Wednesday, 30 March 2016

NigerianEye: “BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'” plus 29 more


BIAFRA: Nnamdi Kanu to UK - 'I’m a British citizen, ask Buhari to release me'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:59 PM PDT

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the British Government to intervene in his case by asking President Muhammadu Buhari to release him from...

What I told DSS, police - Aluko

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:38 PM PDT

The whistleblower on the alleged rigging of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, Dr. Tope Aluko, yesterday appeared in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, reliving his encounter with...

Chibok girls not missing – Fayose

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:39 PM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday declared that no pupil was abducted by Boko Haram from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Over 200 pupils of the school were...

Tinubu made the impossible happen – Fashola

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:53 PM PDT

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, made the impossible happen by ensuring that for...

CBN recruitment scandal: Job titles for Buhari, Ministers’ relatives ‘released’

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:40 PM PDT

Sahara Reporters, has published the positions and job titles of 91 children and relatives of politically exposed person secretly recruited by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Top government officials and...

Aluko is Judas Iscariot - Ekiti government

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:48 PM PDT

Aluko The Ekiti State Government has accused the poll fraud whistleblower, Dr. Tope Aluko, of making millions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to remove Governor Ayo Fayose. It...

I used to be a DJ – Bola Tinubu

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:41 PM PDT

Not many would imagine former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wearing big earphones and standing over some stereo. In fact, not many know that the diminutive politician used to be a disc jockey...

Police seal Kogi Assembly complex

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:42 PM PDT

Kogi State House of Assembly complex was yesterday sealed off by security agents on the orders of the National Assembly following the protracted leadership crisis rocking the House. This came as...

Buhari set to visit China

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:42 PM PDT

Arrangements have been concluded for President Muhammadu Buhari's official visit to the Peoples' Republic of China in April, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Gu Xiaojie, has said. Xiaojie stated...

Former WAEC registrar, Dotun Oyewole is dead

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:44 PM PDT

A former Deputy Registrar of the West African Examinations Council, Chief Dotun Oyewole, is dead. A statement by the family on Wednesday said he was 94. Oyewole attended primary school at St....

My cabinet members are saboteurs – Governor Al-Makura

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:45 PM PDT

The Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has lost confidence in some of his senior government officials, describing them as saboteurs. The governor stated this at the Council Chamber,...

Abducted Colonel buried in Kaduna

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:46 PM PDT

The remains of abducted Col. Samaila Inusa were on Wednesday buried at the old Nigerian Defence Academy burial ground in Kaduna State. Inusa, who was a Chief Instructor at the Nigerian Army School...

INEC now under APC control - PDP

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:47 PM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission is now under the firm control of the All Progressives Congress. It cited the...

U.S. to invest $600m in Nigeria

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:48 PM PDT

The United States will invest more than $600 million in Nigeria this year, Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday in Washington. He spoke during the opening session of the U.S.- Nigeria...

40% of Nigerians are hypertensive — Cardiologist

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 01:05 PM PDT

A consultant cardiologist to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Lagos, Dr Amam Mbakwem, has expressed worry about the growing...

Fulani herdsmen not responsible for attacks – Governor Ortom

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 01:00 PM PDT

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has explained that Fulani herdsmen are not the ones responsible for the incessant attacks in Nigeria. He blamed the attacks on herdsmen from Mali, Ghana, Congo...

IN EVENT THAT TRUMP WINS

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:49 PM PDT

Political theorists have sometimes been seen as a group of people who predict (the result of an election) wrongly and later explain why they predicted wrongly. This perfectly describes those who...

Forex claim: Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, demands PDP apology within 72 hours

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:35 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has threatened to sue the Peoples Democratic Party for accusing him of illegally trading in foreign...

I have no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh - Pinnick

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:32 PM PDT

Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday in Abuja said he had no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles' Head Coach. Pinnick told newsmen in Abuja at...

'Akpabio Used Akwa Ibom People As Collateral For Loans'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:29 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari's senior aide on National Assembly, Ita Enang, on Monday painted a gloomy picture of Akwa Ibom state's economy, saying the state and its people were used as "collateral"...

