Thursday, 6 April 2017

NigerianEye: “I didn’t say God is punishing Nigerians with meningitis – Governor Yari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I didn’t say God is punishing Nigerians with meningitis – Governor Yari” plus 29 more


I didn’t say God is punishing Nigerians with meningitis – Governor Yari

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:15 PM PDT

The Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, on Wednesday denied saying God is punishing Nigerians with meningitis outbreak. The governor said he never said meningitis was a divine punishment...

Naira Weakens At Parallel Market

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:37 PM PDT

The Naira on Wednesday, weakened against the Dollar at the parallel market, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency lost 8 points to exchange at N398, weaker than N390...

PDP asks Governor Yari to resign over his comments on Meningitis

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:25 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State to resign for attributing the outbreak of meningitis to God's punishment. The party made this known in a statement...

Blame Buhari for recession – Utomi

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:33 PM PDT

The director of the Lagos Business School, Prof. Pat Utomi Wednesday in Awka blamed the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the economic recession in the country, arguing that those...

Meningitis strikes Cross River state

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:31 PM PDT

One person has been confirmed dead following a case of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis (CSM) outbreak in Cross River while 23 others are currently receiving treatment at the University of Calabar Teaching...

EFCC detains ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu over N2b Ecological fund

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:20 PM PDT

The big question is....what did the Chief Servant of Niger State do with the sum of N3.6 billion cash it realised from the sales of its 16 out of its 26 percent stake in North South Power Ltd and the...

North Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:18 PM PDT

North Korea on Wednesday, test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said. The development is ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders who are...

Arsenal bounce back to deepen West Ham’s relegation woes

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:12 PM PDT

Goals from Mesut Ozil, Theo Walcott and substitute Olivier Giroud threw West Ham right back into the relegation mixed and eased the mounting pressure on Arsene Wenger. The Gunners came into the...

Spurs keep title dream alive with dramatic win

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:10 PM PDT

Tottenham Hotspur came from behind in the final minutes of the game to secure a dramatic 3-1 victory over Swansea City and keep the title race alive. Swansea took the lead early through Wayne...

Trump removes strategist from Security Council

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:05 PM PDT

President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist, Steve Bannon, from the United States National Security Council (NSC). The BBC reports that the appointment in January raised fears that the...

Chelsea 2 Manchester City 1: Hazard at the double as Conte's men close on title

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 01:59 PM PDT

Chelsea took a huge step towards the Premier League title as Eden Hazard's first-half brace saw off Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Hazard opened the scoring and restored Chelsea's lead 10...

Saraki loses bid to stop CCB official’s recall

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 01:36 PM PDT

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday lost in his bid to prevent the recall of an official of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) who had earlier testified in his trial before the Code of...

JAMB registers 871,576 candidates for UTME

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 01:33 PM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday said it had registered 871,576 candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq...

33,037 police officers promoted in nine months

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 01:31 PM PDT

About 33,037 officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force have been promoted since the inception of the administration of the Ibrahim Idris as the Inspector General of Police. Details of those so...

Reps reject powers to impeach governors, deputies

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 01:29 PM PDT

An attempt to constitutionally empower the National Assembly (NASS) to impeach State governors and their deputies when the need arises was vehemently rejected by the House of Representatives on...

How It Happened: Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 02:00 PM PDT

Welcome to Nigerianeye's live text coverage of the Premier League meeting between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The Blues suffered a shock defeat to Crystal Palace here at the...

Fayemi files N500m suit against Ekiti Assembly

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 09:50 AM PDT

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has filed a N500m suit against the Ekiti State House of Assembly for issuing a bench warrant against him. The assembly recently called on the...

Benue lawmaker kneels down, begs for forgiveness from Gov Ortom

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 09:34 AM PDT

A Benue lawmaker was allegedly asked to kneel and apologise to Gov Samuel Ortom for accusing him of initiating the rampant killings by Fulani herdsmen in the state. The state has in recent times...

Watch your tongue, don’t create more enemies for Buhari - APC cautions Sagay

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 09:15 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) to desist from making utterances that could be interpreted as...

You took delight in flogging citizens: Okorocha to Ohakim

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:58 AM PDT

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, yesterday, alleged that his predecessor Governor Ikedi Ohakim, in his time as governor of the state, "took delight in flogging citizens." Okorocha stated this...

How to avoid Meningitis! All you should know about the epidemic spreading across the nation

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:58 AM PDT

About 336 Nigerians have died as a result of the recent outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, CSM, in some parts of the country.  Experts have advised on how to avoid being affected by the...

Mr. Ibu reflects on the time 'Michael Bolton's song' saved him from committing suicide

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:46 AM PDT

Nollywood Actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu has narrated how he almost jumped into a well to commit suicide. According to him, several years ago the man he was living with at Ajao Estate...

Reps reject bill seeking to empower n’assembly to sack governors

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:43 AM PDT

Legislators in the house of representatives on Wednesday kicked against a bill seeking to empower the national assembly to remove governors and deputy governors from office "in appropriate...

Diezani in fresh money laundering case

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:25 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday charged Diezani Allison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, and three others with money laundering. Others charged...

Governor Fayose outshines Melaye, turns studio DJ

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:16 AM PDT

Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district, has been the talk of town ever since he released a video, where he danced and sang. But just as attention on Melaye was going down,...

Navy commander, Teikumo Ikoli found dead in Lagos home

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 08:01 AM PDT

Teikumo Ikoli, fleet commander of the Western Naval Command, Nigerian Navy, was found dead in his Lagos home, on Wednesday. Chinwe Umar, spokeswoman for the Western Naval Command, said the cause of...

Nigeria is a burial ground for good ideas - Dogara

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 07:54 AM PDT

Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, has described Nigeria as a "burial ground for good ideas". Speaking at the presidential villa during the launch of the Economic Recovery...

My wife grabs and twist my testicles when fighting, Septuagenarian tells court

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 07:42 AM PDT

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between a 75-year-old businessman and his 51-year-old wife over adultery and threat to life. The petitioner, Moshood Adedapo,...

US is run by ‘an ugly idiot’ – Islamic State

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 07:22 AM PDT

An Islamic State group spokesman called on Tuesday for countries attacking it to be targeted, in an audio recording in which he also insulted US President Donald Trump. The recording posted on...

UTME candidates reportedly beat up police, soldiers in Makurdi

Posted: 05 Apr 2017 07:14 AM PDT

There was pandemonium at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Wednesday morning following a fight between candidates trying to register for JAMB and security operatives. Trouble...

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