Thursday, 22 August 2019

NigerianEye: “Landlady raped to death by tenant in Ekiti” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Landlady raped to death by tenant in Ekiti” plus 29 more


Landlady raped to death by tenant in Ekiti

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 03:53 PM PDT

A commercial motorcyclist has reportedly raped his landlady to death in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. The shocking incident occurred on Thursday at Olorunda area of the state. It was gathered...

Air Force Jets strike Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 03:32 PM PDT

The Nigerian Air Force on Wedneday said it has conducted air strikes in Bula Bello on the fringes of Sambisa forest killing scores of Boko Haram terrorists and destroying their structures. Its...

Policemen who killed Lagos phone thieves remanded in prison

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 03:18 PM PDT

The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed the four policemen who killed two suspected phone thieves in the Igando area of the state. The police spokesperson, Bala Elkana, on Thursday said they...

'How can you make a 27-year-old boy a commissioner?' - PDP asks Oyo governor

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 02:50 PM PDT

For several hours on Thursday, leaders of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party protested the nomination of 27-year-old Seun Fakorede as commissioner at the screening session of the...

80 Nigerians arrested in one of the largest cases of fraud in US history

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 03:21 PM PDT

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has arrested many Nigerians in an ongoing investigation related to fraud cases. At a press conference monitored on Thursday, Nick...

NYSC members, N-Power beneficiaries may be recruited as community policemen

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 01:37 PM PDT

The National Economic Council says plans are underway to engage N-Power beneficiaries and National Youth Service Corps members in community policing. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State disclosed...

Justice Ministry to now vet contracts before FG signs —Malami

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 01:04 PM PDT

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has said that, henceforth, the Ministry of Justice will vet certain categories of contracts before any Federal...

Saboteurs among security operatives prolonging insurgency -Police

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 11:05 AM PDT

Dolapo Badmus, public relations officer for zone 2 police command, has accused security operatives of sabotaging the fight against insurgency. Badmus said this on Thursday while reacting to the...

Why I gave Kaduna, Kano two ministerial slots – Buhari

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 10:28 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he gave Kano and Kaduna States two ministerial slots because of the number of votes he got during the election. NAN reports that Buhari stated this during...

Presidential tribunal: Buhari wins in court

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 10:03 AM PDT

The Presidential Election on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 election. NAN reports...

BREAKING: FG moves to recover N614bn budget support to states

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 10:01 AM PDT

The federal government is on the verge to recover the sum of N614 billion advanced to 35 states as budget support facility. Zainab Ahmed, finance minister, said this at the end of the national...

Pantami charges ministry workers on hardwork

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:42 AM PDT

The Minister of Communication, Dr. Isah Pantami, on Wednesday charged the members of staff of the ministry to work hard, take their duties seriously and shun tribalism. Pantami gave the charge while...

2023: Signals of rapid decline of the Asiwaju

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:34 AM PDT

When a man adjudged to be a demi God gets to the peak of his chosen carreer definitely the law of diminishing returns sets in. The Asiwaju  Oba of Lagos, Senator Bola Tinubu is one man rapidly...

Obamas make Hollywood movie debut with ‘American Factory’

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:24 AM PDT

Barack and Michelle Obama made their Hollywood debut on Wednesday with a documentary set in industrial Ohio that film reviewers are calling compelling and timely. "American Factory," the story of...

My administration has invested N1.3trn on Education – President Buhari

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 08:55 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has so far invested about N1.3 trillion towards the development of the education sector in the past four years excluding funds spent on overhead and...

How gunmen abducted APC lawmaker in Sokoto —Police

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 08:52 AM PDT

The Police in Sokoto State have detailed how a member of the state House of Assembly, Aminu Bodai, was abducted by gunmen in Bodai village of Dange/Shuni Local Government Area of the state. The...

Senior citizens protest appointment of 27-year-old commissioner in Oyo

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 08:45 AM PDT

Senior citizens in Oyo state have protested the appointment of 27-year-old Seun Fakorede as a commissioner in the state. The protest was held at the state house of assembly in Ibadan, the state...

Why we shut Benin Republic, Seme Border —Customs

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 07:34 AM PDT

Many travellers and vehicles were stranded for hours on Thursday at Seme border post following restriction of movement around the country's frontier with Benin Republic. A News Agency of Nigeria...

INEC office burnt, houses destroyed as Boko Haram hits Borno town

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 07:24 AM PDT

Thousands of people have been displaced in Gubio, a town in Borno state, following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Sources said the insurgents invaded the town around 5pm on Wednesday....

20 days in DSS pits of silence: We must not forget Sowore

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 07:20 AM PDT

By Fredrick Nwabufo It has been 20 weary days since Omoyele Sowore was taken into a hovel of silence by the DSS. The outrage over his abduction and detention is tapering off; dissolving with every...

Gunmen kill ex-police officer, traditional ruler, three others in Imo

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 06:58 AM PDT

Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Thursday unleashed horror on Ilile, a riverine community, in Ohaji-Egbema Council Area of Imo State, killing five persons and injuring many others. Among those...

Toyin Abraham reveals the name of her newborn son

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 06:37 AM PDT

Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham has revealed the name of her newborn son. The actress, who recently welcomed her first child with actor, Kolawole Ajeyemi, said their child's name is Ire, which means...

Senator Abbo sues Facebook user for calling him 'gay', 'idiot', 'bootlicker' and 'HIV Patient'

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 06:33 AM PDT

Nurudeen Kama, a former aide to former Adamawa State governor, Jibrilla Bindow, is in hot water over alleged defamatory posts made about Senator Elisha Cliff Abbo (Adamawa North - PDP). The emergence...

My task as Niger Delta minister – Akpabio

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 06:19 AM PDT

The newly appointed Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has pledged his commitment to ensuring effective development in the Niger Delta region, especially in the area of...

I paid Army captain who ordered Taraba police killings – kidnap kingpin, Wadume confesses

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:33 AM PDT

Hamisu Wadume, the re-arrested Taraba kidnapper, has confessed that the Army captain who ordered the killings of policemen during his first arrest, works for him. The captain allegedly ordered...

Oshiomhole talks tough as APC begins preparation for Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:29 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, inaugurated two screening committees to examine and scrutinise aspirants contesting for the party's governorship primaries on August 29. National...

Hoodlums kidnap Sokoto lawmaker

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:21 AM PDT

The member representing Denge/Shuni State Constituency at the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Magaji Bodai, has been kidnapped. A close relation of the lawmaker said that he was kidnapped by...

Ex-Super Falcons player, Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine dies

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:15 AM PDT

The Nigeria Football Federation, on Thursday, announced the death of a former Super Falcons player, Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine. NFF said that Chiejine died on Wednesday, after a brief...

REVEALED: German police identify four of Ekweremadu’s attackers

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:15 AM PDT

Four of the people that attacked Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, in Nuremberg, Germany, have been identified by the Bavaria police. Ekweremadu, a serving senator from Enugu state, was...

Buhari appointed EFCC guests as ministers – Timi Frank

Posted: 22 Aug 2019 05:14 AM PDT

Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank has said that the corrupt pedigree of some personalities that now populate...

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