Friday, 25 January 2019

NigerianEye: “CJN Onnoghen’s suspension: Buhari’s action amounts to coup – Saraki” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “CJN Onnoghen’s suspension: Buhari’s action amounts to coup – Saraki” plus 29 more


CJN Onnoghen’s suspension: Buhari’s action amounts to coup – Saraki

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:32 PM PST

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari as a coup against democracy and a...

NBA slams Buhari, demands reversal of CJN’s suspension

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:32 PM PST

Paul Usoro, President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has slammed President Muhammadu's decision to suspend Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). In a statement posted on his...

Onnoghen’s suspension constitutional -Prof. Sagay

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:33 PM PST

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), on Friday said the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, is...

Security agencies traced millions of dollars to CJN -Buhari speaks on why he fired Onnoghen (FULL TEXT)

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:14 PM PST

Below is the text of the address by President Muhammadu Buhari on the suspension of Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria and swearing-in of the acting chief...

DOCUMENTS: How CCT ordered Onnoghen’s suspension

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:15 PM PST

On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), citing a ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The ruling was unknown to the public. But...

VIDEO: The moment Buhari swore in new CJN

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:28 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appointed Ibrahim Muhammad as acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). Muhammad was appointed after Buhari suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen, immediate past...

He admitted to the charges, S’Court set ‘corrupt’ people free…. five things Buhari said about Onnoghen

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:23 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, suspended Walter Onnoghen, the chief justice of the federation. This is coming two weeks after a civil society group, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data...

BREAKING: Trump announces deal to reopen US government

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:44 AM PST

United State of America President, Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal to reopen US government. Trump said a deal had been reached on legislation that would reopen the U.S. government through...

Atiku reacts to Onnoghen’s suspension says ‘dictatorship taken too far’

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:43 AM PST

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the suspension of Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), as dictatorship taken too far. President...

PDP kicks over suspension of Onnoghen

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 11:38 AM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected what it described as attempts by President Muhammadu Buhari to foist an illegal Chief Justice on the nation while the substantive Chief Justice of...

Buhari suspends Onnoghen, swears in Mohammed as new CJN

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:37 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen. This was disclosed by the President's media aide, Bashir Ahmad on his Twitter...

Why CJN Onnoghen was suspended – Presidency

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:45 AM PST

The Presidency has given reason the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen was suspended. Onnoghen was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Buhari's media aide,...

Brief Profile of new Acting CJN, Ibrahim Mohammed

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:38 AM PST

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday sworn-in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as the new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria,CJN, after the suspension of the former, Walter Onnoghen. Tanko...

PHOTOS: Buhari swear-in Acting CJN, Mohammed

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:37 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday sworn-in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed at the State House, Abuja. Below are the photos:

Buhari signs executive order allowing private companies to build federal roads

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:47 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed and an executive order allowing private companies to build federal roads in the country. The Executive Order 007 2019, signed by the president, is on Road...

NITDA releases new guidelines to regulate social media use

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 09:18 AM PST

The National Information Technology Agency, NITDA, has released new regulatory guidelines to regulate the use of social media in Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the country. This is in its...

Police arraign businesswoman for alleged N4.5m oil fraud

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:59 AM PST

A businesswoman, Clara Mbazue, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N4.4 million under false pretences. The accused, 35, appeared on a...

Another court upholds Zamfara APC primaries, asks INEC to accept candidates

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:44 AM PST

The Zamfara state high court sitting in Gusau, the state capital, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise candidates of a faction the All Progressives Congress...

FG, states, LGs share N649.19bn in December

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:43 AM PST

The Federal Government, states and local governments have shared N649.19bn as revenue for December 2018. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, who disclosed this on Friday in...

Police confirm death of officer in Osun bank robbery attack

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:35 AM PST

The Police Command in Osun on Friday, confirmed the death of one of its officers, an Inspector, during an attack on a commercial bank by gunmen in Ila-Orangun. Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the...

APC to Ndigbo: Atiku will use and dump you

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:18 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Igbo will not gain anything if Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is elected. The ruling party said this in...

Ex-Gov Jim Nwobodo speaks on Buhari govt after dumping APC (Full Text)

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 08:16 AM PST

Former Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo has spoken on his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Nwodo had early today dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, during a...

EFCC arraigns bank employees for alleged £100,000 fraud

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:44 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned three suspected fraudsters and their company before Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on two counts of...

NYSC DG urges corps member to be neutral, safety conscious

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:35 AM PST

Maj- Gen. Suleiman Kazaure , Director -General , National Youth Service Corps has advised corps members that would participate as ad - hoc staff during the general elections to be neutral and...

Buhari appoints new National Population Commission chairman

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:01 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appointed Hassan Bashir as the acting executive chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC). Bashir's appointment follows the end of the tenure of the...

APC has final say on 2023 presidency -Sullivan Chime

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 07:00 AM PST

Sullivan Chime, former governor of Enugu state, says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have the final say on the zone that gets the presidency in 2023. Chime said this while...

Transparency International describes TraderMoni as vote buying

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 06:47 AM PST

Transparency International in Nigeria has described the federal government's TraderMoni scheme as vote buying. Speaking on a Channels Television programme, Awwal Rafsanjani, chairman of the...

BREAKING: Ex-Gov Jim Nwobodo dumps APC, gives reasons

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 05:22 AM PST

Former Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, Friday, dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC. Nwobodo, who defected to the APC on the wake of the massive defection across the country,...

Banky W laments wrongly printed party logo (VIDEO)

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 05:20 AM PST

Popular musician Banky W, who is campaigning as the House of Reps candidate for the Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos state under the Modern Democratic Party has shared a grievance he noticed on...

INEC needs 11,000 security personnel for elections in Adamawa –REC

Posted: 25 Jan 2019 05:19 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will require 11,000 security personnel for the conduct of the 2019 general elections in Adamawa State. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in...

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