Thursday, 6 October 2016

NigerianEye: “Western powers blocking Nigeria’s power solution – Kemi Adeosun” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Western powers blocking Nigeria’s power solution – Kemi Adeosun” plus 29 more


Western powers blocking Nigeria’s power solution – Kemi Adeosun

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:52 PM PDT

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has accused western powers of being a stumbling block to Nigeria's plan to improve power output through the use of coal. Adeosun said this on Wednesday in...

REVEALED: Buhari has letters implicating Jonathan of corruption

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:39 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari is in possession of some letters, written by former President Goodluck Jonathan, to request "off-budget funds." This was contained in Buhari's authorised biography,...

UK to help recover N500 Billion diverted oil bloc money

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:10 PM PDT

House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged corruption, malpractices and breach of due process in the award of Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL, 245, yesterday said the United Kingdom...

Abuja National stadium can’t be managed effectively by govt – Sports minister

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:04 PM PDT

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Solomom Dalong yesterday said that the national stadium in Abuja cannot be used for major sporting events due to lack of ancillary facilities such as a standard...

Why FG has not released Dasuki, despite ECOWAS court ruling

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:59 PM PDT

The Federal Government said yesterday it did not immediately comply with the judgement of an ECOWAS Court to release former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, because of the need to...

Niger Delta militants give Buhari conditions to accept amnesty

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:47 PM PDT

A group of Niger Delta militants operating in Rivers State has made a 10-point demand that must be met before they will accept the amnesty offered by Wike. The group, which identified itself as...

Suicide bombers will go to hell — Sokoto Sultan

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:33 PM PDT

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday said religions abhor killing. The News Agency of Nigeria reported...

APC will expose PDP in court - Oshiomole

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:45 PM PDT

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the All Progressives Congress will lead evidence at the election petitions tribunal to show how the Peoples Democratic Party allegedly...

Three win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:24 PM PDT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences yesterday named Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa as winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Academy said in a statement...

WHO warns of new cancer cases

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:21 PM PDT

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of a 70 per cent increase in new cases of cancer in the next two decades. About 8.2 million people die yearly from cancer, an estimated 13 percent of...

APC blasts Fayose for owing teachers six months’ salary

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:18 PM PDT

EKITI State All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Governor Ayo Fayose for alleged poor welfare of teachers, including owing them about six months' salary. The party, in a statement...

Court to Stella Oduah: you must face trial over corruption allegation

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:16 PM PDT

A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has declined former Aviation Minister Mrs. Stella Oduah's request to stop the Federal Government from investigating her tenure between 2011 and 2015 and prosecuting...

‘Fake’ audio scandal rocks Ekiti Assembly

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:13 PM PDT

EKITI State House of Assembly has been hit by crisis following the removal of the member representing Ikole Constituency 1, Gboyega Aribisogan, as Information Committee chairman. Aribisogan's sack...

Naira gains against dollar

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:18 PM PDT

The Naira on Wednesday appreciated against the dollar in all the segments of the foreign exchange market. The currency gained 9.97 points to exchange at N310.24 from N320.21 it recorded on Tuesday,...

Reps revisit controversial $1.1Billion Malabu oil deal

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:34 PM PDT

An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Wednesday reopened investigation into the controversial $1.1bn award of Oil Prospecting Licence 245, better known as 'Malabu Oil...

FEC approves procurement of three 150 MVA‎ transformers for Shiroro, ‎Oshogbo, Ondo station

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:30 PM PDT

Fashola The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Fasola also stated that FEC approved the procurement of three transformers of 150 MVA‎ to be installed in sub-stations in Shiroro, ‎Oshogbo and...

Nigeria brainstorms on best way to secure the release of Nigerian students detained in Turkey

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:21 PM PDT

Top officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior Presidency officials held a marathon meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, where they brainstormed on the best way to...

FG to buy vehicles worth N3.5 Billion from local manufacturers

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:17 PM PDT

The federal government has given its nod for the purchase of 350 operational vehicles for the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS. This followed a memo presented by the Minister of Interior, Gen....

Fake policeman arrested in Ogun

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 12:02 PM PDT

A fake policeman who allegedly extorts people at Oke Oro area of Ogun State has been arrested by men of the state police command. Odiakaose Anene, a resident of Irapada Street, Matogun, was...

United Nations: Ban Ki-Moon's successor revealed

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:59 AM PDT

Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres was poised to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations following a decisive straw poll by the Security Council on...

Islamisation of Nigeria is real - Prof. Ben Nwabueze

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:56 AM PDT

The dominance of the country's security outfits leadership by Muslims, was Wednesday, identified as a grand plan by President Muhammad Buhari to Islamise Nigeria regardless of its constitutional...

Nigeria’s Petroleum sector to get $70 Billion investment from China – Kachikwu

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:50 AM PDT

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday said Chinese private sector companies had pledged an additional investment of $70bn to the Nigerian economy. Kachikwu said this...

Nobel prize winner mocks Trump

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:48 AM PDT

The Scottish-born winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry took a jab Wednesday at US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has bragged that he was "smart" to avoid paying taxes. "I am not very...

Nigerian man arraigned for dressing like a woman

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:35 AM PDT

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 27-year-old man, Idowu Izebokhale, in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates' Court for alleged dressing as a woman in public. Izebokhale, a hairdresser of Omiyale...

Emulate Jonathan, accept defeat- Group urges Ize-Iyamu

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 11:29 AM PDT

A pressure group, Edo Youths Coalition, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the just-concluded governorship poll in Edo, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to accept the outcome of the...

‎Probe all ex-First Ladies or leave Patience Jonathan alone, Group tells Buhari

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 09:54 AM PDT

An Abuja-based anti-corruption movement, The Integrity Group, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe Nigeria's former first ladies or stop the "seeming witch-hunt" of the country's...

“Nigerian soldiers have more than degraded the Boko Haram" - Buratai

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 10:10 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army reiterated Wednesday that it has defeated Boko Haram noting that what was presently happening in the epicentre of the battle were minor skirmishes by the failing group to gain...

We will beat Zambia - Rohr

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 09:58 AM PDT

Nigeria's senior national team coach Gernot Rohr has declared that picking all three points remains his side target in Sunday's 2018 World Cup qualifier clash with Zambia in Ndola. Despite injuries...

Alex Iwobi Set To Pen New Arsenal Deal

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 09:54 AM PDT

Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, is in line for a new deal at Arsenal. According to the Daily Mirror, Iwobi, 20, who only signed a new contract six months ago is set for another pay increase after...

No problems between Yaya Toure and Pep Guardiola - Seluk

Posted: 05 Oct 2016 09:49 AM PDT

There are no lingering problems between Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and Yaya Toure, according to the midfielder's agent, Dimitri Seluk. Toure has started just one competitive match under the...

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