Tuesday, 9 August 2016

NigerianEye: “Mrs. Buhari didn’t go to US, she went to Qatar, says PDP” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Mrs. Buhari didn’t go to US, she went to Qatar, says PDP” plus 29 more


Mrs. Buhari didn’t go to US, she went to Qatar, says PDP

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 07:47 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused the state's All Progressives Congress of ignorance and mischief over its comment on the purported visit of the Wife of the President, Mrs....

Confusion, as police get three versions of budget

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 07:47 PM PDT

The police yesterday retrieved three versions of the budget from ousted House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin as probe of his allegation of padding began. The...

APC backs Mbaka over comment on Jonathan’s govt

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 07:05 PM PDT

The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka's recent stand on the suffering of the masses. In a message, the fiery cleric had criticised former...

Buhari deeply concerned over the low ranking of Nigerian universities

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 07:02 PM PDT

Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply concerned over the low ranking of Nigerian universities...

Power sector loses 142mw

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:55 PM PDT

Constraint caused by shortage of gas to power reduced from 4,307 Mega Watts (MW) of August 5 to 3,967MW on Sunday. On the day under review, the Nigeria Electricity System Operator (SO) of the...

There’s hope for Nigeria - Tunde Bakare

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:52 PM PDT

General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly Pastor Tunde Bakare has said despite evidence of a high level of corruption in public and private life, President Muhammadu Buhari can win the war on...

‘Five million Nigerian newborn deprived of essential nutrients’

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:51 PM PDT

More than five million newborns in Nigeria are deprived of essential nutrients and antibodies that protect them from disease and death as they are not being exclusively breastfed, UNICEF has...

New PDP chairman to come from Lagos/Ogun

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:33 PM PDT

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is likely to emerge from either Ogun or Lagos state. This was part of the decisions taken at yesterday's meeting of the Southwest caucus...

Rio Olympics: Nigerian wrestlers training partners yet to arrive Rio

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:27 PM PDT

Daniel Igali, President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), on Monday said the wrestling team was awaiting diligently the arrival in Rio of their training partners approved by the Minister of...

Rio 2016: Nigeria's Haruna Quadri makes Olympic history, enters quater-final

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:25 PM PDT

Nigeria's Aruna Quadri became the first African to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games table tennis event on Monday after beating London 2012 bronze medalist Germany's Timo Boll 4-2 in the...

Militants kill three soldiers, cart away weapons in Bayelsa

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:20 PM PDT

Suspected militants on Monday attacked the location of the newly-activated Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, in Bayelsa State, and killed three soldiers. The incident, which reportedly...

We’ve defeated finally Boko Haram - Buratai

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 06:19 PM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Nigerian Army has defeated the once-dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and has also degraded their capability to re-group in any...

Our men divorce wives raped by herdsmen – Community leader

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 01:21 PM PDT

The Eke Town Union in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State has decried the increasing rate of divorce occasioned by alleged rape from suspected herdsmen. The town union's President-General,...

FG begins airlift of 80,000 pilgrims to S’Arabia

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 01:17 PM PDT

The Federal Government has commenced the airlift of Muslim pilgrims with the inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia from the Sultan Abubakar III Airport, Sokoto on Monday. According to the the Federal...

We are really suffering in Osun state - Deputy Speaker

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 01:15 PM PDT

Members of the Osun State House of Assembly on Monday said the cash crunch in the state had subjected them to serious financial hardship. Mr Akintunde Adegboye, the Deputy Speaker of the assembly,...

President Buhari inaugurates passengers’ airlift to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 01:01 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday launched the airlifting of Nigerian pilgrims from Sokoto to Saudi Arabia for the 2016 hajj. The President, who was represented by the state governor, Aminu...

Military launches fresh attacks against militants

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:52 PM PDT

The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (ODS), on Monday said it would henceforth go on the offensive to fish out militants operating in the creeks of the Niger Delta. The JTF in a...

EFCC arrests Nigerian blogger for cyber stalking

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:50 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arrested a blogger, Mr. Abubakar Sidiq Usman, for alleged cyber stalking. This disclosure was made in a statement by the Head of Media...

FG sues Turkish Airline over violation of CPC law

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:46 PM PDT

The Federal Government has dragged the Turkish Airlines before a Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged violation of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) law and impunity. A statement signed by...

RIO Olympics: My confidence is growing – Quadri

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 12:41 PM PDT

After his superlative performance in the third round of the men's singles of the table tennis event at Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Aruna Quadri has admitted that the win against Chinese Taipei's Chuang...

Organisers postpone Pele's visit for Legend Edition in Lagos

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 10:14 AM PDT

Football legend Pele will not be coming to Lagos this week due to ill health, organizers of the visit have announced. The Winihin Jemide Series and the Youth Experience Days Africa had planned to...

Ekiti PDP raises questions over Aisha Buhari’s US trip, slams APC

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:54 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described the comments by the State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), on the visit of the Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari to...

IN PICTURES: Ooni of Ife, Atiku, Ambode others grace wedding of Tinubu’s son

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:48 AM PDT

Son of the National Leader, All Progresives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, Seyi and his fiancée Layal on Tuesday had their court wedding and the engagement party is ongoing at the palace of the Oba of...

NNPC backslides as Kaduna refinery produces at zero percent

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:36 AM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has returned to operating losses in June, after recording a N274 million surplus in May 2016. While refining capacity fell to a new low, the...

'Stop persecuting us' - Witches and wizards association warns Nigerians

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:47 AM PDT

After going from a very strong voice in the past to being abandoned by the President Muhammadu Buhari regime, the  Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria (WITZAN), has cried out that they...

Tompolo washes hands clean, debunks report about sponsoring Niger Delta Avengers

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:08 AM PDT

Former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Monday denied sponsoring the Niger Delta Avengers, the militant group that has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on...

‘I’ll soon be at peace’ - Fayose says as he bows to Kumuyi

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 08:55 AM PDT

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, bowed to Williams Kumuyi, general superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), during a programme organised by the church in the...

Vermaelen joins Roma on loan

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 09:18 AM PDT

Barcelona have confirmed that defender Thomas Vermaelen will join Serie A side Roma on loan for the 2016-17 season. Vermaelen arrived on Sunday to undergo his medical and the 30-year-old has now...

Photos of NPFL players on their wat to Spain for La Liga tour

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 08:41 AM PDT

The Nigerian Football League Management Company has selected some top Nigerian league players from MFM FC, Nassarawa United, Wikki Tourists, Heartland FC etc to travel to Spain to undergo a tour of...

5 badly injured as police breaks traffic rule in Abuja

Posted: 08 Aug 2016 08:41 AM PDT

No fewer than five persons were seriously injured on Monday in an accident that occurred when a police bullion van driver broke traffic regulation. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria...

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