Monday, 31 October 2016

NigerianEye: “$2.2 Billion Arms Deal: Sambo Dasuki set to call Jonathan as witness” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “$2.2 Billion Arms Deal: Sambo Dasuki set to call Jonathan as witness” plus 29 more


$2.2 Billion Arms Deal: Sambo Dasuki set to call Jonathan as witness

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 10:21 PM PDT

Ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, who is on trial for alleged mismanagement of $2.1billion arms funds, would like former President Goodluck Jonathan to be his witness, it was learnt...

Niger-Delta militants reject President Buhari’s meeting, attack pipeline

Posted: 31 Oct 2016 12:06 AM PDT

The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate has attacked another crude oil delivery line at Effurun-Otor Ughelli South Council Area of Delta State to announce its rejection of Tuesday's meeting between...

Jonathan must be probed for corruption - APC

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:46 PM PDT

The Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress said on Sunday said it was time former President Goodluck Jonathan was invited for questioning over the alleged looting of the nation's treasury...

Nigeria Had No Political Prisoners Under My Administration – Jonathan

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:38 PM PDT

Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan has said that under his watch as Nigeria's president, no Nigerian became a political prisoner or a prisoner of conscience based on what he or she wrote in criticising...

Supreme Court Justices under probe withdraw from sittings

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:26 PM PDT

The two Justices of the Supreme Court, Sylva Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro, who were among some judiciary officers recently arrested by the Department of State Services on corruption allegations, have...

Policeman stabs motor park tout to death over N100

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:23 PM PDT

Pandemonium erupted on Saturday at Berger bus stop, Lagos State, after a policeman, who was a passenger on a 14-seater bus end route from Ibadan, Oyo State, reportedly stabbed a motor park tout,...

Nigerian troops to bomb militants in Ogun, Lagos creeks

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:17 PM PDT

Fresh plans are underway by the Nigerian military to launch a major offensive against militants at Ijedodo, Warewa and other new enclaves. It was gathered that the miscreants who were in July...

'I'm not a god, don’t worship me' - Kano governor

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 11:02 PM PDT

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has cautioned All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters against regarding him as a "demigod". Ganduje spoke in Sokoto State at the closing of a three-day...

NLC supports Buhari’s borrowing plan

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 10:59 PM PDT

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari's request to borrow about $30 billion to finance key infrastructure with a caveat that "we must not borrow to...

Biafra is illegal - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 10:54 PM PDT

Those clamouring for a Republic of Biafra are doing so without the mandate of Igbo people. Besides, they are carrying out an illegal activity, Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama said at the...

CBN set to blacklist fraudulent bank customers

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 10:49 PM PDT

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working on a framework that will, before year-end, enable it to blacklist or watch-list fraudulent bank customers across the country's banking space. CBN...

I’ve never asked anybody to induce judges - Buhari

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 10:48 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday dismissed insinuations that he asked anyone to induce judges to pervert the course of Justice. He also said he had nothing to do with the travails of more than...

Corruption: El Salvador arrests ex-president

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 02:33 PM PDT

Police in El Salvador arrested the country's ex-president Elias Antonio Saca and several other former officials on Sunday for alleged embezzlement and money laundering, officials said. Saca, 51,...

Nigerian girl breaks record in India University

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 02:19 PM PDT

A Nigerian girl, Esther Ruby Daniel, has become the number one athlete in the Amity University, Haryana, India. The 17 years old 200 level student, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, has won various...

Saraki lauds Nigerian Army for buying Aba made shoes

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 02:18 PM PDT

Senate President Bukola Saraki has hailed the Nigerian Army for its decision to purchase 50,000 pairs of shoes from local manufacturers in Aba for the use of officers and soldiers. According to...

Medical errors increases deaths in Nigerian hospitals, says expert

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 02:13 PM PDT

The increase in medical errors has contributed to the high number of preventable death in the country, an expert have said. According to a Visiting Professor of Pharmacology, Nagasaki University,...

