Monday, 3 October 2016

NigerianEye: “Nigeria’s oil, gas reserves running out - NNPC warns” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigeria’s oil, gas reserves running out - NNPC warns” plus 29 more


Nigeria’s oil, gas reserves running out - NNPC warns

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:31 PM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, painted a gloomy outlook for Nigeria's economic fortunes, as it disclosed that the country's crude oil and gas reserves were fast...

British scientists find cure for HIV

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:32 PM PDT

A British man could become the first person in the world to be cured of HIV using a new therapy designed by a team of scientists from five United Kingdom universities. The unnamed 44-year-old is...

FG spends N720.5bn to drag Nigeria out of recession

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:32 PM PDT

Nigeria has spent 720.5 billion naira ($2.4 billion) on capital expenditure this year to help drag Africa's biggest economy out of recession, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday. "I...

N23.29 Billion Election Bribe: Buhari set to determine fate of RECs

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:33 PM PDT

All is set for the trial of about 100 Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) officials who allegedly collected over N23.29b bribe to influence the 2015 general election. The Acting...

EDO: PDP heads for tribunal to challenge Obaseki’s victory

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:33 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said that it would challenge the outcome of the Edo State governorship election at the election petitions tribunal. The Independent National Electoral...

Saudi dumps Islamic calendar to save funds

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:25 PM PDT

The birthplace of Islam containing Mecca – Islam's holiest site – shifted to the western Gregorian calendar on Sunday, bringing the oil-rich kingdom in line with many of its energy customers. But the...

We didn’t sack 1,500 workers - MTN

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:22 PM PDT

                                      MTN Nigeria, Monday denied sacking some of its contract staff as...

Madagascar-bound man excretes 270 grammes of cocaine

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:15 PM PDT

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 47-year-old man, who attempted to export 270 grammes of cocaine to Madagascar. The suspect, Odili Onyekwere, was...

Nigeria military raises task force to tackle armed Fulani herdsmen

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:05 PM PDT

The Defence authorities have said that the military is perfecting plans to operationalise the Special Task Force codenamed Operation Accord designed to deal with the menace of herdsmen in Benue State...

Ambode seeks traders’ opinion on govt policies

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:57 PM PDT

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has concluded plans to visit markets around the state to interact with traders and obtain their views on his achievements. The governor, who spoke...

Soaring cybercrime alarming - IG

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:56 PM PDT

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has described as alarming, the rate of cybercrime in Nigeria. He attributed the increasing trend to greed. The IGP spoke in Abuja yesterday...

Police arrest cemetery worker with human skulls

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:54 PM PDT

Ogun police have arrested a cemetery worker, Oluwatoyosi Akorede with two human skulls. Akorede, an attendant at Ayepe Cemetery, was arrested on Sunday night at Isale Oko in Sagamu by a patrol...

FG to spend N150b as intervention funds on tertiary education

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:52 PM PDT

The Federal Government plans to spend N150 billion as regular and normal intervention for public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education this year. The government, which disclosed that...

Saraki in fresh move against CCB trial

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:49 PM PDT

Senate President Bukola Saraki has initiated a fresh move to neutralisehis trial before the the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). He has filed a new suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja seeking...

Soldiers arrest suspected Boko Haram terrorists; kill 5 kidnappers in shootout

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 01:17 PM PDT

Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the North East on Monday arrested a Boko Haram Kingpin and three women suspected to be logistics and arms suppliers for the group. The arrest of...

FG tackles youth restiveness with 31,000 jobs

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 01:16 PM PDT

As part of efforts to tackle the rising wave of insurgency across the country, the Federal Government, in partnership with New Era Communication Limited says it will create 31, 000 jobs annually to...

Dickson to militants: Stop scaring investors from Niger Delta

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 01:00 PM PDT

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, has told militants and other criminal elements to stop scaring investors and visitors in the Niger Delta region. Dickson insisted that the...

Buhari a true democrat – Tinubu

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:58 PM PDT

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday described President Muhammadu Buhari as a true democrat. He spoke in Abuja during the public presentation...

Boko Haram is setback to western education – Shehu of Borno

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:50 PM PDT

The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, has said the Boko Haram insurgency is a great setback to western education in the state. Garbai stated this when he received members of the senior...

EU official urges FG to devalue Naira

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:43 PM PDT

European Union official, Fillippo Amato, has advised the Federal Government to devalue the Naira as part of measures to tackle the economic recession in the country. Amato, who is the Counsellor,...

Niger President lauds Buhari for curtailing Boko Haram menace

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:41 PM PDT

Niger Republic President, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Monday commended the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration for fighting the Boko Haram insurgents to a standstill. Issoufou made the...

Kebbi declares Oct. 4 public holiday

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:37 PM PDT

The Kebbi Government has declared Tuesday, Oct. 4 as public holiday to mark the beginning of the new Islamic calendar 1438 A.H. (After Hijrah).  A statement issued by Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, the...

I’ve only 3 houses in Abuja, not 48 – Timipre Sylva

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:30 PM PDT

Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva, has denied reports he has 48 houses in Abuja. Sylva, who responded to the report through his Media aide, Doifie Buokoribo, in a statement in Abuja Monday...

Trump questions Hillary Clinton’s loyalty to her husband

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:24 PM PDT

Weakened by damning revelations about his taxes, Republican Donald Trump has intensified his personal attacks on Hillary Clinton as he scrambled Monday to counter his rival's substantial gains in the...

Tunisia sentences 31 to death for attack on minister

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:22 PM PDT

A Tunisian court has handed 31 people death sentences over a 2014 attack on the home of then interior minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday. The 31, who included Algerians...

Shiites threaten to storm Abuja, demand El-Zakzaky’s release

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:18 PM PDT

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shiites, said on Monday that they would march on Abuja to protest the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in...

New York orders Trump Foundation to cease fundraising

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:15 PM PDT

The top state prosecutor in New York has ordered Republican nominee Donald Trump's charitable foundation to stop fundraising in New York immediately, saying that it was operating without proper...

Why I did not attend Buhari’s biography presentation – Atiku

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 12:10 PM PDT

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that he did not attend the public presentation of President Muhammadu Buhari's authorised biography, 'Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in...

Isaac Success Speaks On Relationship With Ighalo

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 09:45 AM PDT

Watford striker Isaac Success has spoken of his relationship with compatriot, Odion Ighalo. The Nigerian striker capped a perfect week when he struck his first goal since becoming Watford's record...

Crude oil price hit $50 as OPEC makes new deal

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 08:52 AM PDT

Oil prices rose to the highest since August to traded above $50 a barrel on Monday, following optimism surrounding the new oil production deal by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries...

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