Thursday, 25 July 2019

NigerianEye: “I didn’t snub EFCC’s invitation - Okorocha” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I didn’t snub EFCC’s invitation - Okorocha” plus 29 more

I didn’t snub EFCC’s invitation - Okorocha

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:43 PM PDT

Ex-Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha has described claim by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he spurned series of its invitations as misleading and an attempt to justify the...

Female senator calls nominee handsome during ministerial screening

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:41 PM PDT

Senator representing Anambra Central, Uche Lilian Ekwunife, during the ministerial screening at the Senate on Thursday asked a nominee, Abdullahi Hassan of Nasarawa State, what he would do as...

Presidency reacts to report on Leah Sharibu’s purported death

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:31 PM PDT

The Presidency has reacted to reports that Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted last year has been killed. Grace Taku, an aid worker with Non-Governmental Organisation, Action...

Has Leah Sharibu been killed as claimed by aid worker?

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 01:09 PM PDT

On Wednesday, TheCable obtained a video of of the aid workers who were kidnapped in Borno state last week. In the video, a victim identifiedas Grace appealed to the federal government and the...

‘I wanted to be a nun’ — ex-Nigerian adult movie star recounts regrets

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:07 PM PDT

Almost every Nigerian parent decries the relative ease with which their wards are exposed to sexually explicit content but not many makers of such materials have been bold enough to sensitize the...

Akwa Ibom Assembly suspends LG boss indefinitely over alleged assault

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:46 AM PDT

  The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly at the plenary on Thursday suspended the chairman of Abak LocalGovernment Area of the state over an alleged assault on one Mr Godwin Abraham. The video of...

Fani-Kayode reacts as snakes chase lawmakers out of plenary

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 02:09 PM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the appearance of three snakes at the hallowed chamber of the Ondo State Assembly...

Nigerian govt threatens to relocate FUTO, other institutions

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:42 AM PDT

  The Federal Government has threatened to relocate the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), and other government institutions experiencing crisis of land encroachment to other...

‘Dickson after my life’ — Bayelsa monarch petitions IGP

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:41 AM PDT

Amalate Turner, traditional ruler of Opume kingdom, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa, has accused Seriake Dickson, governor of the state, of threatening his life. In a petition, through his...

Reps move to criminalise open grazing over recurring threat to life

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:11 AM PDT

Apparently disturbed by incessant killings of innocent Nigerians, the House of Representatives on Thursday asked all the security agencies to ensure criminalization of open grazing considering the...

JUST IN: House committees increase from 96 to 109 as Gbajabiamila names chairpersons

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:27 AM PDT

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has named heads of the house standing committees. This is even as 13 additional committees have been set up, increasing the number from 96...

Excess smoking, alcohol could lead to hypertension -Doctor

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:24 AM PDT

Adekunle Adedeji, a medical doctor, has warned that excess consumption of tobacco, alcohol, sugar, salt and sauce could increase blood pressure, a condition known as hypertension. Adedeji, a senior...

Tottenham announce new £320m shirt deal with AIA

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 08:25 AM PDT

Tottenham announced on Thursday they had signed a new shirt sponsorship deal with AIA worth a reported £320 million ($400 million) over eight years. The Premier League club's deal with the life...

Ministerial nominee: I left PDP when it ‘was not doing well’, says Ngige

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 08:19 AM PDT

Former Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, on Thursday, revealed that he left his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party when it wasn't "doing well." He said this during his screening as a...

“They threatened to bury me alive,” -Man assaulted by LGA Chairman speaks

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 10:28 AM PDT

The artisan in Akwa Ibom assaulted in video clips that have gone viral has opened up on what happened. Read initial story here Godwin Abraham was flogged by two men said to be the aides to the...

Pandemonium in Ondo Assembly as three snakes chase lawmakers out of plenary

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:28 AM PDT

Pandemonium broke out at the Ondo State House of Assembly Complex on Thursday following the appearance of three snakes at the hallowed chamber of the Assembly complex. The snakes fell from the...

BREAKING: Togo nationals storm Lagos to protest against Gnassigbe’s government

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:12 AM PDT

Thousands of Togolese are presently protesting at Onikan, Lagos. The men and women, many of whom came from Togo for the protest, said they wanted an end to the government of Faure Gnassigbe, who is...

Senate asks ‘loyal’ ministerial nominee to ‘take a bow and go’

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:04 AM PDT

Abubakar Aliyu, ministerial nominee from Yobe state, was given a preferential treatment during the senate screening on Thursday. Shortly after he appeared before the senators, the nominee, who is the...

Video of massive estate EFCC allegedly traced to Okorocha’s wife

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:02 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, sealed off a massive estate allegedly traced to Nneoma Nkechi, wife of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha is...

Minority leader, Abaribe speaks on senate bending its rules

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 07:02 AM PDT

The Minority Leader of the Nigeria Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said on Thursday that the upper chamber had bent its rule of 'taking a bow and go' since the commencement of ministerial...

Students protest killings of Nigerians in South Africa

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:30 AM PDT

Some students drawn from higher institutions under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students in Benue State stormed major roads in Makurdi to protest the inhuman treatment meted out...

Sweden charges U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky with assault

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:23 AM PDT

U.S. rapper, A$AP Rocky, has been charged with assault in Sweden over his alleged involvement in a street brawl and is to remain in custody pending trial, the Swedish prosecutor's office said on...

‘Nigeria moving forward despite setbacks’ – Gowon

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:09 AM PDT

  Former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), has said Nigeria is moving forward despite the many internal and external setbacks rocking the nation. He stated this in Abuja on...

Saraki, others visit Tinubu in Abuja

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 06:01 AM PDT

  Ministerial nominees, Gbemisola Saraki, Sunday Dare and Olorunnimbe Mamora, Wednesday night, visited Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The trio met with...

Buhari, three governors, others jet out of Nigeria; to receive highest honour

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:57 AM PDT

  President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, depart Nigeria for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend the 172nd Independence anniversary celebrations of the country. Buhari will attend the ceremony as...

Senate confirms Sylva, Magashi, Aliyu, Shehuri for ministerial positions

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:55 AM PDT

The Nigerian Senate continued the screening of ministerial nominees presented to the upper chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari for approval on Thursday, with the confirmation of some nominees. ...

Our chronic debtors are ministers, lawmakers… it’s sad -AMCON

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:54 AM PDT

Ahmed Kuru, managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, says it is worrying that the chronic debtors that are behind the over N5trillion debt burden are ministers and members of...

FLASHBACK: In 2016, Buhari’s aide said Akpabio stashed $7.2bn in UAE

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 05:04 AM PDT

Bashir Ahmad, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media, has been criticised on social media for tweeting that Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, made the list of...

Photos of Okorocha private secretary’s hospital sealed by EFCC

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 04:45 AM PDT

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, sealed off a massive Specialist Hospital owned by Dr Paschal Obi, Principal Secretary (PS) to former Imo State Governor,...

Lookman joins RB Leipzig on permanent deal from Everton

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 03:58 AM PDT

Everton forward Ademola Lookman has joined RB Leipzig on a five-year contract, the two clubs announced on Thursday, in a deal worth a reported £22.5 million ($28 million). Lookman, 21, spent the...
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