Tuesday, 6 February 2018

NigerianEye: “I will not tolerate barbaric attacks from Fulani herdsmen - Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I will not tolerate barbaric attacks from Fulani herdsmen - Buhari” plus 29 more


I will not tolerate barbaric attacks from Fulani herdsmen - Buhari

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:17 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged victims of herdsmen attacks not to engage in reprisals. He reassured the people of the Northcentral, who are mostly at the receiving end of the...

Fayose blasts police for calling Benue Governor a “drowning man”

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:17 PM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the comment made on Channels Television Sunrise Daily today, by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO); Mr. Jimoh Moshood, describing the...

I sympathise with tribunal chairman - Saraki says sarcastically

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:18 PM PST

Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki yesterday sarcastically expressed sympathy for Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman Danladi Umar over his alleged travail in the hand of the Economic and...

Nigeria deserves better leadership - Obasanjo

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:18 PM PST

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo reaffirmed his anti-President Muhammadu Buhari battle yesterday in Lagos when he said only a popular movement can enthrone a progressive leadership required to make...

Chrisland School supervisor rapes 2 year-old pupil

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:22 PM PST

A supervisor at Chrisland School in Victoria Garden City in Lekki Lagos raped a two-year-old pupil several times. An ex-social worker, Miss Gloria Chinoyera said this today in a testimony at the...

UNIBEN rusticates five students for leading protest

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:09 PM PST

The management of the niversity of Benin, UNIBEN, has rusticated five members of the Students Union Government, SUG, for leading a protest over increase in tuition, hostel fee and acceptance fee for...

10,000 operatives provide security for Buhari’s visit to Nasarawa

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 04:07 PM PST

Over 10,000 security operatives comprising army personnel, police, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Immigration Service and other agencies were deployed in strategic areas for the...

JAMB extends 2018 UTME registration

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 03:03 PM PST

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has extended registration for 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board which announced the extension in a statement,...

Benue Government releases timeline of herdsmen attacks

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 11:37 AM PST

The Benue State government has finally revealed the timeline of attacks on its people by suspected Fulani herdsmen between 2013 and 2017. The state government said between 2013, when the...

Reps Divided Over Move To Intervene In Metuh’s Trial

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 11:37 AM PST

Lawmakers of the house of representatives were divided on Tuesday over a motion seeking to intervene in the ongoing trial of Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party Party...

Man drowns while baptising church member

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 09:01 AM PST

The police are investigating a case following the death of a middle-aged man who drowned during baptism in Blood River village in South Africa. Limpopo Police spokesperson, Col. Moatshe Ngoepe,...

2018 FIBA: D’Tigress to battle Turkey, Argentina, Australia

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:59 AM PST

Nigeria's national female basketball team, D'Tigress, has been drawn in Group B alongside Turkey, Argentina and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup scheduled for Tenerife in Spain. The...

Nasarawa killings fueled by 2019 calculations, Maku tells Buhari

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:57 AM PST

Former Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his visit to Nasarawa state to enforce the peace in warring parts of the state by calling politicians to...

Defend yourselves against killer herdsmen, Ortom tells Benue people

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:56 AM PST

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has advised the people of the state to adopt any lawful means to defend themselves from bloodthirsty herdsmen attacking parts of the state. He lamented that the...

PDP blasts Buhari’s visit to Nasarawa

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:51 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a swipe on President Muhammadu Buhari over Tuesday's visit to Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. The party said failing to pay a condolence visit to the...

President Buhari inaugurates special school for physically challenged persons

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:48 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the Comprehensive Special School, Lafia established by the Nasarawa State Government to cater for the educational needs of physically challenged...

Herdsmen, bandits’ attacks won’t be tolerated - Buhari

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:46 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said his administration would not tolerate further attacks by suspected herdsmen and other bandits. While urging all Nigerians to refrain from attacks, he said...

FLASHBACK: In 2016, EFCC cleared CCT chairman of fraud — what changed?

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST

Two years ago, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) cleared Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), of allegations of fraud levelled against him. A group called...

Senate, Reps announce position on order of 2019 election

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST

The Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed on the order of the 2019 general elections. The concurrence was announced Tuesday afternoon by both chambers of the National Assembly at a...

How Igbo man defeated Boko Haram for us – Gov. Shettima

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:39 AM PST

The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has revealed that the destruction of the dens of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest was made possible by an Igbo man. The Governor said this during a town...

Attempts to prosecute Afegbua over ‘Babangida’s statement’ illegal –Femi Falana

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 11:38 AM PST

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, on Tuesday described as illegal the planned prosecution of ex- President Ibrahim Babangida's media aide, Kassim Afegbua, over a controversial statement he issued on...

IBB’s media aide, Afegbua sues police for N1bn

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:21 AM PST

Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement.  Afegbua is also demanding...

FG moves to end herdsmen versus farmers clashes through Agric insurance products

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:20 AM PST

The Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed that it was working with a Kenyan firm to develop innovative insurance products for livestock in order to end the incessant herdsmen and farmers clashes...

Buhari’s government has failed – CAN declares

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:20 AM PST

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State Chapter on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to vote credible people and not criminals in 2019. Secretary of Kaduna State chapter of CAN, Rev Sunday...

Strip Uwazurike naked, give him 36 strokes anywhere you see him – Ohanaeze directs Ndigbo

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:26 AM PST

The Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, Monday, declared the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, persona-non-grata.  This came...

Osinbajo launches initiative to boost agriculture, power, others

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has launched the Economic and Growth Recovery Plan (ERGP) Focus Laboratories on power, agriculture and manufacturing to fast-track economic growth. Osinbajo said in...

Community police: Senate invites IG, seeks recommendations

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 07:43 AM PST

The lawmaker representing Osun West Senatorial District, Senator Ademola Adeleke, at the plenary on Tuesday moved his first motion at the Senate, leading to the invitation of the Inspector General of...

Four feared dead in tanker fire on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 07:41 AM PST

Four persons were feared dead as a loaded fuel tanker was hit by a container-laden truck and the tanker burst into flame. The accident, our correspondent gathered, occurred at Onigari Village,...

President Buhari appoints Tinubu to head APC reconciliation team

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 05:14 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building team as a measure towards improving cohesion within the All...

LASU shuts Anthony, Ojuelegba campuses, gives reasons

Posted: 06 Feb 2018 07:24 AM PST

The Lagos State University (LASU) says it has phased out external programmes at Ojuelegba and Anthony Village Campuses and is no longer in business with its former partners on the premises.  The...

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