Tuesday, September 30, 2014

NigerianEye: “Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor opens up on $9.3m arms deal” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor opens up on $9.3m arms deal” plus 28 more


Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor opens up on $9.3m arms deal

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:24 PM PDT

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday for the first time spoke on the controversial $9.3m cash allegedly smuggled into South Africa by two...

Nigeria’s flag designer,Taiwo Akinkunmi becomes Jonathan’s adviser, gets lifetime salary

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:23 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday placed Mr Taiwo Akinkunmi, designer of the National Flag, on lifetime salary as Special Assistant to the President. Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi would be...

Boko Haram on the rampage again in Adamawa, Over 500 houses destroyed

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:25 PM PDT

No fewer than 500 houses were destroyed in the Kubi and Watu villages in Michika Local Government Areas of Adamawa State as the suspected Boko Haram insurgents operated unchallenged in one of its...

Who believes the lie that there are more people in the North than in the South? - Femi Aribisala

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:24 PM PDT

In 2011, more votes were cast in Zamfara than the total number of legitimately-registered voters, according to the revelation of INEC's clean-up exercise. Everything turns upside down in Nigeria....

60 Nigerian soldiers face trial for mutiny

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:33 PM PDT

Another set of 60 soldiers are to be arraigned before a General Court Martial by military authorities in Abuja on Tuesday (today)   for mutiny. The soldiers allegedly committed mutiny on...

October 1 film gulped $2 million — Kunle Afolayan

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:20 PM PDT

What if a man leaves the comfort of a bank job to face an uncertain future as a film maker and not long after wins the Oscar? Well, this may be the premise someday for Kunle Afolayan's story. Hailed...

Synagogue: We had approval to build 12 floors — Joshua’s aide

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:05 PM PDT

Barely two weeks after the collapse of the guest house at Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, a fresh indication emerged yesterday that the church was given an approval for a 12-storey building...

FG to stop funding road projects by 2019 — Maku

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:50 PM PDT

Indications emerged penultimate weekend that the Federal Government will divest its funding of road construction in the country. The government plans to cede the construction of road projects to the...

God has chosen who ‘ll lead Nigeria in 2015 — Sultan

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:46 PM PDT

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, yesterday, said that God had already chosen who would be leader of the country in 2015. Abubakar was speaking at the inauguration of Holy Mother and Child...

Police arrest 19 for Ekiti NURTW ex-boss murder

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:43 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 19 persons for the murder of a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Ekiti State, Omolafe Aderiye. The 19 persons,...

Boko Haram looting our armoury – DHQ

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:42 PM PDT

The Defence Headquarters has said that it was aware that members of the outlawed Islamist sect, Boko Haram, were in the habit of looting its armoury. The military authorities stated that they were...

We need a “common sense” revolution in Nigeria - Tinubu

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:30 PM PDT

A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says there is a need for the country to undergo a "common sense" revolution in the country. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All...

Jonathan keeps 6 planes hovering for 2 hours

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:40 AM PDT

At least six planes full of passengers were made to hover around the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, western Nigeria, on 20 September to allow President Goodluck Jonathan and his...

Strong man of Kano, Galadiman Kano dies

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:41 AM PDT

A prominent member of the Kano Emirate Council, the Galadiman Kano, Tijjani Hashim, is dead. Hashim died at the age of 79. Premium Times reports that, the Galadima died in the early hours of today...

Anita Oyakhilome Removed From Rhapsody Of Realities Devotional Book

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:41 AM PDT

Anybody that thought that the reported divorce of Chris and Anita Oyakhilome was just a speculated rumour, can now see it is not, the popular devotional book is not going to be the same again after...

Meet Tayo, 2nd Nigerian Big Brother Housemate

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:42 AM PDT

Hello Big Brother Africa fans, The second representative from Nigeria to this year's season of Big Brother Africa was revealed by the organizers today. His name is Tayo, and he's 28 years...

Vehicle knocks down four policemen in Benin

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:40 AM PDT

No fewer than four policemen were on Monday knocked down by a vehicle around Ring Road, opposite the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex, in Benin. It was gathered that the policemen were on their way...

Jonathan confers national honours on 313 persons

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:19 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday conferred different categories of national honours on 313 persons who have distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavour. Among those honoured...

Unlawful detention: Court orders SSS to apologise to El-Rufai, pay him N2m in damages

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 08:17 AM PDT

The Federal High Court on Monday ordered the State Security Service to apologise to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El-Rufai, and to pay him N2 million in damages for...

10 Nigerian pilgrims die in Mecca – Hajj Commission

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 07:04 AM PDT

Ten Nigerians in Saudi Arabia to perform the Islamic hajj rites have been confirmed dead, the Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission in Mecca, Aliyu Tanko, said on Monday. Mr. Tanko said at...

Man Attacks Pastor With Cutlass

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 07:01 AM PDT

A 39-year old man, Adekunle Omoyiwola, has been remanded in police custody for attacking a pastor, Olalekun Sodiq, with cutlass inside a Cherubim and Seraphim church located at Association Avenue,...

Again, another church building collapses in Edo

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:23 AM PDT

Barely two weeks after a church building collapsed in Uzama Street, Off Oliha Quartres, in Egor Local Government of Edo State, leaving one person dead and injuring no fewer than three others, another...

World leaders urge Egypt to release Al Jazeera staff

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:12 AM PDT

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have highlighted the importance of press freedom and called on Egypt to release the three jailed Al Jazeera staff. The wrongful...

CAN and Cash For Arms: A Total Disgrace

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:05 AM PDT

By Disu Kamor A nightmarish scene played out in far away South Africa a couple of weeks ago when, on September 5, 2014, a jet owned by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian...

$9.3m arms deal: Shut up, you are ignorant Reps tell Lai Mohammed

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:39 AM PDT

Chairman House Committee on Rules and Business, Albert Sam-Tsokwa has said that the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Party, APC, Lai Mohammed must have acted out of ignorance when he said...

U.S underestimated IS threat – Obama

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:37 AM PDT

United States President, Barack Obama, has acknowledged that U.S agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria. In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had been...

Man arrested for raping 13-year-old girl

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:35 AM PDT

The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist in Bauchi for allegedly attacking a 13-year-old girl. The Command's Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Haruna Mohammed, said this in a...

Ghani sworn in as Afghan president

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:21 AM PDT

Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan's president in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul. It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral fraud and a...

76,000 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:20 AM PDT

Ahead of Monday's closure of Saudi Arabia borders for pilgrims, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Sunday said it has successfully completed the airlift of all Nigerian pilgrims. The...

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