Tuesday, 26 November 2019

NigerianEye: “Presidency clears air on Jonathan’s role in Bayelsa poll” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Presidency clears air on Jonathan’s role in Bayelsa poll” plus 29 more

Presidency clears air on Jonathan’s role in Bayelsa poll

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 12:02 PM PST

The Presidency on Tuesday rebuffed the allegation that former President Goodluck Jonathan was pressured by President Muhammadu Buhari to support the governorship candidate of the All Progressives...

Alleged Fraud: Air Peace boss faces 105 years in jail if found guilty

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 11:57 AM PST

Allen Onyema, the Nigerian aviation executive who was recently accused by the United States of committing more than $21 million fraud, could spend up to 105 years in prison if convicted of a laundry...

VIDEO: New 'bleaching procedure' leaves Nigerians in shock

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 12:07 PM PST

Twitter users are reacting in disbelief after a shocking video showing a woman undergoing an extreme measure to bleach her skin surfaced online. In the video, the woman can be seen laying nearly...

African culture of respecting the elderly is being destroyed by Western civilization - Buhari

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 11:35 AM PST

President Buhari pleaded with the ECOWAS Parliament to create policies that will take care of the elderly in the society in his speech on Monday November 25, at the regional political and economic...

Court detains APC Chieftain over inciting posts against PDP

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 11:25 AM PST

A Gusau Upper Shariah Court 1, on Tuesday remanded a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmaliki, over alleged defamation and incitement. The defendant was...

27 million Nigerians infected with Hepatitis – WHO

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 10:20 AM PST

The World Hepatitis Eradication Project (Nigerian Commission), non-governmental organization (WHO), has called on the government and stakeholders in the health sector to step up campaigns on...

Don Jazzy shows off Mavin’s new headquarters for 37th birthday

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 09:27 AM PST

Creative entrepreneur and music producer, Don Jazzy has unveiled a new creative studio in Lekki, Lagos, to mark his 37th birthday. Don Jazzy made this known via social media on Tuesday, while...

Just in: Another Catholic priest kidnapped in Enugu

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 09:20 AM PST

The troubling trend of the kidnapping of Catholic priests in Enugu state rears its ugly head again as another was abducted Monday night. The priest whose name was given as Reverend Father Malachy...

Osinbajo recommends solution to tackle insurgency

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 09:18 AM PST

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for enhanced synergy and strategic security policy between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the war against terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria and...

Sanwo-Olu bans VIOs from operating in the morning

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 09:02 AM PST

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday banned the state's Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs, from operating during the morning period. The move is to curb traffic gridlock experienced...

Efforts to stop extradition of Air Peace boss begin

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:59 AM PST

A constitutional lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, to resist any extradition request against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Mr Allen...

CBN holds interest rate at 13.5%, says increased inflation expected

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:37 AM PST

The monetary committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced its decision to maintain the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate at 13.5%. Addressing journalists on...

Obasanjo states position on border closure, warns Benin republic

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:25 AM PST

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, urged Nigeria's west coast neighbour, Benin Republic, to change its ways for a harmonious bilateral relationship between the two countries. NAN...

Court grants Maina's son N60m bail

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:22 AM PST

The Federal High Court, on Tuesday, admitted Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-pension reform boss, to bail in the sum of N60 million. NAN reports that Justice Okon Abang, who gave the...

DSS arrests ‘notorious kidnapper’ of Justice Nwosu-Iheme

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:11 AM PST

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Stanley Onoriode Ekemaye, described as a "notorious kidnap kingpin" who allegedly masterminded the abduction of Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, a judge with...

‘$1m scam’: EFCC arrests controller of Kirikiri Prison over ‘fake medical report'

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 08:08 AM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, controller of Kirikiri Maximum Prison, for his role in allowing Hope Aroke, a convicted internet fraudster, to...

"The fight against corruption has no impact on Nigerians"

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:55 AM PST

Abubakar Tsav, a former commissioner of police in Lagos, says the fight against corruption has no impact on Nigerians. In a statement on Tuesday, Tsav said politicians engage in corrupt practices...

I am only available for enjoyment - Mercy Aigbe

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:54 AM PST

Fashionable actress and entrepreneur, Mercy Aigbe has tagged the remaining days in 2019, days of enjoyment. Aigbe made this known via her Instagram page. "For the remaining days in this year, I am...

Witchcraft Conference: ‘Ban use of brooms’ – Shehu Sani tells CAN

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:53 AM PST

Shehu Sani, former Senator representing Kaduna Central has reacted to the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, opposition against the planned conference on witchcraft at the University of Nigeria,...

Davido cries out as his N4.6million diamond studded eyeglass goes missing

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:56 AM PST

Multi-award-winning Pop singer, David Adeleke also known as Davido has cried out after misplacing one of his highly-priced diamond-encrusted eyeglasses on Monday. The singer announced with grief on...

Buhari sends 2019, 2020 NDDC budgets to House, request immediate consideration

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:51 AM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent 2019, 2020 budgets of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives. It would be recalled that a motion on the NDDC budget was...

Court sentences parents for selling 2-month-old baby for N300,000

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 06:19 AM PST

A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates' Court, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced 20-year-old Stanley Sunday and his girlfriend, Onyinyechi Ikechukwu to 20 days imprisonment for selling their two-month-old son for...

Professor Wole Soyinka opens up on battle with prostate cancer

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 05:31 AM PST

Nobel laureate and renowned dramatist, Wole Soyinka has revealed that he was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in 2014. Speaking to BBC, Soyinka revealed that he used an advanced technology,...

Atiku's lawyer, Ozekhome attacks EFCC on refusal to investigate Tinubu over bullion van saga

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 05:31 AM PST

Human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has insisted that Nigerians have the right to demand that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, investigate Bola Tinubu, National Leader...

BREAKING: 2020 budget suffers setback in Senate

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 05:27 AM PST

The expected passage of the 2020 budget by the Senate this week is no longer feasible, it has been learnt. Reason: The Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Barau Jibrin, told the Senate on...

Court grants SERAP right to sue Buhari, Lawan, others

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 05:26 AM PST

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday granted leave to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to sue President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate president Ahmed Lawan, and...

Ohanaeze speaks on Air Peace Chairman’s fraud indictment

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 05:26 AM PST

The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reacted to the current travail of Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace. Ohanaeze's President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who expressed...

Alleged N3.6bn fraud: Court fixes date to resume trial of ex-NDDC boss

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 04:44 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Lagos State will on Dec. 17  resume the trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli charged with N3.6 billion...

FUTA expels six students ‘who assaulted’ female schoolmate

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 04:42 AM PST

The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has expelled six students for allegedly assaulting another student. The expulsion was communicated by Adegbenro Adebanjo, deputy director of...

Court adjourns trial of Usman, Fani-Kayode

Posted: 26 Nov 2019 04:23 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned trial until Dec. 2, of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, and others, over N4.6 billion Money laundering...
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