Tuesday, 9 January 2018

NigerianEye: “World Bank predicts 2.5% growth for Nigeria in 2018” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “World Bank predicts 2.5% growth for Nigeria in 2018” plus 29 more


World Bank predicts 2.5% growth for Nigeria in 2018

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:37 PM PST

The World Bank forecasts that Nigeria's economic growth will edge up to at least 2.5 per cent this year, as the country benefits from improved commodity prices, investments and trade. According to...

Governor Wike offers N640 million bounty for the arrest of 32 cultists

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:35 PM PST

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has declared 32 cultists wanted in a state broadcast and asked the security agencies to go after them, putting a bounty of N20m each for information that could lead to...

Fulani herdsmen step-up attacks, kill two policemen

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:33 PM PST

The Fulani herdsmen have continued their bloody campaign. Two mobile policemen drafted to the trouble spot were reported to have been killed yesterday. Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom alleged...

Libya returnees protest non-payment of stipend

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:29 PM PST

The 373 Edo indigenes, who were among the 481 Nigerians returned from Libya on Sunday, are protesting the non-payment of stipend for their transportation back home. Among them are 73 women, some...

Naira appreciates to N359.38/$1

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 03:31 PM PST

The naira Tuesday recorded its biggest daily appreciation of N1.76 in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window.  Data from the Financial Market Dealers Quote (FMDQ) revealed that the...

VIDEO: Buhari's government will always protect Nigerians - Adesina

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 03:24 PM PST

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2019: PDP begins search for presidential candidate

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 09:02 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced profiling of its 2019 presidential aspirants in order to ‎have the best candidate at the party's primaries yet to be scheduled.   The party is...

Perm Sec settles with EFCC, forfeits N664m SURE-P fund

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:54 AM PST

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the serving Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Clement Onubuogo, to permanently forfeit to the Federal Government...

Herdsmen killings: NLC appeals to FG to urgently apprehend perpetrators

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:53 AM PST

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently apprehend the perpetrators of serial of killings around the country in the guise of herdsmen. Mr Ayuba Wabba,...

Benue massacre: Ortom rejects FG’s colony proposal

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:51 AM PST

Govenor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday rejected the Federal Government proposal of establishing colonies for cattle herders, insisting that the only option was establishment of ranches as it...

NLC set to protest workers sack by Kaduna Govt

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:50 AM PST

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba says the congress is set to protest against the sack of about 36,000 workers Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Wabba, who said this at a news...

Muslims vs Lagos: Hijab case lead counsel is dead

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:17 AM PST

The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has announced the death of the lead counsel on the long-running hijab case against Lagos State, Chief Gani Adetola-Kaseem (SAN).  Adetola-Kaseem,...

Maina: Explain why you are afraid of investigation – Senate tells Malami

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:08 AM PST

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, to explain to Nigerians why he is afraid of investigation into his involvement in the reinstatement of...

Messenger Collapses After Receiving El- Rufai’s Sack Letter

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:05 AM PST

A messenger, Malam Abubakar Shu'aibu, 45, of Government Secondary School, Aminu Marmara, Sabongari Zaria, Kaduna State, on Tuesday slumped into coma shortly after receiving his sack letter. A...

I Washed Dead Bodies To Survive As A Student Abroad — Gov. Ajimobi

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:05 AM PST

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday said that he washed dead bodies as a youth to pay his tuition fees while schooling abroad. Ajimobi said this at a South-West Youths Regional Summit in...

INEC swears in Mahmuda Isah as Resident Electoral Commissioner

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:56 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sworn in Dr Mahmuda Isah as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), bringing the total number of serving RECs in the commission to 25. Prof....

"Buhari to address restructuring in second term"

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:55 AM PST

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has stated that President Mohammadu Buhari would address the issue of political restructuring if he wins a second term in office by...

Four soldiers die as troops launch offensives against Boko Haram factions

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST

Troops from Nigeria and neighbouring countries have launched major offensives against the two Boko Haram factions and their leaders, the military said on Tuesday. Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad,...

Benue: Death toll from herdsmen, farmers clashes reaches 80

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST

Eighty people have been killed in Benue State since December 31 following clashes between cattle herders and farmers, said an emergency official Tuesday. "80 is the number we can say for now, the...

It’s unfair to insinuate that Buhari is condoning killings —Presidency

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:50 AM PST

The Presidency on Tuesday said it was unfair and unkind for anybody or group to keep insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari is condoning killings in Benue State and other parts of the...

Killers of Benue people not herdsmen – Miyetti Allah

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST

Othman Ngelzarma, the Secretary-General of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Othman Ngelzarma on Tuesday stressed that those who attacked Benue people are killers not...

Gov. Ortom speaks on dumping APC for PDP before 2019

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:35 AM PST

The Benue State Governor has reacted to reports suggesting that he was planning to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Following the incessant killings in Benue State by Fulani...

Obasanjo explains why he travelled to 97 countries as president

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:35 AM PST

Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has given insight into why he traveled to 97 countries during his tenure as president between 1999 and 2007. The former president disclosed that his forign...

Buhari mourns ex-Katsina governor, Madaki

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:45 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commiserated with the government and people of Niger State on the death of a former Governor of Katsina State, Col. John Yahaya Madaki, on Monday. In a...

Days of fuel scarcity are over, NNPC assures Nigerians

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:44 AM PST

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday assured Nigerians that there would no longer be fuel scarcity in the country. The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr Maikanti...

Strike: Kaduna state adamant on sacked teachers

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:42 AM PST

In spite of the on-going strike, Kaduna state government has continued with its recruitment to replace 25,000 teachers that failed primary four competency test. As teachers embarked on industrial...

Dino Melaye lambastes Gov Yahaya Bello over sack of workers

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:30 AM PST

The senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has berated Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello over the sack of over 1000 workers. In a statement issued by the lawmaker on...

STAY AT HOME! Buhari tells migrants

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:27 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged migrants to stay back home and find ways to improve their personal economies, instead of  daring  the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean...

I’m committed to security in Benue, Buhari tells Ortom

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:24 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he has assured the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, of his commitment to the security of lives and property in the state and other parts of the...

What I discussed with Buhari in Aso Rock on Benue herdsmen attack – Gov. Ortom

Posted: 09 Jan 2018 06:09 AM PST

Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, on Tuesday said the killing perpetrated by herdsmen in the State became worse due to "threat without action,"  Ortom said this while asking President...

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