Tuesday, 6 December 2016

NigerianEye: “List of successful police job seekers released” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “List of successful police job seekers released” plus 29 more


List of successful police job seekers released

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 10:15 PM PST

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released the names of successful 10,000 applicants that will be recruited into the Nigeria Police Force. President Muhammadu Buhari at a Security Summit in...

Buhari to present 2017 budget on December 14

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 10:10 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2017 budget proposal to the National Assembly on December 14. This is contained in a letter to the Senate read by Senate President Bukola Saraki...

PDP alleges plot to kill Governor Wike

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:51 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged withdrawal of the chief security officer (CSO) to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Monday. A statement yesterday in Abuja by the...

I regret playing for Nigeria – Super Falcons star, Ordega

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:48 PM PST

United States-based forward Francisca Ordega has regretted playing for the Super Falcons, saying she would have opted for another country because of a lack of support for women's football in Nigeria,...

IPOB declares Operation David Dance to counter the Nigerian Army

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:42 PM PST

The leadership of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday said it will begin Operation David Dance to counter Army's Exercise Python Dance in the Southeast. The move, IPOB said, would show...

APC to security agencies: Wike piling up arms

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:38 PM PST

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of stockpiling arms ahead of this weekend's legislative rerun. The party said the governor's allegation that his...

Communications minister advises Nigerians to brace for telecom data price increase

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:37 PM PST

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said it intervened with an interim price floor for data services to avert a looming price war in the telecommunications sector. But the...

Ghana elects new president today

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:31 PM PST

President John Mahama will slug it out with his main rival Nana Akufo-Addo as Ghanaians elect their president and lawmakers today. There are 15.8 million registered voters who will determine the...

Nigeria military men involved in IDPs camps sex scandal

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:26 PM PST

Soldiers, policemen and Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) men and others have been implicated in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps sex scandal. The policemen and CJTF suspects have been...

Boko Haram’s end in sight - Buhari

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 02:14 PM PST

Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal assured the international community that the end of Boko Haram terrorists was in sight. He also commended the increased cooperation...

Reps plan 3-day retreat on constitution amendment

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 02:08 PM PST

The House of Representatives Special Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review planned to host a three-day retreat on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution as from Thursday. In a statement on...

Wizkid nominated for Grammy Awards

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 02:06 PM PST

Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid, has been tagged in the prestigious Grammy Awards nominees list for his role in Drake's hit single "One Dance". The track, which also features Kyla, is off Drake's...

T.B. Joshua On US Elections: Matters Arising

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 09:04 AM PST

One Osagie Ogunbor in The Punch newspaper of Tuesday, 06 December 2016 tried to rubbish the hard-earned reputation of Prophet T.B. Joshua, basing his arguments on jaundiced premises which belied a...

IN PICTURES: Fayose presents 2017 budget

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 08:28 AM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday presented a N93.4bn Budget to the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti. See photos:

Governor Fayose presents N93.4bn budget in army camouflage

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 08:24 AM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday presented a N93.4bn Budget for 2017 tagged, "Budget of Higher Height" to the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti. The governor also announced that...

“What Does Soyinka Want?”

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 08:19 AM PST

On my way to work this morning, one man asked: "What does this Soyinka want?" Sitting beside him in the same bus, I couldn't immediately provide a reply. One thing I was sure of was that this man was...

Stop making expensive demands from me, Buhari tells Nigerians

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 08:08 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked Nigerian elite to stop making what he called expensive demands from his administration because things would no longer be done in the old way. He warned...

Nigeria jails three Bolivians for illicit drug production

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 08:00 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced three Bolivian citizens to six years imprisonment for dealing in illicit drugs. The convicts are Reuben Jorge, Yhugo Moreno and Yerko...

House of Reps summons NYSC DG over death of corps members

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 07:54 AM PST

House of representatives on Tuesday summoned the Director-general of the National Youths Service Corps, Brigadier General Sule Zakari Kazaure over the death of corps members at various orientation...

Wole Soyinka's Nobel Prize was rigged - Fayose's aide, Olayinka

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 07:26 AM PST

Aide of Govenror Ayodele Fayose, Lere Olayinka , has claimed Professor Wole Soyinka's Nobel Prize was rigged. Olayinka has been a rabid critic of the playwright and Africa's first winner of the...

3 Soldiers, 2 policemen, 5 others arrested over abuse of female IDPs

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 07:19 AM PST

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, said two policemen, three Soldiers, one prison official, one Air Force personnel, a staff of Borno Ministry for Agriculture and two members of...

Military has shown confidence by entering into Sambisa forest – Okorocha

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 07:09 AM PST

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State Yesterday said the Nigeria Army has demonstrated it readiness to stamp out terrorism in the country by gaining control over the stronghold of the Boko haram sect...

N-power: Applicants protest illegal documentation fee

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 06:46 AM PST

Some youths from the 13 Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, enlisted for the N-Power documentation exercise, on Monday protested alleged extortion by organisers of the programme which marred the...

Police release names of 8,500 successful applicants

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 06:31 AM PST

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released names of successful applicants for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force  in the Federal Government's 10,000 policemen recruitment...

CBN to sell dollars to fuel importers

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 06:26 AM PST

As the scarcity of the United States dollar continues to hamper the importation of petroleum products by marketers, the Central Bank of Nigeria has asked banks to submit bids for a "special currency...

IPOB launches ‘Operation David Dance’

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 06:06 AM PST

In what appears to be a counter strategy, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has launched what it called "Operation David Dance'. This is coming few days after Nigerian Military launched...

Soyinka apologises for criticising Buhari

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 06:01 AM PST

Professor Wole Soyinka has apologised for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari, over his congratulatory message to Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow. Buhari had congratulated Barrow, for his...

Nigerian graduates need analytical skills – Expert

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 05:41 AM PST

An Economist, Mr Olakunle Fakiyesi, on Tuesday said that Nigerian graduates needed to imbibe analytical skills and verbal reasoning to succeed in their future endeavours. Fakiyesi, the Chief...

Nigerians should expect N165/litre petrol by January 2017 - Experts

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 05:07 AM PST

The retail price for petrol may rise by at least 13.7 percent to N165 per litre by January 2017 from the current price of N145 just as global price crude oil rises. Industry experts told Business...

IN PICTURES: Dalung eats corpers’ meal during NYSC camp inspection

Posted: 06 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST

Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung recently visited an NYSC camp  in Kubwa Abuja. The minister inspected the facilities tasted the food served to corps members, the...

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