Wednesday, 29 July 2015

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Oil worth $13.7b Billion stolen under NNPC” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Oil worth $13.7b Billion stolen under NNPC” plus 28 more


REVEALED: Oil worth $13.7b Billion stolen under NNPC

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:54 PM PDT

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna-Ahmed, on Wednesday said between 2009 and 2012, about 160 million barrels of oil valued at...

Pensioners protest UBA “paltry” N10,000 pension

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:59 PM PDT

Pensioners with the United Bank for Africa besieged the bank's head office in Marina, Lagos, on Wednesday to protest against what they tagged "a paltry" monthly pension they are being paid by the...

Oil from Angola, Sudan preferred to Nigeria's oil

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:56 PM PDT

A number of African countries, including Angola and South Sudan, are fast becoming preferred exporters of crude oil to Asian countries, especially China. Before now, Nigeria was a dominant exporter...

Nigerians blast gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:45 PM PDT

A gay rights activist, Bisi Alimi, caused a stir on Wednesday as he mocked Nigeria on the Facebook. Alimi, the first Nigerian to declare publicly his support for same sex union, noted that the...

Shake-up as Army redeploys 334 officers

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:26 PM PDT

The authorities of the Nigerian Army have redeployed 334 senior officers. The acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Wednesday that the postings and...

European Union suspends agricultural food exports from Nigeria

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 10:25 PM PDT

NIGERIA'S economy, which is going through a turbulent period from reduction in oil income, is set to further unravel. Why? The European Union has just suspended some agricultural food exports from...

How Yar’Adua canceled sale of refineries, refunded Dangote’s $750m – Obasanjo

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:30 PM PDT

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained that the sale of two of the nation's oil oil refineries had been concluded before he exited office in 2007, saying his successor, the late Umaru...

New DSS boss is an APC member, will be partial – PDP

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:30 PM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday alleged that the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr. Lawal Daura, is a member of the governing party, the...

Obama once slept on a mat in Africa - Sister

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:31 PM PDT

US President Barrack Obama's visit to Kenya has received much global attention, but the star of the whole show is his Kenyan kid sister, who has followed him everywhere on the trip, particularly as...

IN PICTURES: President Buhari in Cameroon to discuss how to combat Boko Haram

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:31 PM PDT

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in neighbouring Cameroon on Wednesday for talks on how to combat the escalating regional threat from Boko Haram Islamists. Security was tight for the...

Buhari congratulates Father Mbaka on 20 years of priesthood

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:31 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday showered encomium on Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Centre on the occasion of his 20th year of priesthood. In a statement by his Senior Special...

Briton arraigned for duping Nigerian partner of $8.8m

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:29 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has arraigned an Indian-Briton chartered accountant, Deepak Khilnani, before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, over an alleged $8.8million fraud. ‎Khilnani, who was arraigned...

Jonathan’s ex CSO hospitalised after being freed by DSS

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Ex-Chief Security Officer to immediate past President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Gordon Obua, has been hospitalised, barely a few days after being freed from the Department of State Security detention...

Salaries will be paid soon - Aregbesola vows

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:21 PM PDT

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun said workers' backlog of salaries would be paid soon. This promise is contained in a statement issued by the governor's media aide, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, in Osogbo on...

Full Islamic veil banned in Niger

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:19 PM PDT

Authorities in Niger's Diffa area, on the border with Nigeria, have banned the full Islamic veil following suicide attacks in countries in the region by women wearing the religious garment, an...

Buhari will reverse corruption in Nigeria - Emir Sanusi

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:18 PM PDT

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has expressed confidence on the ability of President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse corruption in the country. Sunusi II who spoke against startling...

Nigeria will abide by ICJ ruling on Bakassi – Buhari

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:07 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday promised to abide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice on Bakassi. He made the promise during his ongoing two-day official visit to...

Port Harcourt, Warri refineries commence preliminary operations – NNPC

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:05 PM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has announced that the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have been successfully re-streamed after a nine-month rehabilitation exercise conducted by its...

Lagos residents bemoan re-emergence of street parties

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:59 AM PDT

Some Lagos residents on Wednesday decried the re-emergence of road blocks around the metropolitan city caused by inhabitants organising social events. They said in separate interviews with the News...

