Tuesday, 19 December 2017

NigerianEye: “Nigerian governors divided over approval of $1 Billion to fight Boko Haram” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerian governors divided over approval of $1 Billion to fight Boko Haram” plus 29 more


Nigerian governors divided over approval of $1 Billion to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:56 PM PST

The Chairman of Nigeria's Governors Forum, NGF, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday disagreed over...

Buhari's 2018 budget suffers major setback

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:56 PM PST

The President's plan for a speedy passage of the 2018 budget suffered a major setback yesterday. Senators returned from their two-week recess to launch a bitter criticism of the budget presented by...

Ikoyi cash: More sanctions coming for culprits, says Buhari

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:15 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the persons behind the large sums of foreign and local currencies recovered in April by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a residential...

FG building new prisons, plans to arrest us in 2018 – PDP

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:12 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, alleged that the Federal Government was building more prisons. It also said that the government was planning to descend on PDP members in 2018. The...

$1 Billion fund not for Boko Haram war alone – Osinbajo

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:06 PM PST

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said the much-criticised $1bn that state governors asked the Federal Government to withdraw from the Excess Crude Account was not meant for the fight against...

Man accused of raping 12-year-old, tells court she’s girlfriend

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:03 PM PST

A 27-year-old man, Lawal Abubakar, on Tuesday told a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja, that a 12-year-old girl he abducted was his girlfriend. ‎Mr. Abubakar of Byazhin, Kubwa, Abuja, pleaded...

Police arrest 20 protesting MAPOLY students

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:01 PM PST

The mass protest by students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, entered Day Two yesterday with the students occupying the busy Panseke area and making born...

Innoson Motors boss arrested by EFCC for allegedly jumping bail

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:52 PM PST

The Chairman/Managing Director of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company (IVM), Chief Innocent Chukwuma, was yesterday arrested by security operatives attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes...

David Mark blasts EFCC - 'You’re chasing shadows'

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:49 PM PST

A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, yesterday said the accusations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or any other government that he purchased his N748 million Apo...

I Used To Smoke, Had Lots Of Girlfriends, President Buhari Admits

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:03 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he used to smoke, chase women during his younger days. The President while revealing some of his personal information also disclosed that he, however,...

Senate condemns 2018 budget

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST

Senate on Tuesday said it has encountered difficulties at the committee levels, hence, it would not go ahead to discuss the 2018 budget with a view to passing it into law before end of the year as...

PDP Reps protest, walk out over defection of member

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:06 AM PST

Peoples Democratic Party members are right now protesting at the House of Representatives over the defection of a member, Mr. Mr. Raphael Igbokwe, to the All Progressives Congress. Igbokwe, who is...

Fani-Kayode attacks Sultan of Sokoto for defending hijab

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:05 AM PST

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Monday berated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III for defending the wearing of hijab by Muslim women. The former Minister said if the...

Maina reveals where he is, says Magu is aware

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:05 AM PST

Abdulrasheed Maina, embattled former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Pension Task Team, has declared that the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu...

Stop harassing, intimidating our leaders! PDP warn President Buhari

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 09:01 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised an alarm over what it termed the continued harassment and intimidation of its members by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government led...

‘You are chasing shadows’ – David Mark fires back at EFCC over Abuja mansion

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST

Immediate past President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has described the accusations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he purchased his Apo Residential House illegally...

We didn’t sack any worker, says Bayelsa Government

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:55 AM PST

The Bayelsa State Government has described claims in some quarters that it has laid off some civil servants following the preliminary findings of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the...

Hijab controversy: Reps intervene, ask committee to investigate alleged rights violation

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:42 AM PST

The House of Representatives on Tuesday intervened in the raging controversy over the refusal of the Nigerian Law School to call a graduate, Amasa Firdaus, to the Bar. The House directed its...

Governors, speakers meet over constitution review

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:42 AM PST

State governors are currently meeting on the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum. The emergency meeting holding inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja is also being...

Man tells court 12-yr-old girl is his girlfriend

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 08:05 AM PST

A 27-year-old man, Lawal Abubakar, on Tuesday told a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja, that a 12-year-old girl he allegedly abducted was his girlfriend. ‎Abubakar of Byazhin, Kubwa, Abuja, had...

2019 Election: 80 new groups seeking to register as political parties – INEC

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:24 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday, said it had received applications from 80 new groups that are seeking to be registered as political parties ahead of the 2019 general...

Blade runner, Pistorius, appeals 17-year sentence for shooting girlfriend dead

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:17 AM PST

Former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has filed papers to South Africa's Constitutional Court, appealing against his 13-year jail term for shooting dead his girlfriend, a lawyer for the victim's...

FG issues provisional licences to six new private universities

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:15 AM PST

The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday issued provisional licences to the six newly established private universities. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave the provisional...

Innoson Motors’ boss hired thugs to attack us, says EFCC

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:14 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the Founder and Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, allegedly hired six truckloads of thugs to attacks its operatives when they went...

Ikoyi cash: Buhari says more sanctions coming for culprits

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 07:12 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said all those found culpable in the case of large amounts of foreign and local currencies recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a...

EFCC arrests Innoson Motors CEO, Innocent Chukwuma

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 05:55 AM PST

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Innoson Group, Innocent Chukwuma, has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The development was made public in...

Jonathan’s ex-aide, Omokri reacts to Osinbajo’s claim that he, Buhari are poorly paid

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 04:31 AM PST

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday reacted to a statement credited to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo that he and President Muhammadu Buhari are poorly...

Nigeria only African country currently issuing biometric visa — Official

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 03:09 AM PST

Nigeria is currently the only African country issuing biometric visa, according to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mr Abubakar Magaji. Magaji stated this at the 2017...

‘The Wedding Party 2’ rakes in N73m in 3-days

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 03:06 AM PST

Nigeria's blockbuster movie "The Wedding Party 2-Destination Dubai," has made over 73 million naira on its opening weekend, its producers said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the movie was...

Donald Trump banned from entering UK town

Posted: 19 Dec 2017 01:54 AM PST

Donald Trump has been banned from entering the United Kingdom town of Greenwich by the Councillors. Reuters reports that the Councillors in Greenwich, have voted to bar Trump from the borough ahead...

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