Thursday, 22 February 2018

NigerianEye: “2019: President Buhari tells APC govs to give him more time to decide” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “2019: President Buhari tells APC govs to give him more time to decide” plus 29 more


2019: President Buhari tells APC govs to give him more time to decide

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:25 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening told state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress to give him more time to decide whether or not he would seek...

Oyegun working against me in APC —Tinubu

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:12 PM PST

The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has taken another dimension with the party's lead trouble shooter, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu accusing the national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun...

Why I like Mikel Obi – Siasia

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:32 PM PST

Former Super Eagles handler and ex-international, Samson Siasia on Thursday stated that there was nothing special in his love for the Super Eagles Captain, Mikel Obi. Siasia recently said Obi was...

Reordering of election: PDP backs NASS

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:25 PM PST

The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday threw its weight behind the National Assembly's move to rearrange the sequence of elections in the country. State Chairman...

Confusion over Yobe girls; angry parents stone gov

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:20 PM PST

The confusion trailing the attack on Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday continued yesterday, as some aggrieved residents of Dapchi,...

Dana Air incident: Stakeholders interrogate Aviation agencies’ culpability

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:18 PM PST

As Nigeria Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, on Wednesday  dispatched two of its investigators to Port Harcourt International Airport to commence investigation into the Dana Air plane incident...

Boko Haram hits Chad, Cameroon, kills 7

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:17 PM PST

A day after attacking Dapchi Girls School in Yobe, Nigeria, Boko Haram terrorists killed five civilians and two soldiers in Cameroon and Chad. "A group of Boko Haram fighters made an incursion...

National Assembly lacks power to fix election dates - Falana

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:13 PM PST

Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has conducted the general elections on a two-tier or three-tier basis. Even though the national...

HMOs fault NHIS boss reinstatement, sue Buhari, AGF

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:05 PM PST

The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar...

US condemns Dapchi schoolgirls’ abduction

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:03 PM PST

The United States of America has strongly condemned the abduction of scores of schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Spokesperson...

Petrol queues may not disappear soon - Kachikwu

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 10:01 PM PST

The queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, in some parts of the country may not go away soon, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said on Thursday. He,...

‘You’re Sabotaging My Assignment’ — Tinubu Letterbombs Oyegun

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:58 AM PST

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a scathing letter to the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, accusing him of sabotage. TheCable...

Shocker as Nigerian government claims it spent N65 million on website

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:03 AM PST

Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, has claimed it spent N65 million building a website. A review of the 2017 budget performance of the OSGF revealed that N65 million...

BREAKING: 2 Dapchi schoolgirls killed in rescue operation, 13 still missing

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST

Two dead bodies of the missing Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, in Yobe state, have been recovered by the Nigerian military during rescue operation on...

‘Elephants’ll seize ballot boxes in 2019’ — Nigerians react to ‘N70m carted away by monkeys’

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:05 AM PST

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, stirred controversy at the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday when he said monkeys carted away N70 million from senators' farmhouse. He spoke...

Yobe governor visits Dapchi, says no girl rescued

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:02 AM PST

Ibrahim Gaidam, governor of Yobe state, says none of the students of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, in captivity of suspected Boko Haram insurgents, has been...

Senator protests Adamu’s sacking as caucus chair

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:45 AM PST

Lawmaker representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili, on Thursday protested against the removal of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum without the...

Shehu Sani speaks on governorship ambition, blasts El- Rufai

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 09:05 AM PST

Shehu Sani,senator representing Kaduna Central has spoken on his perceived ambition to be next Kaduna governor. Sani debunked claims that his constant criticism of El- Rufai's government was born...

National Assembly’s reorder of elections undermines INEC’s independence – Jega

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:56 AM PST

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has questioned the power of the National Assembly to alter the order of the 2019 elections  Jega...

Senate reveals Nigerian govt paid ransom for release of Chibok girls

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:54 AM PST

The Senate has hinted that the Nigerian government paid ransom to secure the release of some of the Chibok girls kidnapped in April 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists.  This was revealed on...

2018 UTME: Blind candidates to write exam by ‘dictation’ – JAMB

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:43 AM PST

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said the examination mode for blind candidates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was likely to be conducted by dictation, as was...

Fayose expresses concern over missing Yobe school girls

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:40 AM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has expressed concern over the reported abduction of 94 pupils of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, appealing to the federal...

Killings: Farmers, herdsmen adopt ceasefire agreement in Adamawa

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:02 AM PST

Farmers and herdsmen in Adamawa have agreed to cease hostilities in order to give chance for a Peace and Reconciliation Committee to work out a lasting solution to the conflict between them in the...

Corruption: TI report has vindicated us – PDP

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:01 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the latest report by Transparency International (TI) showing that corruption has worsened under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has...

Banks must settle customers’ complaints within two weeks – CBN

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 08:00 AM PST

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks and other financial institutions to settle customers' complaints on issues of overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters within two...

Don’t treat Dapchi pupils like Chibok girls, Senate tells FG

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:52 AM PST

The Senate has warned against treating the Boko Haram attack on Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, like the case of the Chibok girls. The warning followed the adoption of a...

Sani Usman replaced as army spokesman

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:07 AM PST

Sani Usman, a brigadier-general, has been replaced as spokesman of the Nigerian Army. Usman is currently attending a senior executive course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic...

What I discussed with INEC boss behind closed doors – Fayose

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:03 AM PST

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, together with the...

‘I will run for president in 2019’ — Fela Durotoye joins Alliance for New Nigeria

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST

Fela Durotoye, a consulting guru, leadership coach and public speaker, says he will be running for president, come 2019. The 46-year-old declared his intentions on Thursday, adding that he has...

APC NWC reaches decisions on crisis rocking Kaduna chapter

Posted: 22 Feb 2018 06:45 AM PST

The National Working Committee, NWC, members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have take some decisions on the crisis rocking the Kaduna state chapter of the party.  This was contained in...

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