Every responsible government shouldn’t sleep with unpaid salaries – Obiano

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:57 AM PDT

Anambra State Governor, Mr. Willie Obiano, on Wednesday described as irresponsible governors who "sleep" without paying the salaries of workers in their state. Obiano stated this at the Jerome...

NDLEA nabs China-bound man with drugs in Lagos

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:53 AM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 44-year-old man, Chide Chibude, for attempting to smuggle 1.185kg of cocaine to China. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Mitchell...

Reps ask debtor states to pay WAEC

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:50 AM PDT

The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged states owing the West African Examination Council to pay the fees of government-sponsored candidates for the 2014 and 2015 examinations. The...

Ministry hails Nigerian with 5.0 CGPA in Russian varsity

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:49 AM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday in Abuja honoured Dr Victor Olalusi, who scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average in Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow in 2013. The...

Ooni of Ife is not dead - Ife chiefs

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:33 PM PDT

The Royal Traditional Council of Ife has said the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is not dead contrary to the information which filtered to journalists on Tuesday night. The Lowa of Ife,...

Buhari lands in Cameroon to discuss Boko Haram fight

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:34 PM PDT

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in neighbouring Cameroon on Wednesday for talks on how to combat the escalating regional threat from Boko Haram Islamists. Security was tight for the...

Senate screens service chiefs Thursday – Saraki

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 12:34 PM PDT

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Wednesday that the newly appointed service chiefs would be screened during plenary on Thursday by 11am. The Senate president, who did not explain whether...

Man dies after drinking 20 sachets of gin in ₦500 bet

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 03:31 AM PDT

A middle-aged man, identified as Chucks from Imo State, has died after consuming 20 sachets of gin in a N500 bet with a woman. The deceased, said to be a barber, is married with a child and lived...

Buhari worried over non-payment of teachers’ salaries

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 03:05 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, expressed regrets over the non-payment of teachers' salaries by states, saying it was unfair. The President shared the concern, yesterday, after taking...

How God, US made me — Buhari

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 02:18 AM PDT

Shortly after the August 1983 military coup that brought a 40-year-old Muhammadu Buhari to power, he received a phone call from a top personnel in the United States Army. General Smith was the...

US Gave President Buhari Names Of Oil Thieves In Nigeria – Report

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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

NigerianEye: “Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade is dead” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade is dead” plus 29 more


Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade is dead

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has died at the age of 85 in a London hospital. The monarch was said to have died Tuesday evening. Relevant officials, who spoke to NE on Tuesday night,...

Gbajabiamila emerges leader of House of Representatives in dramatic fashion

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:25 PM PDT

Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila has been announced as the leader of House of Representatives, while Rep. Alhassan Dogowa emerged as the Chief Whip. The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara who announced this at the...

'Change is not by magic, Nigerians should allow Buhari have at least 100 days of honeymoon' - Tinubu

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:25 PM PDT

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians who have been accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of being too slow to allow the President at...

EFCC grills Saraki’s wife for six hours

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:26 PM PDT

Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's office in Abuja on Tuesday with a plethora of supporters who are lawmakers. Mrs. Saraki was...

EL RUFAI AND THE HYPOCRISY CALLED #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS - Mohammed Seidu

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:27 PM PDT

Anytime the question of who is behind the abduction of Chibok girls is asked, I remember the poem, Mr. Nobody which we recited back then in primary school. Spare my memory; it's been a while since I...

Patience Jonathan not humiliated at PH airport – FAAN

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:27 PM PDT

The wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was not denied access to the VIP lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, as reported by some media houses, but her convoy was...

A lot of stealing went on under Goodluck Jonathan - Oshiomhole cries out

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:28 PM PDT

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State lamented the massive looting of the funds during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Governor said while he was in no...

35 APC, 46 PDP Senators pass vote of confidence on Saraki, Ekweremadu

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:26 PM PDT

The Senate Tuesday began its plenary on a dramatic note as 81 Senators passed a vote of confidence on Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The sudden...

Dame Jonathan deserves her humiliation at Port Harcourt Airport - Rivers APC

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the Protocol Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Rivers...

Al Jazeera documentary: Drones making PTSD worse in Afghanistan

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:32 PM PDT

Civilians in Afghanistan are increasingly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the constant threat of drone attacks, according to Living Beneath The Drones, a new documentary...

