Monday, 9 January 2017

NigerianEye: “President Buhari sacks government official who forced Pastor Adeboye’s exit as RCCG leader” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “President Buhari sacks government official who forced Pastor Adeboye’s exit as RCCG leader” plus 29 more


President Buhari sacks government official who forced Pastor Adeboye’s exit as RCCG leader

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:46 PM PST

The head of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRC, Jim Obazee, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr. Obazee's sack comes about 48 hours after implementation of his agency's...

The Law that caused exit of Adeboye as RCCG national leader suspended by FG

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:42 PM PST

The Nigerian government has suspended a corporate governance code issued by the country's Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRC. The Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechuckwu...

Kwara teachers take salary issue to God

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 06:00 PM PST

Thousands of teachers in public primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara say they have embarked on fasting and prayer to ensure payment of their six months' salary arrears by state government....

Abang should’ve been removed, not transferred – Fayose

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:56 PM PST

Many lawyers and politicians, yesterday, hailed the redeployment of Justice Okon Abang from Abuja to Asaba by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, saying it was long over...

How I helped ‘corrupt’ Nigerian judge deposit millions of Naira, Dollars – Diamond Bank Staff

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:53 PM PST

The details of bank transactions of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a Federal High Court judge standing trial over alleged corruption, were on Monday revealed at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos. The...

PDP workers shun meeting with Sheriff

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:50 PM PST

Staff of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have shunned an invitation for a meeting with a factional chairman of the party, Ali Sheriff. The staff, who met under the auspices of the PDP Staff...

Naira rebounds against dollar

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:48 PM PST

The Naira on Monday appreciated at the parallel market after about two weeks of posting losses, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The currency gained 3 points to exchange at N490, from N493 it...

Nigerian scholar named Rhodes Professor at Oxford University

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:39 PM PST

Oxford University has announced the appointment of a U.S.-based Nigerian, Wale Adebanwi, to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of African and Interdisciplinary Area...

IDPs dying of hunger and starvation - #BBOG cries out

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:37 PM PST

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) advocacy have cried out against the level of hunger and starvation witnessed in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. The group accused the government...

Governor Ambode signs N812.998 Bilion budget into law

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:33 PM PST

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has signed the N812.998 billion budget into law. At the Lagos House, Ikeja, yesterday, the governor said the economy would bounce back The budget represents...

First Bank increases mobile app transfer limit to N1 million

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:31 PM PST

First Bank of Nigeria Limited have increased transfer transaction limits on its FirstMobile Lifestyle app from N500,000 to a maximum daily limit of N1 million. According to a statement signed on...

REVEALED: Boko Haram new tactics - Nigerian Army

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:28 PM PST

The army yesterday warned Nigerians of the new tactic being used by Boko Haram. Yesterday's announcement came as suicide bombers struck again on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State...

$1b debt: Save us, oil marketers beg FG

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:25 PM PST

Independent Petroleum Products Importers (IPPIs) yesterday raised the alarm over their $1billion indebtedness to banks as a result of the Federal Government's failure to pay them for fuel imported...

U.S. Embassy team takes on Magu over DSS allegations

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:23 PM PST

United States Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington and his key staff have met Acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) Chairman Ibrahim Magu on the allegations levelled against him...

Cristiano Ronaldo wins Best FIFA Men’s Player award

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 05:19 PM PST

Cristiano Ronaldo was named FIFA's Best Men's Player for 2016 on Monday, beating Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann on the three-man shortlist to claim the prize in Zurich. Ronaldo, who picked up...

High Commission didn’t pay Buhari’s aide medical bill in UK – Minister

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 12:20 PM PST

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday defended the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. Kyari was alleged have enjoyed the High Commission to the United Kingdom's...

Buhari sacks FRN’s Executive Secretary

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 12:18 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal and the replacement of the Executive Secretary and the reconstitution of the board of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria...

Messi snubs FIFA’s ‘The Best’ award

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 12:10 PM PST

Lionel Messi and some other Barcelona players were not at the presentation of FIFA's 'The Best' award in Zurich on Monday in a move that will be seen as a snub to the game's governing...

Air crashes in Nigeria caused by Windshear

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 12:03 PM PST

The Federal Government has attributed the absence of Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS), at the airports to some of the crashes recorded in Nigeria. Some of the air crashes that occurred in...

'Mikel is right to move to China' - Salisu Yusuff

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:59 AM PST

Super Eagles' Chief Coach, Salisu Yusuff has disclosed that former Chelsea of England midfielder, John Mikel Obi was right to move to the Chinese Super League(CSL) judging by his experience with the...

Leicester City's Ranieri named FIFA Coach of the Year

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:38 AM PST

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has been named as Coach of the Year at the FIFA Best Awards. Ranieri had faced competition from Portugal coach Fernando Santos and Real Madrid boss Zinedine...

No going back on January warning strike – NUPENG

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:45 AM PST

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday there is no going back on its planned warning strike scheduled to commence on January 11. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the...

Buhari appoints new NAMA, NIMET, NCAT chiefs

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:42 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointments of new heads for some agencies and parastatals in the aviation sector. The agencies are the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency...

Fashola to DisCos: Improve metering, reduce estimated billing

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 11:40 AM PST

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has directed all electricity distribution companies to improve their metering of customers and reduce estimated billings. The...

Tunde Bakare calls for restructuring of Nigeria

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 01:03 AM PST

The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, has joined the call for the restructuring of Nigeria's federalism.  He made the call during a church service, in which he delivered...

Oshiomhole’s son joins race for House of Reps seat

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 11:16 PM PST

The number of aspirants seeking to fill the vacant Etsako Federal Constituency seat has swelled as Edo State is now awash with the posters of Cyril Oshiomhole, the first son of the immediate past...

Atiku hails Adeboye’s ‘inspirational leadership’

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 11:11 PM PST

Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Atiku Abubakar has described the outgoing national General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch...

Ex-Niger state governor dies in Germany at 60

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 11:09 PM PST

A former Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. He was 60. According to a family source, Kure died in Germany during a treatment for kidney-related ailment. The source said Kure...

New factional Shi’ite group uncovered in Borno

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 11:06 PM PST

The Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno State has discovered a new factional sect of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi'ite, in Borno, the state...

APC slams Fayose for alleged ‘diversion’ of Paris Club refund

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 11:05 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has criticised Governor Ayo Fayose for the alleged diversion of N8.8 billion Paris Club refund released by the Federal Government to states to...

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