Tuesday, 18 June 2019

NigerianEye: “Nigerian soldiers not committed enough to fight Boko Haram - Army Chief, Buratai” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerian soldiers not committed enough to fight Boko Haram - Army Chief, Buratai” plus 29 more

Nigerian soldiers not committed enough to fight Boko Haram - Army Chief, Buratai

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:15 PM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has lamented that some officers and men's insufficient commitment is affecting the success of the counter-insurgency operations in the...

Son of the minister of health kidnapped by armed gunmen

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:14 PM PDT

Some unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening abducted Dayo Adewole, who is the son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole. The military, the police, security agents and local...

Robbers stole N6.8 million at Kano zoo, not a Gorilla — Ganduje

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:06 PM PDT

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday dismissed reports that a gorilla swallowed N6.8m from a zoo in the state. He stated that the zoo in question had no gorilla among its...

Professor warns against consumption of roadside food

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 08:03 PM PDT

A professor of Food Technology at the Department of Food Science and Human Ecology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Folake Henshaw, has warned against patronising roadside...

REVEALED: Know the 64 traffic offences in Lagos

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:59 PM PDT

With indications that the new Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration wants to enforce the traffic law, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority(LASTMA) has rolled out the 64 offences in the statute...

US embassy in Nigeria under-fire over alleged reports of visa denial to Nigerian students

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:53 PM PDT

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has come under criticism after denying a report it had stopped issuing student visas to Nigerians. The embassy, through its verified Twitter handle...

Tragedy averted as NNPC gas pipeline explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:47 PM PDT

Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as a gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation exploded on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the incident, which caused...

Sanwo-Olu reverses Ambode’s movement of drainage services to PWC

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 01:34 PM PDT

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered that the Department of Drainage Services hitherto moved to the Public Works Corporation, PWC, be reverted to the Ministry of the Environment. The...

Kano corruption agency speaks on Ganduje’s probe, bribery videos

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 01:20 PM PDT

Head of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, Magaji Ramindado, has explained why the agency has not opened probe on Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Last October, three videos...

You don’t have capacity to govern – Catholic Bishop tells Buhari

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 01:21 PM PDT

 Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Mathew Manoso Ndagoso has said that the current administration has shown that it cannot lead Nigerians out of hunger and insecurity. He noted...

Jega speaks on INEC server controversy

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:45 AM PDT

Former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has denied making a statement on the existence of a server during his time as head of the commission. Mr Jega, in a...

Sanwo-Olu backpedals says, I never said I’ll solve Apapa gridlock in 60 days

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:35 AM PDT

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has backpedaled on his words to solve Apapa gridlock in 60 days, saying he never said so and that he was being misquoted. Addressing State House...

80-year-old Alaafin of Oyo shows he is still strong as he displays his flexibility (PHOTO)

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:32 AM PDT

The 80-year-old ruler is not deterred by his age as he shows his strength and flexibility in a new photo where he is seen doing some acrobatic stunts. The traditional ruler is seen decked in the...

'Yahoo yahoo' boy recounts how he fell in love with his victim, says she'll pay my groom price

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 10:26 AM PDT

A certain Nigerian man by name Charley Kay has shared his story about how he met the love of his life while trying out internet fraud popularly called yahoo-yahoo. According to him, the young...

Man shares how Fulani herdsmen rescued him from kidnappers in Ondo bush

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 09:57 AM PDT

A Nigerian, simply identified as Adenrele, with the Twitter handle @blastedup, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of some suspected kidnappers on his way to his village in Ondo state. Kidnapping...

Buhari signs Polytechnic amendment, another bill into law

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 09:40 AM PDT

President Muhammmadu Buhari on Tuesday signed two bills into law. Buhari assented the Polytechnic Act Amendment Bill as well as the National Institute for Security Bill. Recall that the Academic...

Buhari doesn’t need to consult us before choosing ministers -APC Governors

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 09:38 AM PDT

Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) say the composition of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet is an executive decision that does not require their input. Atiku Baguda, governor...

Police arrest four over N6.8m allegedly swallowed by gorilla at Kano zoo

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 09:08 AM PDT

The Kano State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it has arrested four suspects in connection to the case of a gorilla, which allegedly swallowed N6.8 million at Kano Zoological Gardens. Spokesman of...

My wife is a street fighter, man tells court

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 08:34 AM PDT

An Ibadan-based tyre dealer, Moruf Gbolagade, on Tuesday, told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that he consented to part ways with his estranged wife, Sekinat, because "she is a street...

No gorilla in Kano zoo, says Ganduje on missing N6.8m

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 08:05 AM PDT

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says there is no gorilla in the state-owned zoo where it was alleged that N6.8 million was swallowed by the animal. An official of the Kano Zoological...

Nigeria loses 300,000 tonnes of sugar to smugglers annually – Dangote

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:59 AM PDT

Nigeria is currently losing at least 300,000 tonnes of sugar to smuggling annually, the Chairman, Dangote Group, Alh. Aliko Dangote has said. He made this known during the Dangote Sugar Annual...

Discussions ongoing to resolve dispute with Emir of Kano -Ganduje

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:37 AM PDT

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says discussions are ongoing to resolve the crisis between him and Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano. He disclosed this while briefing state house...

REVEALED: Nigerian who vandalised cars in London is an ex-convict

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:34 AM PDT

Fresh details have emerged about Jeffrey Ewohime, a UK-based Nigerian who destroyed vehicles belonging to diplomats in London on Monday. Ewohime had vandalised seven vehicles at the Nigerian high...

Lawan makes first appointments as Senate President

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:32 AM PDT

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has appointed Babagana Muhammad Aji and Festus Adedayo as his Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity respectively. This was contained in a...

PDP slams contempt charge against INEC

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:28 AM PDT

  The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in a war of wits with the opposition PDP as the party has now filed a petition before the Governorship...

Fayose’s former aide gets six months jail term over land in Ekiti

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:59 AM PDT

An Ado Ekiti Magistrates' Court has sentenced a former Chairman of Ado Local Government Area, Mr Taye Fasuba, to six months imprisonment over unlawful entry into a land and malicious damage to...

Apostle Suleiman Set To Float His Own Airline

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:38 AM PDT

Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Suleiman, has taken to his Twitter page to announce that he is ready to float his own airline. The clergyman is reportedly amongst the first five...

PHOTO: Five Nigerians arrested in Ghana for raping a lady in her husband’s presence

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:30 AM PDT

Five Nigerians who raped a woman in the course of their robbery operation at Community 25 in Tema have been arrested by the Prampram Divisional Police Command.   The suspects were...

Donald Trump kicks Chief of Staff out of his office for coughing (VIDEO)

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:27 AM PDT

US President, Donald Trump, has been filmed ordering his chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, out of the Oval Office for interrupting an interview with his coughing. ABC News was recording an interview...

Buhari, APC Governors, others meet in Aso Rock

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:25 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum behind closed doors. The meeting which is holding at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa,...
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