Wednesday 4 January 2017

NigerianEye: “WATCH VIDEO: How security operatives raided the house of Jonathan’s brother house in Abuja” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “WATCH VIDEO: How security operatives raided the house of Jonathan’s brother house in Abuja” plus 29 more


WATCH VIDEO: How security operatives raided the house of Jonathan’s brother house in Abuja

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:11 PM PST

Some unidentified security operatives, Wednesday, raided the house of the brother of former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan at Igbeti Rock Street, Abuja, and taking with them an envelope whose...

Electricity generation hits 4,009MW

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:17 PM PST

Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, yesterday wheeled out about 4,009 megawatts of generated electricity to 11 distribution companies, creating an indication that the country's power supply is...

Awujale of Ijebu lied about Adenuga, Dangote - Obasanjo

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:57 PM PST

Ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed as "tissues of lies and untruths" some aspects of Oba Sikiru Adetona's autobiography. The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, in his "Awujale: The...

How Obasanjo fought Adenuga because of Atiku - Awujale

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:58 PM PST

Culled from Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S.K Adetona, Ogbagba II, Mosuro Publishers, 2010, pp. 187-195 The EFCC in Lagos had come calling brusquely on Mike Adenuga (Jnr), Chairman...

Oyo State difficult to govern – Governor Ajimobi

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:15 PM PST

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has admitted that the state is difficult to manage and that it is an arduous task to govern it. He said this at the 2017 Inter-Faith Service of the state...

Jonathan’s brother’s house raided by security operatives

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:58 PM PST

Security operatives, Wednesday evening, laid siege to an Abuja house belonging to a brother-in-law to Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan. The house is located in Maitama, one of the...

Presidency faults Fayose on N5,000 stipend for poor Nigerians

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:59 PM PST

The Presidency on Wednesday disagreed with the claim of Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, on the disbursement of N5, 000 to poor Nigerians. The governor, whose state was listed as part of the nine...

Man gets N450,000 bail for allegedly stealing N9,200 church offering

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:18 PM PST

The police, yesterday, docked an unemployed man, Williams Eromosele, 27, before an Igbosere Magistrate's Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing N9,200 from a church offertory box. pleaded not...

Information ministry to spend N661m on travelling/refreshment

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:57 PM PST

As Nigerians expect quick recovery of the country from the economic recession, it is also expected that the Federal Government would drive the recovery plan by blocking all leakages in the nation's...

Oil prices rise above $58

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:54 PM PST

The new year looks promising for Nigeria and other oil producing countries as oil prices hit 18-month high yesterday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes that a deal between the...

2 injured as operative’s gun goes off at Presidential Villa

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:52 PM PST

A staff of the State House, Mrs. Gladys Okpa, yesterday, escaped death by the whiskers when a security operative's gun accidentally went off gun at the Presidential Villa. The incident happened...

Seeking greener pasture, Nigerians throng passport office

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:47 PM PST

Many Nigerians seeking to escape from the economic hardship in the country, are trooping to the Nigeria Immigration Services, NIS, office in Enugu to obtain or renew their international...

Abuja airport to be shut for 6 weeks from March 8

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:40 PM PST

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will be closed on March 8 for repairs, the Ministry of Transportation said yesterday. The nation's capital's airport's runway is to be reactivated...

Fake soldier arrested for‘ stealing’ motorcycles

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:35 PM PST

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has arrested a man who posed as a soldier to steal motorcycles. Benjamin Okon, was arrested on Sunday around 5 a.m. following a tip-off. "The suspect was...

15 suspected cultists arrested in Ondo

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:33 PM PST

Fifteen suspected secret cult members have been arrested by the police in Akure , the Ondo State capital. The suspects were said to have been arrested during the Yuletide. Police spokesman Femi...

Telecom subscribers in Nigeria hit 153.9 million - NCC

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:31 PM PST

Active users of telecommunications services in the country have increased to 153,949,450 as at November last year, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday. The telecommunications...

‘1 million policemen needed to cover Southern Kaduna’ - Police

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:29 PM PST

KADUNA State Commissioner of Police Agyole Abeh has said it will take one million policemen to effectively cover Southern Kaduna, a situation he said is practically impossible. The police boss,...

Economic recession to teach us lessons - Aregbesola

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:27 PM PST

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said the recession occurred to teach Nigerians some lessons and make the nation great and economically viable. He spoke at the New Year special prayer...

Kerosene sells for N400 in Kano

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:26 PM PST

Acute scarcity of kerosene has hit the ancient city of Kano, making life unbearable for low-income earners, who depend on the product for cooking. Investigation showed that during the Christmas...

Why we arrested Borno council chairman - Army

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:24 PM PST

The Army yesterday confirmed the arrest of the Chairman of Mafa Local Government in Borno State, Alhaji Shettima Lawan, for his alleged link with Boko Haram. Maj.- Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre...

Fayose raising false alarm - Oni

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:23 PM PST

Former Ekiti State Governor Segun Oni has accused Governor Ayo Fayose of raising false alarm over allegations that he (Oni) is part of a plot to compromise the Judiciary to sack the governor from...

APC planning to remove me from office - Fayose

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:19 PM PST

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to remove him from office him before the expiration of his tenure in October, next...

King Sunny Ade billed to perform at the 2017 edition of Coachella in USA

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:17 AM PST

The tickets for the 2017 Coachella festival have gone on sale today 4th January, 2017 and our very own King Sunny Ade is billed to perform at this year 2017's edition of the annual Coachella Valley...

Reasons why you need to stop making use of a non-stick frying pan

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 09:56 AM PST

Pans with a non-stick coating are convenient but new research suggests that the chemical used for the coating is extremely toxic and exposure can prove dangerous to brain health, the reproductive...

Read Chimamanda Adichie's speech on Donald Trump becoming the president of America

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 08:57 AM PST

In a post published on The New Yorker, acclaimed Nigerian writer writes on race, identity, politics, misogyny, the media and our moral duty after the election of Donald Trump as the President of...

FG approves guns for airport security

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 08:54 AM PST

The Nigerian government has given security officers at airports the authority to carry firearms. Aviation Security personnel should bear arms to enhance security of passengers and installations at...

Army confirms arrrest of LG Chairman harbouring terrorists in Maiduguri

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 08:13 AM PST

Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Leo Irabor on Wednesday, paraded ten Boko Haram suspects, who were said to have surrendered and handed themselves to the Nigerian...

APC chieftains plotting to compromise judiciary to impeach me – Fayose

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 08:07 AM PST

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused some Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to compromise a section of the judiciary to impeach him. In a letter...

Janet Jackson delivers first child at age 50

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 08:00 AM PST

Pop superstar Janet Jackson gave birth to her first child at age 50 on Tuesday, according to US media. Jackson and her husband Wissam Al Mana, a Qatari businessman, welcomed their son Eissa into...

Repentant Boko Haram terrorists urge others to ‘lay down’ arms

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 07:49 AM PST

Some repentant Boko Haram members on Thursday appealed to their fellow sect members still in Sambisa forest to lay down their arms and embrace peace. One of them, Joseph David, made the appeal when...

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