Wednesday, 21 February 2018

NigerianEye: “Missing Pupils: 48 kidnapped schoolgirls found, 46 still missing, says Yobe govt” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Missing Pupils: 48 kidnapped schoolgirls found, 46 still missing, says Yobe govt” plus 29 more


Missing Pupils: 48 kidnapped schoolgirls found, 46 still missing, says Yobe govt

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:11 PM PST

Forty-eight of the missing 94 pupils of the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, have come out of hiding. The Yobe State Commissioner for Education, Mohammed Lamin, who stated...

Monkeys swallow N70 million belonging to Northern senators

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:06 PM PST

While Nigerians are puzzled by the tale of a snake swallowing N36 million in Benue JAMB office, it has been alleged that monkeys have taken N70 million belonging to the Northern Senators...

Nigerian Army rescues Yobe school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:07 PM PST

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls secondary school Dapchi in Yobe have been rescued by the army. Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, Director General to Yobe...

Christianity or Business?: Church allegedly fails to refund tithe paid in error

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 09:37 PM PST

In this recorded phone call conversation bewteen OAP Freeze and a man named Kenneth, Mr Kenneth 'allegedly' mistakenly paid N111,000 into his church account instead of N11,000 but the church (Gloria...

I will only return to that school if Buratai is the gateman - Released pupil vows

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 09:23 PM PST

The Boko Haram attack on Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, may have created a setback for the efforts to get girls to remain in schools in Yobe State. One of the pupils,...

My Wife Is Pregnant With Another Man’s Child – Husband

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:23 PM PST

Barely four years into his marriage, a Lagos businessman, Ismaila Ola, wants a customary court to dissolve the union, accusing his wife of being pregnant for another man. Ola told the Igando...

Mass sack looms at JAMB

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:17 PM PST

There are strong indications that many officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) found culpable in the misappropriation of public funds in their care will have their...

2 pupils die in Abuja after eating party biscuits

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:36 PM PST

The Police in the Federal Capital Territory have confirmed the death of two pupils of the Local Education Authority, Kubwa II School after eating biscuits at a party.  It was gathered that on...

Popular American evangelist, Billy Graham, dies at 99

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:11 PM PST

Reverend Billy Graham, the influential Southern preacher who became a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of Americans via their television sets, has died, his family said...

Assets declaration trial: Supreme court rejects FG appeal against Saraki

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 08:37 AM PST

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned indefinitely hearing of a Federal Government's appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja to strike out some charges brought against Senate...

Why we carry out frequent recruitment in the police – IGP

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 08:36 AM PST

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, explained Wednesday, that deaths, retirement as well as dismissal of some police personnel standing above 900,000 yearly, was responsible for frequent...

Trump mourns evangelist Billy Graham: ‘There was nobody like him’

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 08:03 AM PST

U.S. President Donald Trump is mourning Billy Graham as "a very special man," after the famed preacher's death at 99. "The GREAT Billy Graham is dead. There was nobody like him! He will be missed...

Yobe girls’ kidnap: FG plans national policy on safety, security in schools

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 07:59 AM PST

The Federal Government, Wednesday, stated that it is currently in consultations with stakeholders in the educational sector to develop a national policy on safety and security in schools across the...

Charlyboy leads protest to NNPC HQ over fuel scarcity

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 07:58 AM PST

Charles Oputa, a.k.a Charlyboy, on Wednesday led the `Ourmumudondo' group, on a peaceful protest to the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over lingering fuel scarcity...

INEC eight-member committee begins probe of underage voting

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 07:54 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced an eight-member committee headed by a National Commissioner, Abubakar Nahuche, to probe underage voting in the recently concluded local...

No lavish birthday celebration as Zimbabwe’s Mugabe turns 94

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:56 AM PST

Former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for decades, turned 94 on Wednesday, with no lavish celebrations like previous years. Reports say this will his...

Parents storm Yobe school, evacuate students over Boko Haram attack

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:51 AM PST

Parents of the students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe state, have started evacuating their children. This is as a result of the attack on the school by Boko Haram. Ninety-four...

After ‘bashing’ from Melaye, APC senator tenders apology for criticising amended timetable

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:49 AM PST

Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, has apologised for criticising the amended election timetable passed by the national assembly. Last week, the senate adopted the timetable...

Senate northern caucus replaces pro-Buhari lawmaker

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:49 AM PST

The northern senators forum has removed Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west, as its chairman. This was contained in a notice read on the floor of the senate by Ike Ekeweremadu,...

Court adjourns Dasuki’s case 22 March

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:42 AM PST

An FCT High Court, on Wednesday adjourned until March 22,  continuation of hearing in the case involving former National Security Adviser, retired Col Sambo Dasuki, pending outcome of judgment...

I see Buhari going the Jammeh, Mugabe, Zuma way – Reno

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:39 AM PST

The news that the South African President, Jacob Zuma was resigning with immediate effect came as a bolt of lightning on Wednesday the 14th of February. It was a Valentines Day special for all of...

Elections reorder: Senate northern caucus sacks Adamu

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:37 AM PST

The Northern Senators Forum has sacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu as it's chairman. He was replaced with Senator Aliyu Wamakko. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, made the announcement of...

Fuel scarcity to get worse as depot owners give FG 14-day ultimatum

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:32 AM PST

The nationwide fuel scarcity might get worse in two weeks, following the latest threat from depot owners.  On Tuesday, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria...

Abia Assembly set to pass anti-grazing bill

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:31 AM PST

Deputy speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly and the chairman, House Committee on Information, Rt. Hon.Cosmos Ndukwe, on Wednesday said the House would soon pass into law the anti-grazing bill...

North using cattle colony to Islamise Nigeria, Igbo wont accept it – Archbishop Chukwuma

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 05:31 AM PST

Bishop of the Enugu Ecclesiastical Province of Anglican Communion, Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma, has said no South East governor will be allowed to give land to terrorists in any guise.  He...

Teacher flogs student to death in Zamfara

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:21 AM PST

A teacher at Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State has allegedly flogged a student to death. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the...

Court orders defence counsel, Senator Abaribe to produce Nnamdi Kanu

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:17 AM PST

An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered counsel to the elusive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu', Ifeanyi Ejiofor to produce his client.  Justice Binta Nyako...

APC to hold chairmanship election Saturday

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:17 AM PST

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday confirmed that chairmanship election for its Cross River chapter would hold on Saturday. Deputy National...

APC Senate caucus crisis over election timetable deepens

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:05 AM PST

The division in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress caucus within the Senate deepened on Tuesday. This followed the Senate's resolution to query the lawmaker representing the Delta Central...

‘I inherited a broke country’ - Liberian president, Weah

Posted: 21 Feb 2018 04:04 AM PST

Liberia's new President George Weah on Tuesday pledged to fight corruption as he spoke about conditions in his "broke country" on the first day of an official visit to Paris. The former...

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