Thursday, 18 August 2016

NigerianEye: “SHAME: Team Nigeria Olympic kits finally arrive Rio with just 3 days left” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “SHAME: Team Nigeria Olympic kits finally arrive Rio with just 3 days left” plus 29 more


SHAME: Team Nigeria Olympic kits finally arrive Rio with just 3 days left

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:55 PM PDT

With just three days left to the end of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Team Nigeria took delivery of the much awaited kits after most of the athletes had concluded their events with some already back to...

Fayose fails in his bid to stop EFCC probe

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:52 PM PDT

Governor Ayo Fayose yesterday failed in his bid to stop the anti-graft agencies from probing Ekiti State's finances and bank accounts. An Ado Ekiti High Court declined to grant an ex parte order...

Buhari to Nigerians - 'The pains’ll soon be over '

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:53 PM PDT

The Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians that they would soon begin to feel the real impact of his policies in their lives just as South west governors put forward suggestions on how...

Jonathan’s former aide, lawyer, slammed with fresh N5.4b fraud

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:53 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh criminal charge against former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Gooluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei...

Enemies are jealous of my rising international profile - Goodluck Jonathan

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:51 PM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again denied allegations that he is sponsoring the Niger Delta Avengers. He added that the allegation was being sponsored by those who were intimidated by...

PDP lacks moral right to criticise Federal Government - APC

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:53 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said the People's Democratic Party (PDP) lacks the moral right to criticise Federal Government. It accused the PDP of ruining the economy. The party's...

5 million Nigerians live abroad – EU

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:50 PM PDT

Mr Richard Young, Deputy Head of Department, European Union in Nigeria, says more than 5 million Nigerians are living abroad of which half of them are in Sub-Saharan Africa. Young made the statement...

Naira depreciates to N365.25/$

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:42 PM PDT

Naira, yesterday, suffered its most steep depreciation in the inter-bank market since the new foreign exchange market commenced, trading at N365.25 per dollar against N314.14, almost by 14 percent...

Lagos ranked world’s 3rd worst city to live in

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:32 PM PDT

A report released yesterday by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live, maintaining its position at the lowest rungs of the Global Liveability index. Several...

Lagos govt demands permits from property owners

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:25 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has asked residents to submit their planning permits for their houses and those under construction. Governor Ambode The government, which unveiled the Alimosho Model City...

Buhari feeling Nigerians’pains — Osinbajo

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:21 PM PDT

Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is feeling the current pains and sufferings that Nigerians are going through, saying this is the result of the years of...

Usain Bolt wins third Olympic 200m title

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:15 PM PDT

Usain Bolt won a third successive Olympic 200m gold on Thursday to keep his hopes of an unprecendented "triple triple" alive and deliver a perfect tonic to the doping-tainted world of track and...

Death toll hits 15 in Nasarawa flooding

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:11 PM PDT

Death toll in the flooding that ravaged the Mararaba, Gurku, Kabayi and Ado communities in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Monday had risen to 15 while scores were still...

Why VIPs must obey traffic rules at airports - FAAN

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 08:59 PM PDT

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has advised concerned organisations and individuals, Very Important Personalities (VIPs) using airport...

ASUP decries non-payment of lecturers

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 08:55 PM PDT

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, said it would shut polytechnics and monotechnics nationwide to protest the unpaid 14-month salary of...

14 feared dead in Ebonyi jailbreak attempt

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 08:40 PM PDT

About 14 inmates of the Abakaliki Prison in Ebonyi State capital, were feared killed yesterday during a jailbreak bid. It was the latest in the incidents of jailbreak being witnessed across the...

We hope Buhari finds oil in the North, so he can let the Niger Delta go - Avengers

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 02:52 PM PDT

The insurgent group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has resuscitated the threat of a creating a Niger Delta republic from Nigeria, should the federal government fail to consider calls for restructuring...

Unknown gunmen shoot UNILAG student

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 02:49 PM PDT

A student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), identified as Bayo from the department of Economics Education, is in critical condition in the hospital after being shot by unknown gunmen on Wednesday...

We will restore confidence in IDPs – Buhari

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:37 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration would restore the confidence of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) by fast-tracking their voluntary return, rehabilitation and...

Nigeria targets 50% reliance on renewable energy by 2020 – VP Osinbajo

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:35 AM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said that the Federal Government has set a time target of year 2020 to expand its reliance on renewable energy to 50% of its power output. He made the...

#TeamNigeria's medal hopes fade as all female wrestlers crash out in the first round

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:28 AM PDT

Team Nigeria's medal hope at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic games dwindled on Thursday as Odunayo Adekuoroye and Blessing Oborodudu were edged out in the wrestling event of the championship.Will the...

FG releases admission result of candidates into unity schools

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:26 AM PDT

The Federal Government has approved the release of admission list of successful candidates into the Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs) for the 2016/2017 academic year. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu...

We have no plans to recruit militants for Edo election - PDP

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:24 AM PDT

The Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign organization Thursday condemned the remarks credited to Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that the PDP has made arrangements with militants from...

Lassa fever Kills medical doctor, three others in Anambra

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:22 AM PDT

Anambra State is now battling to save lives, as Lassa fever has claimed the lives of a medical doctor and three others in the state. This was a revelation by the state Ministry of Health Thursday in...

Nigeria equities shed 0.06%

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:17 AM PDT

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday ended on a negative trend, reversing the three consecutive days upward growth of stocks. The market indicators posted marginal loss, dropping...

Rio Olympics: US women’s relay squad to re-run heat solo

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 11:10 AM PDT

The United States' women's 4x100m relay team will get a chance to qualify for the Olympic final after winning the right to re-run their heat in Rio on Thursday. The US quartet was facing a...

Jay-Jay Okocha Foundation Organizes 2-Day Summer Camp

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 10:08 AM PDT

On the 5th of July, 2016 Nigerian Ex-International football players Austin "Jay-Jay" Okocha and his brother Emmanuel Okocha launched the Jay-Jay Okocha foundation, a non- profit organisation aimed at...

Ikorodu United banished to Abeokuta

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 10:02 AM PDT

The League Management Company has slammed a fine of N3.5 million on Ikorodu United for various allegations leading to the abandonment of their Week 30 encounter against Shooting Stars. The game...

PDP Crisis: Abuja court did not remove me - Modu Sheriff

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:42 AM PDT

Embattled former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has said that the ruling by the Abuja High Court in Kubwa does not affect his position as the chairman of the...

Listen to Wizkid's Two New Singles

Posted: 18 Aug 2016 09:27 AM PDT

Wizkid is out with two new songs called "Pick Up the Phone" and "Rewind Dat". "Rewind Dat" is a remix to Kent Jones' "Don't Mind" while "Pick Up The Phone" was originally performed by Young Thug...

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