Boko Haram not in control of any North East LGA — Defence Minister

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:25 PM PDT

The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has denied a media report credited to him that Boko Haram insurgents still control two local government areas in the North-East. The minister stated this in...

Reasons why I didn’t bring Iwobi early against Pharaohs – Siasia

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:21 PM PDT

Coach Samson Siasia has explained reasons why Arsenal wonder boy Alex Iwobi did not get a starting shirt in the all important game against the Pharaohs in Alexandria on Tuesday. Iwobi whose...

Man files N800m lawsuit against Lagos pastor, Paul Adefarasin

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 12:09 PM PDT

A businessman named Gerald Chukwueke has filed an N800 million lawsuit against the senior pastor of the House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, for allegedly trespassing his land located in the...

'We don’t have quality players in Super Eagles'

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:54 AM PDT

Ex-international, Adokiye Amiesimaka, says the lack of quality players in the Super Eagles is responsible for the drawback the team has been experiencing in recent times. Amiesimaka, who was a...

Sports minister apologises for Eagles’ AFCON failure

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:36 AM PDT

Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung has apologised to Nigerians for the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations to be hosted by Gabon. Dalung...

Governor El Rufai denies slapping his deputy

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:32 AM PDT

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai said on Tuesday night that he has never quarrelled with, nor slapped his Deputy, Barnabas Bala. The governor said Bala has been his friend since they both...

Naira maintains exchange rate of ₦322 to a dollar

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:27 AM PDT

The Naira on Wednesday, maintained its exchange rate at N322 to a dollar. It also remained firm against the two other major currencies, the pounds sterling which exchanged at N448 and the\euro which...

Lagos set to begin prosecution of tax defaulters

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:25 AM PDT

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), on Wednesday, said that it will commence the prosecution of tax evaders and offenders in Lagos State beginning from April 1, 2016. A statement signed...

Football Fans React to Gary Neville's Sacking

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:07 AM PDT

After being appointed somewhat surprisingly by Valencia, Gary Neville has been sacked, rather unsurprisingly, as manager of Valencia, just four months after being hired. Here are some of the...

FG working hard to relieve Nigerians’ pains – Lai Mohammed

Posted: 30 Mar 2016 09:58 AM PDT

The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the...

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In Ado Ekiti: School proprietor jailed for 10 years for raping 10-yr-old pupil

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 02:29 PM PDT

An Ado-Ekiti High Court declared the sentencing on Tuesday, March 19, 2016, for the proprietor identified as, Ibitoye Babatunde.  News reports have reported that a school proprietor has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after raping a 10-yr-old girl. READ: Man beaten to stupor after being caught spying on neighbour having sex with wife An Ado-Ekiti High Court declared the sentencing on Tuesday,

In Saudi Arabia: Man spotted concealing wife behind red scarf in restaurant booth

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 10:13 AM PDT

The picture shows a man hiding his wife with a red scarf, draping it over a booth window, preventing her from being seen. A photo of a man desperately trying to hide his wife while in a restaurant in Saudi Arabia, has sparked all kinds of controversies. READ: Man beaten to stupor after being caught spying on neighbour having sex with wife The picture shows a man hiding his wife with a red scarf,

Peeping Tom: Man beaten to stupor after being caught spying on neighbour having sex with wife

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:51 AM PDT

A man who took delight in peeping at his neighbour while making love with his wife, was given the beating of his life. A middle-aged man in Gwagwa, a suburb of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, narrowly escaped death after he was caught peeping at another neighbour anytime the man was having sex with his wife. Read: "What Did You See?: Barber in the dock for peeping at naked female co-tenant

A Friend Like This... Man strangles, stabs roommate to death in Abuja

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:35 AM PDT

A man has been declared wanted after he allegedly murdered his close friend and escaped into thin air. A man residing at the Byazhin Across, in Kubwa Satellite town of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in on the run after allegedly strangling and stabbing his roommate and close friend to death over an undisclosed misunderstanding, Daily Trust reports. It was gathered that the suspect had