'Looters of Nigeria’s treasury should return their loots in exchange for God’s mercies'

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 02:07 PM PDT

A cleric in Taraba, Rev. Fr Charles Nyameh, has admonished looters of Nigeria's treasury, to return their loots in exchange for God's mercies. Nyameh, priest in the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo, in...

US ELECTION: Clinton lead narrows after email fallout

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 01:54 PM PDT

The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the...

$15 Million: Patience Jonathan’s suit illegal, says SERAP

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 01:38 PM PDT

A human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has described the suit filed against it by wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, as grossly incompetent and urged a...

Mimiko mobilising thugs, militants for Ondo election – APC

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 01:24 PM PDT

As the people of Ondo State prepare to elect a new governor on November 26, the All Progressives Congress in the state has accused Governor Olusegun Mimiko of plotting to cause mayhem. The Ondo...

WATCH VIDEO: Wedding of President Buhari’s second daughter, Fatima

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:43 AM PDT

The wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari's second daughter, Fatima, took place on Friday, in Daura, Katsina state. Many dignitaries, including ministers attended the event, in which former...

Don’t link Buhari to Judges’ arrest - Presidency

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 09:02 AM PDT

The Presidency at the weekend advised journalists and other Nigerians to stop linking President Muhammadu Buhari to the legal travails of some recently arrested Judges in the country. According to...

Ondo poll outcome will shock politicians – Primate Ayodele

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:58 AM PDT

The founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has said that Nigerians should not have been shocked by the Gestapo style crackdown on justices of the...

How Nigerian troops averted suicide bomb in IDP camp

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:54 AM PDT

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed behind Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Damboa road, Maiduguri, on Sunday averted a suicide bomb when it intercepted and killed a male suicide...

WATCH VIDEO: Oil led us into recession, oil will take us out – Femi Adeshina

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:34 AM PDT

The SA to President Muhammadu Buhari (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina has said that the diversification drive by the President Buhari's administration will not see the oil sector...

Boko Haram is currently recruiting – NSCDC

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:30 AM PDT

The Borno command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday raised the alarm that youths in Maiduguri are now being recruited by Boko Haram to supply fuel in Gamboru Ngala...

Leave Amaechi alone, Rivers APC tells Afenifere

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:27 AM PDT

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has asked the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, to leave the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, alone. Afenifere had...

No FBI contact over Clinton email probe - Kerry

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:26 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that neither he or his department had been contacted by the FBI over its renewed investigation into his predecessor Hillary Clinton's emails. "No, I...

Lawyer begs court to stop national assets sale

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:18 AM PDT

A Lagos-based lawyer, Kabir Akingbolu, has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to perpetually restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from executing his proposed plan to sell some national assets as a...

Full list of Super Eagles players to battle Algeria

Posted: 30 Oct 2016 08:16 AM PDT

Super Eagles' Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has called up captain Mikel John Obi, assistant captain Ahmed Musa, goalkeeper Carl Ikeme and 21 others for next month's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying...

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InOgun: Two crushed, others seriously injured in bus crash

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 02:22 PM PDT

Accident involving two cars and two trucks has claimed the lives of two, leaving seven seriously injured. Two persons have been reported dead and another seven severely injured in an auto crash in front of the abandoned Gateway Hotel, Ota, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. ALSO READ: Another woman crushed to death by truck in Calabar (Graphic Photo) The fatal accident involving

Good For You: Prominent businessman arrested in connection to cocaine smuggling

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 02:02 PM PDT

Authorities of the Benin Republic has arrested a businessman in connection to cocaine trafficking. A prominent businessman and politician, Sebastien Ajavon, has been arrested by the authorities in the Benin Republic in connection with 18 kilogrammes of seized cocaine. ALSO READ: Man invests N2m in drugs, gets caught at airport The hard drug was found in a shipping container at the port of

InOndo: Fake Army officer arrested

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 02:02 PM PDT

Officers of the Nigerian Army has arrested a mad parading himself as an Army officer in Ondo. The Nigerian Army has arrested a man identified as Mike Ajulo, parading himself as an Army officer in Ose Local Government of Ondo State. ALSO READ: Fake army officer arrested in Ondo  the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Capt. Ojo Adenegan, made the

British Council: Let your dreams take flight; be at the Education UK Exhibition this November!

