jonah Jang following his inability to account for billions of naira belonging to the state. Plateau State government, in a...

Mama Boko Haram, Bolori surrender to Nigerian military

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:15 PM PDT

Hours after they were declared wanted, Mrs Aisha Wakil aka Mama Boko Haram, and a lawyer, Ahmed Bolori, yesterday surrendered to the military. Mama Boko Haram reported at the Defence Headquarters...

Nigeria launches agriculture roadmap, ”The Green Alternative”

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 07:03 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a roadmap for the agriculture sector, tagged: "The Green Alternative: Agriculture Promotion Policy, 2016-2020.'' Speaking at the occasion, the Minister...

APC not fit to rule, Nigeria may explode – Makinde

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 02:18 PM PDT

A former Prelate of Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Ola Makinde, Monday, said that the All Progressive Congress (APC) administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari is not fit to rule the...

Japanese govt. donates $3 million to assist Boko Haram victims

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 02:16 PM PDT

The Japanese Government on Monday announced a donation of three million dollars in support of victims of Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria,...

Buhari seeks unity in Guinea Bissau

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 02:13 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to political leaders in Guinea Bissau to embrace unity and avoid any act that could plunge the nation into further crisis.  The president made the...

Naira weakens against dollar

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 02:11 PM PDT

The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.  The Nigerian currency lost N3 to exchange at N393, from N390 posted on...

Diego Costa rescues late win for Chelsea

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 02:06 PM PDT

Diego Costa on Monday night rescued a late win for Chelsea at the Stanford Bridge to deny West Ham a point in the encounter. Eden Hazard gave the Blues the edge early in the second half, but late...

Rio Olympics: Brazil defeat Nigeria's D’Tigers 86-69

Posted: 15 Aug 2016 01:59 PM PDT

The Nigeria's men national basketball team, D'Tigers, on Monday fell 69-86 to Brazil, a result that eliminated them from the competition. Brazil, 2-3, awaits the outcome of the final Group B games...

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