Tuesday, 30 August 2016

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Samson Saisai, NFF, Yemi Idowu and the Nigerian U23 Dream Team Olympic Journey” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Samson Saisai, NFF, Yemi Idowu and the Nigerian U23 Dream Team Olympic Journey” plus 29 more


REVEALED: Samson Saisai, NFF, Yemi Idowu and the Nigerian U23 Dream Team Olympic Journey

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 11:22 PM PDT

REVEALED: Samson Saisai, NFF, Yemi Idowu and the Nigerian U23 Dream Team Olympic Journey Nigeria's under-23 Olympic football team made international headlines few days ago for the wrong reasons after...

Cardinal Anthony Okogie writes open letter to President Buhari

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:13 PM PDT

Dear Mr. President  Last year, when you assumed office, the chant of "Change," your campaign slogan, ushered you into the Presidential Villa. Today, cries of "hunger" could be heard across the...

'We will put a stop to the attacks' - Niger Delta Avengers tell President Buhari

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:50 PM PDT

The Niger Delta Avengers whose attacks have caused a huge dip in Nigeria's oil exports, forcing the economy into a big crisis, said last night that they were done with the hostilities. The Niger...

Nigerian Army deploys more battle tanks in Niger Delta

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:50 PM PDT

More military equipment have been moved to the Niger Delta, where the army says it is flushing out criminals. The weapons include: Main Battle Tank, two Mine-Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP)...

Katsina Governor blasts Niger Delta leaders, says they used oil money as ‘pocket money’

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:48 PM PDT

The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has said Niger Delta leaders must come clean on how they spent the oil money allocated to the region over the years. "For six years," Masari said, "we...

Nigerian police reveal: The real reason we charged man who named his dog “Buhari” to court is...

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 09:11 PM PDT

The police on Monday decried public comments linking President Muhammadu Buhari with the ongoing saga over a dog named "Buhari" in Ogun State. A 40-year old trader, Joe Chinakwe, was recently...

Armed herdsmen to face terrorism charge – Fayose

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:40 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said any herdsman caught grazing in the state with arms or in possession of any weapon will be charged with terrorism and prosecuted accordingly. The...

900 persons surrender illegal arms in Benue

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:38 PM PDT

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said over 900 people had surrendered no fewer than 700 illegally acquired arms, ammunition and Improvised Explosive Device to the amnesty panel in...

Governor Wike can’t be impeached - PDP

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:37 PM PDT

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that the tenure of the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, is not under any threat of impeachment. WikeThe state Publicity Secretary...

Borno IDPs protest poor method of feeding in camps

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:32 PM PDT

Barely 24 hours after Alhaji Aliko Dangote and a popular world musician, Mr. Paul David Hewson, popularly known as Bono, visited IDP camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, hundreds of aggrieved...

Negative perception about us by the public worrisome — Senate

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:29 PM PDT

The Senate, yesterday, described the negative perception about it by the public as worrisome. According to the Senate, the image Nigerians paint about the institution is appalling and must be...

Oil Spillage: Several Akwa Ibom women threaten to protest n.a.k.e.d

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:24 PM PDT

Several women of Obotim Nsit community, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa-Ibom State have vowed to protest nude to summon the wrath of the gods against government and a gas company whose pipeline...

LASU medical students protest non-accreditation of programmes

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:19 PM PDT

Activities at the office of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, was yesterday halted by students of the Lagos State University, LASU, protesting over non-accreditation of medical and dental...

Solomon Dalung begs NFF to pay Siasia his '5 months salaries'

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:17 PM PDT

Youth and Sports Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung has come out to plead with the Nigeria Football Federation to pay the U-23 National team's Coach Samson Siasia. The Minister gave the charge when...

Governor Ambode sacks Ogunsanwo as LIRS chairman, names replacement

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:06 PM PDT

Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) Chairman, Mr. Folarin Ogunsanwo, has been relieved of his appointment with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode immediately nominating Mr. Ayodele Hamzat Subair as his...

MEND disbands Aaron Team 2 on talks with FG

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 08:04 PM PDT

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has disbanded its Aaron Team 2, its dialogue and peace initiative, headed by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Odein Ajumogobia...

We are not out to ridicule the bar - EFCC

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 07:57 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said it was not out to ridicule or impugn on the integrity of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). It also said it did not say the whole...

New militant group, Niger Delta Searchlight rejects dialogue with FG

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 07:54 PM PDT

Unlike the Niger Dleta Avengers who have embraced dialogue and promised to stop hostilities with Federal Government, a new militant group, the Niger Delta Searchlight (NDS), which announced its...

FG earns N677.8b in second quarter - CBN

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 04:45 PM PDT

Federal Government retained revenue for the second quarter of this year stood at N677.88 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Economic Report for the second quarter released yesterday...

'Not every public servant is a thief'

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:49 PM PDT

A former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Emeka Ezeh, on Monday said it was wrong to brand public servants as thieves, saying people go into government for different...

NPS confirms riot at Kuje Prison

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:47 PM PDT

The FCT Controller of Prisons, Mr Daniel Odahro, on Monday confirmed there was a 'minor riot' by inmates at the Kuje Prison. "There was a minor riot at the Kuje Prison, but the situation has been...

No plan to probe Emir of Kano, Soludo – Presidency

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:27 PM PDT

The Presidency on Monday refuted social media reports that the tenures of Emir of Kano, Dr Muhammadu Sanusi and Prof. Charles Soludo, as Central Bank Governors, would soon be probed by the Federal...

Nigeria 152nd in Human Development ranking

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:16 PM PDT

Buhari Nigeria at the weekend retained its 2014 ranking of 152nd on the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) report for Africa released by the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP in Nairobi,...

Nigeria will bounce back – Cleric

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:14 PM PDT

BuhariDespite the appalling hardship currently facing Nigeria, a Kaduna based Christian religion clergy, Pastor James Adejoh, has prophesised prompt return of the country to its past glory with a...

Civilian JTF Commander killed

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:11 PM PDT

Commander of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in charge of Kakuri community, Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Buhari Ahmadu Tanko, has been reportedly killed by yet to be...

Eight persons rescued from Abuja collapsed building

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 03:09 PM PDT

Rescue workers and neighbours rescued eight persons from a two-storey building, which collapsed at Gwarinpa Housing Estate earlyon Monday morning, an official said. The Spokesman for The National...

'Yakubu Dogara involved in cases of money laundering' - Jibrin insists

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 02:57 PM PDT

The ousted Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano ) has alleged the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to have been involved in cases of money laundering...

NiMet predicts thunderstorms, rainy weather for Tuesday

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 02:55 PM PDT

NiMet The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted chances of thunderstorm in Abuja, Lafia, Makurdi, Jalingo and Mambila Plateau on Tuesday morning. This is contained in the Weather...

OFFICIAL: Nacer Chadli joins West Brom for club record £13m

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 10:04 AM PDT

English Premier League side West Brom have completed the signing of Nacer Chadli from Tottenham for a club record fee of £13m. Chadli has signed a four-year contract at The Hawthorns, ending his...

Economic recession, golden opportunity to fix things - Pat Utomi

Posted: 29 Aug 2016 09:49 AM PDT

Prof. Pat Utomi has has described the current financial crisis in Nigeria as a 'golden' opportunity for the country to reposition its economy, rather than a problem. ‎He also said that a continuous...

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