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 12:42 PM PDT

The UK is a top study destination for students considering an international education and has four of the world's top ten universities. Are you a secondary school leaver considering an undergraduate degree in the UK or a young professional interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in the UK? Here is a chance to take the first step towards achieving your dreams at the education UK exhibition

InOyo: Police arrest former FRSC officer for murder of ex colleague

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 12:12 PM PDT

A dismissed FRSC officer and an accomplice has been arrested over the murder of his friend and ex-colleague. Officers of the Oyo State Police Command has arrested a former Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) member for murdering his former colleague identified as Yahuza Fakai. ALSO READ: FRSC says 80 persons have been killed on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in 6 months The suspect identified as Nurudeen

In Ogun: 12-yr-old rescued from kidnappers den

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 12:12 PM PDT

A 12-yr-old girl has been rescued by officers of the Ogun state police command and the mastermind arrested. The Ogun state police command has revealed the rescue of a 12-year-old girl and arrest of the mastermind behind the kidnapping. ALSO READ: JTF prevents attempted abduction, frees victim The suspect identified as Odele Tosin was taken into police custody after the victim, Eniola Oyekanmi,

InOgun: 12-yr-old rescued from kidnappers den

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 08:47 AM PDT

A 12-yr-old girl has been rescued by officers of the Ogun state police command and the mastermind arrested. The Ogun state police command has revealed the rescue of a 12-year-old girl and arrest of the mastermind behind the kidnapping. ALSO READ: JTF prevents attempted abduction, frees victim The suspect identified as Odele Tosin was taken into police custody after the victim, Eniola Oyekanmi,

InDelta: Suspected militant sends proof that he is alive

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 07:52 AM PDT

Suspected militant reaches out to his lawyer after months of being kept in a military cell and assumed dead. A suspected militant, General Aboy Francis Muturu, alleged to be in the custody of the Nigerian Army Defence Agency, has smuggled his torn underwear to his lawyer as proof that he is alive. ALSO READ: Police arrest 2 suspected militants in Lagos Muturu's lawyer, Mr. Omemiroro Maxwell

Scandal: Video of beauty queen engaged in lesbian sex leaks online [Graphic Video]

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 04:58 AM PDT

Chidinma Okeke may be facing 14 years in jail with videos showing her engaging in lesbian sex. Chidinma Okeke, From Orumba North, may be having more than a mere scandal on her plate as videos circulating online allegedly show her engaged in lesbian sex. ALSO READ: Zimbabwean pastor's daughter in leaked sex-tape scandal (Graphic Video) The beauty queen who was crowned the winner of Miss Anambra

Ambition: 'I robbed so i could expand my farm' robbery suspect

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 03:42 AM PDT

Suspect leader of car snatching syndicate confesses to becoming an armed robber to revive his farm business. Following the arrest of the suspected leader of a car snatching syndicate in Aba, Abia state, the suspect reveals that he only robbed to expand his farm. ALSO READ: Notorious armed robbery gang arrested after killing night guard The suspect identified as Ladislas Ukpabi, blamed the

British Council: Attend the Education UK Exhibition for FREE

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 03:12 AM PDT

The UK is a top study destination for students considering an international education and has four of the world's top ten universities. Are you considering an international education? Do you dream of graduating from a prestigious University? Then come and meet with representatives from over 30 UK institutions FOR FREE in Abuja on November 9, 2016, and in Lagos on November 11 and 12, 2016.

NSCDC: Commission warns firms, others of unsolicited calls for contracts

Posted: 29 Oct 2016 02:42 AM PDT

Operatives of the NSCDC rescue three victims kidnapped through contract scam in Rivers state. The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command has urged firms and members of the public to avoid voluntary invites for contracts and jobs from unknown persons. ALSO READ: Agency parade 3 suspects found with human head The call was made by the NSCDC commandant in the state,