PICTURES: Police alert Nigerians of Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) conveyed in fashion hand-bags

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Nigeria Police on Tuesday discovered female suicide bombers with a fashion bag carrying an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Yobe state. This was contained in a tweet by the Police on their...

Nigerian Army rescue 30 people abducted by Boko Haram

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it had rescued 30 persons forcefully abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists as a follow up to its operations in Dikwa, headquarters of Dikwa local...

I didn’t take N700m bribe - Rivers REC

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 10:15 PM PDT

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Rivers State, Mrs. Gesila Khan, yesterday, denied allegation by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that she was bribed with N700 million to rig elections...

Buhari appoints P.T. Boroh as new Niger Delta Amnesty chief

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:41 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed P.T. Boroh, a retired brigadier general, as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants. Mr. Boroh, whose appointment takes...

Army displaces insurgents from Borno emir’s palace

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:27 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it has displaced members of the Boko Haram sect from the palace of the Shehu of Dikwa, which has been converted to a training camp of the terrorists after the...

JAMB now promotes private universities - ASUU

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Prof. Segun Ajiboye, has alleged that investors in private universities are using the Joint Admission and...

Troops repel Boko Haram attacks on army chief’s village

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:48 AM PDT

It was yet another day of fear for villagers of Buratai, the ancestral home of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday as Boko Haram insurgents engaged military in a fierce...

Amaechi behind REC’s arrest - Family

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:42 AM PDT

The family of the embattled Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Gesila Khan, has accused former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, of being behind the arrest of Khan by the...

Buhari set to visit Cameroon, Benin

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:28 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday embark on a two-day visit to Yaounde, Cameroon. According to a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the...

TRAGEDY: Tanker filled with aviation fuel tumbles at Lagos Airport

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 09:12 AM PDT

A 33, 000 litres Jet A1 tanker with fuel Tuesday morning tumbled at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, Lagos road close to the access gate of the airport. The tanker with the Lagos Registration...

I can make Mikel Obi captain of Chelsea - Mourinho

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 08:29 AM PDT

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has listed Super Eagles's midfielder John Obi Mikel among the leaders in his squad, owing to the number of years he has spent at the Stamford Bridge. John Terry is the...

Boko Haram attacks army chief’s hometown yet again

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 08:19 AM PDT

Boko Haram insurgents on Monday launched a fresh attack on Buratai, a small community in Borno State, where Nigeria's army chief, Tukur Buratai, comes from, just a week after a similar attack there...

Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta ranked Nigeria's best hospital, 6th in Africa

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 08:01 AM PDT

The ‎Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, has been ranked the best hospital in Nigeria, the 6th among the 100 best hospitals in Africa and No. 2091 in the world. Aro hospital provides...

Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation plans fund raising for Boko Haram victims

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 07:10 AM PDT

The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation has said it would soon initiate an appeal fund to assist Boko Haram victims. The Chairman, Board of Trustees of NIDO, Dr. George Manuwuike, said this on...

Parents appeal to WAEC not to seize results

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 07:03 AM PDT

Some parents in Nasarawa State on Tuesday appealed to WAEC to rescind its threat to withhold the results of students who sat for the May/June examinations in 19 states for non-payment of registration...

Buhari seeks Senate confirmation of Service Chiefs

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 06:50 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday announced the receipt of a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the confirmation of Service Chiefs, recently appointed by him. President of the Senate, Bukola...

PDP to APC: Explain why Patience Jonathan was humiliated at Port Harcourt airport

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 06:10 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop dodging issues but make haste to provide answers to burning national issues that border on the government's...

Reasons why we back Buhari to probe Jonathan’s administration – APC

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 05:45 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed strong support for President Muhammadu Buhari's decision to probe the immediate past federal government, saying the revelations of mind-boggling...

Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death over war crimes

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 05:38 AM PDT

A court in Libya has sentenced Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution. More than 30 close associates of the deposed leader...

Senator Godswill Akpabio emerges Senate Minority Leader

Posted: 28 Jul 2015 05:32 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate on Tuesday announced the appointment of Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa-Ibom North-West) as the Minority Leader in the Red chamber. Making the...

Boko Haram Has Approached Us For Negotiation – Presidency

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