Horror: Man arrested for butchering middle-aged woman in Delta

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:35 AM PDT

A man has been arrested for allegedly butchering an innocent woman to death in Delta. It was a tragic day for residents of Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, after a prominent business woman was allegedly butchered by a man named Sunny in broad daylight. The sad incident, according to reports, happened on Saturday, March 26, after the assailant reportedly laid ambush for

Incest: Father in trouble for raping 12-yr-old daughter, forcing her to abort pregnancy

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 07:45 AM PDT

A man is in all sorts of trouble for allegedly raping his daughter and forcing her to abort a pregnancy she had for him. A man identified as Bamekpa, an indigene of Imiringi in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his 12-year-old daughter repeatedly and even forcing her to abort he pregnancy he was responsible for, the Nation reports.

Job Hazard: Angry soldiers invade Ibadan Electricity Company, beat up manager over poor supply

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 07:14 AM PDT

The distribution manager of an electric outfit in Ibadan was brutally beaten by soldiers over power failure. The Distribution Manager of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Sub Station of the Olumo Business Hub, Salau Adekunle, was at the receiving end as six soldiers, attached to the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta, Ogun State, allegedly led by a Major, invaded

Good Father: Man hands over armed robber son to the police

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 06:58 AM PDT

Do you think a father did the right thing by handing over his armed robber son to the police? A middle-aged man in Delta State identified as Arogoy, has done the unthinkable by handing over his son, David, who has been on the wanted list of the State Police Command for armed robbery. Arogoy decided to hand in his son at the Ekpan Police Division in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state,

'Not A Joking Matter': Rivers police arrests all female robbery, kidnap gang

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 06:58 AM PDT

An armed robbery and kidnap gang made up of women in Rivers State has been smashed by the police. The Rivers State Police Command has made another breakthrough in its fight to curb crime in the state by busting an all female armed robbery and kidnap gang. Read: "What A Man Can Do: Woman charged for robbery" According to the command, the three woman-gang whose names were given as Queen Eze, 27

In Lagos: My wife always tears my boxers to rape me, man tells court

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 05:55 AM PDT

I had to run away from my 16-flat building to rent an apartment elsewhere just to avoid her frequent beatings, but she trailed me to my new apartment to fight me. "My wife has turned my boxers to rags as she always tears them to rape me," a retired soldier, Gafaru Rodoye, told an Igando Customary court in Lagos. He told the court on Tuesday that his wife, Idiat, with whom he had five children in

King Kong: Man threatens to kill family members of 14-yr-old girl he raped

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 05:11 AM PDT

After raping a 14-year-old girl, a thug in Lagos gathered his boys to beat up father of his victim for daring to report him to the police. A 32-year-old man said to be a notorious thug in the Boundary, Ajegunle area of Lagos State, has been arrested by the State Police Command for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl after which he led a gang of thugs to the girl's family house, threatening he

Child Abuse: Teacher brutally beats pupil with barbed wire; leaves him with severe injuries

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 03:56 AM PDT

What could be the offence of this little kid that his teacher should injure him this much? But for the timely intervention of elders, some angry youths would have lynched a primary school teacher to death after he gruesomely beat up a pupil over an undisclosed offence, using a barbed wire, thereby inflicting severe injuries on the child.   The abused child Photo Credit: Facebook Read: "Child

Fast Fingers: Prostitute dispossess businessman of briefcase, money, driving licence

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 02:40 AM PDT

A businessman has lost his valuables including hard currency to a prostitute in a brothel in Delta. A businessman who was passing through Umunede in Delta State, on his way to the eastern parts of the country during the last Easter celebration, is currently biting his fingers as his decision to quench his sexual thirst with a prostitute at a roadside brothel, ended with him losing his briefcase,

Easter Tragedy: 7-year-old girl dies while playing on Bouncy Castle

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 02:10 AM PDT

A violent wind is said to be responsible for the accident which led to the death of the little girl. Tragedy hit a Park in Essex, London, this Easter period when a 7-year-old girl, Summer Grant, was reported dead while playing on Bouncy Castle. Blackie was participating in an Easter celebration at Harlow Town Park, in Harlow, when a strong wind blew off the play object off its moorings.   She