Tuesday, 10 October 2017

NigerianEye: “$25billion contracts: Presidency supports Baru” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “$25billion contracts: Presidency supports Baru” plus 29 more


$25billion contracts: Presidency supports Baru

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:14 PM PDT

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu's future was hanging in the balance yesterday. President Muhammadu Buhari is said to be weighing options on Dr Kachikwu's fate, following his...

President Buhari meets northern governors on possible oil exploration

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:59 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met separately with three state governors from the northern part of the country on issues bordering on the possible oil exploration in the North as well as...

EFCC charges oil marketers with N7.8 Billion fraud

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:53 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned two oil marketers and their firms for an alleged fraud of N7.8bn. The defendants – Ogbor Eliot; Godwin Okoronkwo; Danium Energy...

Hundreds of Nigerian policemen protest unpaid salaries

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:48 PM PDT

Hundreds of policemen on Monday staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of two months' salaries in Kaduna, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN learnt that over 700 of the policemen had not...

We’re ready to die in 2019, says Wike

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:42 PM PDT

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is ready to lay down his life if it will ensure victory for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections. Wike said this in the latest...

NUJ cancels proposed award on Dino Melaye

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:38 PM PDT

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared as illegal, the proposed 'Senator of the Year Award' to Sen. Dino Melaye (Kogi-APC) by the Senate Press Corps. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Enugu APC protests Fed Govt’s ‘lopsided appointments’

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:31 PM PDT

The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has protested what it called the lopsided appointments by the Federal Government. The party noted that most of the appointments went...

Igbo leaders condemn Operation Python Dance

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:26 PM PDT

The Prof Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT) yesterday condemned the invasion of the Southeast by the military through the "so-called Operation Python Dance II and the humiliation and...

Some police commissioners under probe - PSC

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:24 PM PDT

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said some Police Commissioners in charge of commands are under investigation. The commission explained that the investigation was imperative following...

'I won’t run in 2019' - VP Osinbajo

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:22 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that he will not run for president in 2019. He spoke yesterday in London at the Financial Times Africa Summit . When he was asked whether he would be...

'Aso Clinic has no syringe' - Buhari's wife laments

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:19 PM PDT

The President's wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has lamented the poor state of healthcare services in Nigeria, including the State House Clinic, Abuja. Her daughter, Zahra, through her Twitter account,...

31 monkey pox cases in Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, others

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:16 PM PDT

Monkey pox, which started with an index case in Bayelsa on September 22, has spread to six other states, including Lagos. There are 31 cases, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said...

Agbakoba sues FG over non inclusion of South-East Zone in NNPC board

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:14 PM PDT

Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja to challenging the non inclusion of the South East Zone of Nigeria, in appointments to the Board of the Nigerian National...

PDP Chairmanship: I won’t step down - Daniel

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:32 AM PDT

A national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Gbenga Daniel, said on Monday in Lagos that he had no plan of stepping down for other contenders. Reacting to speculations...

Breaking: Monkey Pox hits Lagos, two suspected cases recorded..

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:30 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government has revealed that two suspected cases of Monkey Pox have been recorded in the state. The commissioner for Health, Dr.  Jide Idris disclosed this at a news conference...

PHOTOS: South-south, South-east Governors in midnight prayers

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:20 AM PDT

Governors from the South East and South South geopolitical zones of the country converged in Owerri, the Imo State capital, in continuation of their inter-regional integration initiatives. On the...

Insecurity: Edo protesters petition Buhari, Saraki, Dogara, demand redeployment of CP

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:20 AM PDT

Protesting Edo State indigenes on Monday demanded the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Mr. Haliru Gwandu, over rising cases of killings and kidnapping in the...

#BringBackOurGirls: Group resumes street protest Thursday

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:34 AM PDT

The 'BringBackOurGirls' coalition said it would resume street protest on Thursday in Abuja to press the Federal Government to secure the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls still in Boko...

MASSOB reacts to raid on Nnamdi Kanu’s home by soldiers

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:05 AM PDT

The Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has faulted fresh military invasion of the home of Eze Israel Kanu, father of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...

'Why Ojukwu betrayed my father and killed him' - Lt. Col Victor Banjo's daughter

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:01 AM PDT

Victor Banjo died on September 22, 1967. He was a colonel in the Nigerian army who ended up in the Biafran army during the struggles between Nigeria and Biafra. Victor Banjo was mistaken for a coup...

Rohr earns two-year contract extension with Super Eagles

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:53 AM PDT

The two-year contract of Nigeria's head coach, Gernot Rohr, has been extended by default, following the country's qualification for the 2018 World Cup. Rohr signed a two-year deal with the option...

Aisha Buhari Calls For Probe Of State House Medical Centre

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:50 AM PDT

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called for a probe of how the budget for the State House Medical Centre is utilised. She made the call at a programme in Abuja today, at the opening...

VIDEO: How army ransacked Nnamdi Kanu’s house

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:39 AM PDT

A video showing what transpired at the house of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB , Nnamdi Kanu has emerged online. In the video troops of Operation Python Dance and some police...

NUJ forces Senate Press Corps to cancel Dino Melaye’s award, says it’s unconstitutional

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:36 AM PDT

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has declared as illegal, the proposed 'Senator of the Year Award' being given to Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West). The Senate Press Corps had nominated Melaye...

UPDATE: Tagbo’s autopsy report is fake, copied from an American website

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:26 AM PDT

After several sources reported that the autopsy report of Tagbo Umeike, friend of popular musician Davido who passed on recently has been released, we can confirm that the report is fake. The Punch...

BREAKING: Former Nigerian Army General, Victor Malu is dead

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:15 AM PDT

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Victor Malu is dead. Malu died in an undisclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt in the early hours of Monday. He served as Chief of Army Staff during the...

Court’s judgement on tariff review reversed, to be re-visited ― Fashola

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:08 AM PDT

Court order which declared the tariff review process illegal has been reversed and to be tried afresh, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Monday stated. He also...

Buhari is a growing cancer that should be cut out – Fani-Kayode

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:58 AM PDT

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a "cancer" that should be cut out. Fani-Kayode made the remark while insisting that he would pay any price to...

I genuinely dislike Pastors, preachers, God will be happy if I beat them up – Burna Boy

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT

Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu better known as Burna Boy has stated that God will be happy if he beats up pastors and preachers of the gospel. Burna Boy said he dislikes all pastors and preachers so...

Full list of 25 roads N100bn Sukuk bond proceeds will be spent on

Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT

Projects that proceeds of the​ N100bn ​Sukuk bond will be spent on have been revealed. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, had said that the federal government would spend the...

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