Monday, 19 August 2019

NigerianEye: “How my match-fixing skills made Nigeria qualify for 2010 World Cup - Wilson Raj Perumal” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “How my match-fixing skills made Nigeria qualify for 2010 World Cup - Wilson Raj Perumal” plus 29 more

How my match-fixing skills made Nigeria qualify for 2010 World Cup - Wilson Raj Perumal

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:46 PM PDT

As we still ponder upon FIFA's life ban on ex-Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, for bribery and match manipulation, the country's football community have been jolted again with a viral video, where...

Ekweremadu’s attack in Germany shows Nigeria is one of the safest places in the world – Buhari's aide

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 06:57 PM PDT

Following the attack on the deputy senate president, Dr Ike Ekweremadu, by the proscribed People of Biafra, IPOB, the social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Lauretta Onochie on Monday...

Alleged Fraud & Corruption: World Bank blacklists six Chinese firms in Nigeria

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 07:05 PM PDT

The World Bank has blacklisted six Chinese companies currently operating in Nigeria over alleged fraud and corruption. The companies, according to an announcement published on the World Bank's...

Challenges I face representing Nigeria - Blessing Okagbare

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:58 PM PDT

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare has expressed discomfort with the challenges she's confronted in a bid to represent Nigeria at international competitions. She said this in a video interview granted to...

Nigeria asks Germany to prosecute Ekweremadu’s attackers

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 07:05 PM PDT

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has called on German authorities to unmask the identity of and try the August 17 attackers of Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany. In a statement on Monday in...

FIRS boss, Babatunde Fowler blames revenue shortfall on recession

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 06:32 PM PDT

Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Babatunde Fowler, has blamed the drop in the price of crude oil and recession for the shortfall recorded in actual tax collections from 2015 to...

Oyo state governor picks 27-year-old as commissioner

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 06:22 PM PDT

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has nominated a 27-year-old graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Seun Fakorede, as a commissioner. He bagged a civil engineering degree from the OAU in...

'Yahoo-Yahoo CEO' Obinwanne Okeke awaits grand jury indictment

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:45 PM PDT

The latest about the Forbes Africa celebrated Nigerian businessman Obinwanne Okeke, now in prison in the United States is that his case has been sent to a federal grand jury for a formal indictment...

Pogba misses penalty as Wolves hold Manchester United

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 07:23 PM PDT

Paul Pogba missed a second-half penalty as Manchester United once again left Molineux disappointed after being held to a draw by Wolves. On the ground where they were beaten twice in 17 days last...

REVEALED: Real reason why Lagos Assembly dropped Sanwo-Olu’s three cabinet-nominees

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:48 PM PDT

The three cabinet-nominees not confirmed on Monday by the House of Assembly were victims of high-wired politics. A party source said the Assembly could not resist the pressure to deny them...

I’ve forgiven my attackers, they were under the influence of drugs and alcohol — Ekweremadu

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:38 PM PDT

A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, returned to the country on Monday and declared that he would not be seeking punishment for his attackers because he had forgiven...

37 FRSC officials arrested for extorting money from motorists

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:42 PM PDT

Thirty-seven officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps were arrested by the Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for extorting money...

Military Invasion: Court orders CBN to pay Benue communities ₦8 Billion as damages

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:28 PM PDT

The Federal High Court, on Monday, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately pay the sum of ₦8 billion to Tiv communities in Benue invaded by soldiers sometime in year 2001. The News...

UNIMAID denies congratulating lecturer parading controversial Physics award

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:17 PM PDT

The authorities of the University of Maiduguri have said that they did not issue a congratulatory letter to one of their lecturers, Dr. Yakubu Nura, who claimed to have won a global award in...

Villagers feared killed in bandits’ attack hours after Buhari left Katsina

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 12:11 PM PDT

Some villagers have been killed by armed bandits who raided Tsayau in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred on Sunday, hours after President Muhammadu Buhari returned to...

Ekweremadu – Lessons from IPOB attack in Nuremberg by Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 11:32 AM PDT

Some villagers have been killed by armed bandits who raided Tsayau in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred on Sunday, hours after President Muhammadu Buhari returned...

Embassy in Germany confirms Ekweremadu's attackers may be imprisoned

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 11:17 AM PDT

The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has said those who attacked former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will be prosecuted under German laws. Members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of...

Five Nigerian schoolgirls create app to finance education of poor children

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 11:11 AM PDT

A group of five Nigerian schoolgirls working as team 'Brain Squad' have created an application that would help finance the education of poor children "across the world". The members of the group...

Isabella Oshodin charged with N22.9 Billion money laundering

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:45 AM PDT

Isabella Oshodin Mrs. Isabella Oshodin and Bob Oshodin Organisation Ltd were charged on Monday with laundering a total of N22.9 billion being money received from Colonel Sambo Dasuki, when he was...

BREAKING: Lagos Assembly rejects 3 of Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet nominees

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:26 AM PDT

Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday rejected three of the cabinet nominees presented to it for approval by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Those rejected include Mr. Ajayi Bembe, Mr. George Obafemi...

FIRS boss replies Kyari, says recession, oil price affected tax revenue

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:28 AM PDT

The recession experienced by the Nigerian economy in 2016 as well as lower oil prices affected the revenue collected by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) between 2015 and 2018, Tunde Fowler,...

Be prepared for laborious days, Buhari tells incoming ministers

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:12 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised incoming ministers to be prepared for laborious days ahead.  Buhari spoke at the presidential retreat for ministers-designate and presidential aides at the...

Ekweremadu returns to Nigeria after IPOB assault in Germany

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 10:12 AM PDT

Ike Ekweremadu, immediate past Deputy Senate President, has returned to Nigeria. He was assaulted by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. The...

Esther wins #BBNaija Head of House for the second time

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:45 AM PDT

The Big Brother Naija reality TV show continues with more fun and twists from the housemates. Last Sunday Live eviction show saw another two housemates evicted from the show. Joe and Enkay were...

Falana shut out as Police seal venue for #RevolutionNow summit in Lagos

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:36 AM PDT

Police, Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS) operatives on Monday sealed off the venue of a symposium where Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, and...

Presidency denies knowledge of HoS, Oyo-Ita’s resignation, retirement

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:29 AM PDT

The Presidency on Monday declared that it was not aware of the purported move of the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, to retire from service. Recall that the Economic and...

C’River REC resignation: PDP demands immediate ‘clean up’ of INEC

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 08:59 AM PDT

Following the resignation of Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River, Mr Frankland Briyai to join partisan politics, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for a clean up of the...

FIRS boss not under any probe -Presidency

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 08:52 AM PDT

The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, is not under any investigation, the Nigerian presidency said 'categorically' today, denying the imputations spurred by a query...

Ask EFCC to return my $40m jewellery – Diezani begs court

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 08:49 AM PDT

Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, has approached the court to secure the release of her jewellery worth $40 seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

I am Abuja’s first class runs girl – Bobrisky boasts

Posted: 19 Aug 2019 09:03 AM PDT

Nigerian Internet personality, Okuneye Idris Olarewaju, popularly known as  Bobrisky, is never far from controversy. He recently posted a picture of herself on Instagram. When queried by a...
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