Tuesday, 26 December 2017

NigerianEye: “I’m sorry I can’t share money - Taraba governor” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I’m sorry I can’t share money - Taraba governor” plus 29 more

I’m sorry I can’t share money - Taraba governor

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:25 PM PST

Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku has said he will rather do projects and leave behind landmark achievements than share funds to politicians. The governor spoke in Takum, his country home, while...

Fuel Scarcity: Fuel queues reduce nationwide

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:01 PM PST

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised to flood depots with petrol but the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) said the corporation was yet to send...

Monarch kidnapped on Boxing Day

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:16 PM PST

The paramount ruler of Mgbuolua, Rundele community in Emohua Local Government of Rivers State, Eze G.A.O. Omodu, was kidnapped yesterday. He was abducted in his home at gunpoint to an unknown...

The twists and turns around 34-year-old Ajaokuta Steel Company

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:11 PM PST

With capacity to serve as stimulus to national development and economic boaster to industrial growth, the steel industry is said to be the backbone of any nation. Thus, the Ajaokuta Steel Company...

DPR gives motorists free petrol in Abuja

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 10:07 PM PST

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday sealed a filling station in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, for allegedly selling petrol above N145 and gave out the product free to motorists. The...

Facts about $1 Billion security vote distorted - Lai Mohammed

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:57 PM PST

Information and Culture Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has shed light on the approval of $1 billion by the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) to fight insecurity nationwide. He said the money was...

Chelsea 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:16 AM PST

Alvaro Morata returned from suspension to ignite Chelsea's 2-0 Premier League victory over Brighton at Stamford Bridge. Morata was unavailable for the goalless draw at Everton three days previously...

Jesse Lingard rallies Man United to Boxing Day draw with Burnley

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST

Jesse Lingard scored twice after coming on at half-time to help Manchester United salvage a 2-2 draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on Boxing Day. An early Ashley Barnes strike and a superb free kick...

With intelligence gathering, we’re able to bomb Boko Haram supply lines, NAF tells Nigerians

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:44 AM PST

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Tuesday said that 'Intelligence gathering' is very important and perhaps the major key they (NAF) adopts in unleashing positive attacks on Boko Haram terrorists. The...

Buhari’s age controversy: What INEC must do – PDP

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:37 AM PST

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has labelled as "national disgrace" the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari, that he had all the while believed he was 74 years. The PDP, in a statement by its...

Boxing Day: Petrol scarcity paralyses fun at National Theatre in Lagos

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:37 AM PST

The National Theatre Complex in Iganmu, Lagos, was on Tuesday devoid of the usual Boxing Day buzzing activities as only few fun seekers were at the monument. Only handful of people were seen in the...

Sack those responsible for ongoing petrol scarcity! Nigerians tells Buhari

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:36 AM PST

Nigerian have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to deal decisively with those responsible for the current scarcity of petrol. Some of the Nigerian who took to their twitter handles prayed that...

NNPC’s monopoly of petrol supply causes scarcity – Iheanacho

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:31 AM PST

An oil and gas merchant, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho, has attributed the persistent scarcity of petrol to monopoly of the product by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Iheanacho, also...

Critics of $1bn for insurgency war, others uninformed, partisan – Presidency

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 08:28 AM PST

The Federal Government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1bn for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. The Minister...

Our depots are empty — we’re NOT hoarding fuel - Marketers

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:25 AM PST

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) says members' depots are empty, maintaining that they are not hoarding fuel and are therefore not responsible for crippling...

FRSC releases toll-free emergency lines

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:31 AM PST

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged road users to use its toll-free 122 line to report emergencies.  FRSC also has a 12-digit emergency line – 0700 2255 3772. Zonal Commander of FRSC,...

Christmas Tragedy: Policeman Kills Colleague In Error

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:30 AM PST

A police officer in Yenagoa was inadvertently shot and killed by a fellow policeman during a gun duel between the police and suspected cultists on Christmas day. An eyewitness who preferred...

Nigerian govt blasts critics of $1bn fund for Boko Haram war, militancy, others

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:27 AM PST

Nigerian Government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1bn for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. Minister of...

''Rivers state indigenes will show Wike the ‘red card’ at the appropriate time'' - Rotimi Amaechi

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:49 AM PST

Former Rivers state governor now Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday engaged his follower on twitter.  He addressed some issues raised particularly regarding his successor Nyesom...

MASSOB, IPOB were formed to defraud Igbos – Eze Ezewuiro

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:29 AM PST

Eze Soronnadi Nwabueze Ezewuiro, Mayor of Igbo Nation in Diaspora, has declared that the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra,...

Fani-Kayode attacks Buhari, says president a beast, imposing hardship on Nigerians

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:16 AM PST

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has condemned the documentary by the Presidency on the "human side" of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain noted that...

Israel woos ten countries to move embassies to Jerusalem

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:51 AM PST

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it has started making contact with10 countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem following US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise the city as capital...

CHAN 2018: Super Eagles resume training after Christmas break

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 05:38 AM PST

The home-based Super Eagles will resume training in Abuja on Tuesday evening at the FIFA Goal Project, after they were given a day off on Christmas day. Officials also confirmed that the final...

EFCC speaks on removal of Magu as acting chairman

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:53 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to speculation that Ibrahim Magu would be removed as the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency. In a tweet sent out from its...

We lost Yar’adua but God saved you, fix health sector – Primate Okoh tells Buhari

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:52 AM PST

Bishop of Abuja and Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged the Buhari led Federal Government to solve the issue of shortage supply of electricity and...

Watch Video: President Buhari’s Softer Side Exposed

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:36 AM PST

Here is the 55-minute documentary on President Muhammadu Buhari that describes his governance style and 'softer side', in the words of close aides and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. VIDEO...

Dogara @50: Nigeria’s future secure in youths’ hands - Buhari

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:56 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, as he turns 50 years. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and...

I’m bigger than Imo state, Nigeria – Okorocha

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 07:04 AM PST

Governor Rochas Okorocha has declared that he is bigger than Nigeria and his state, Imo. He said this while giving reasons he appointed his sister as commissioner for happiness and purpose...

Yakubu Dogara, A True Patriot At 50 — Okowa

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 03:49 AM PST

Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Monday extolled the virtues of  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara as he turns 50 years on Tuesday, December 26,...

Austin Ejide desperate to represent Super Eagles at 2018 World Cup

Posted: 26 Dec 2017 04:05 AM PST

Hapoel Hadera goalkeeper, Austin Ejide, has said he will do his best to secure a spot in the Super Eagles team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 33-year-old last featured for Nigeria in a...
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