Thursday, 30 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Presidential Election 2015: Jonathan questions Buhari’s victory” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Presidential Election 2015: Jonathan questions Buhari’s victory” plus 29 more

Presidential Election 2015: Jonathan questions Buhari’s victory

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:23 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has, for the first time, questioned the results of the March 28 presidential election, saying "the Peoples Democratic Party couldn't have got those kinds of scores" it had...

PDP members who defected because I lost presidential election would return with empty stomach - Jonathan

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:23 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said all members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress because he lost the March 28 presidential election would return...

APC accuses Jonathan’s Govt of hindering smooth transition of power

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the JonathanAdministration of plotting to hinder a smooth handover of power on May29th,. as it is becoming apparent that the Administration will not...

How I survived cancer, by Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

A rare insight into the past physical challenge of the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerged yesterday when she disclosed that she survived...

Buhari hails workers on May Day

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:17 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has extolled what he referred to as the sacrifices of the Nigerian working class in the face of economic tough times in their everyday struggle to survive. In...

Nigerian writer, Lesley Nneka Arimah wins 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:49 PM PDT

Nigerian writer, Lesley Nneka Arimah has been announced as the Africa Regional Winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The competition was open to unpublished work by writers from the 53...

I want to to hand over a country completely free of terrorist strongholds to Buhari - Jonathan

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:35 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday promised that he would do all within his powers to ensure that all parts of the country still under the control of terrorists and insurgents were totally...

Politics can be played peacefully – APC chiarman, John Oyegun

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:34 PM PDT

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun, on Thursday said recent happenings in the country had shown that politics could be played peacefully. Oyegun said this while...

Chief of Army Staff vows military will end insurgency and find Chibok girls

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:28 PM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff (CAOS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday in Lagos said the Nigerian Army would not relent until it brought insurgency to an end in the country. Minimah gave Nigerians...

APC will win entire South-East in 2019 – Okorocha

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:24 PM PDT

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, on Thursday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) would take the entire South-East in 2019 general elections. Okorocha gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen...

Another Buhari ‘Walker’ arrive Gombe with over 70 requests to President-elect

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:06 PM PDT

Another walker, Malam Abubakar Umar, 43 years, who started trekking from Yola, Adamawa, on Saturday to celebrate the victory of President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, arrived Gombe on Thursday...

Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria summoned over execution of four Nigerians

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Thursday summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, and protested the execution of four Nigerians for trafficking drugs to the Asian country, despite...

We can’t unveil rescued ladies profiles for now – DHQ

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Defence authorities have said they will not be able to confirm whether the about 453 females rescued by the Special Forces in the Sambisa Forest on Tuesday and Wednesday are from Chibok or not...

I have nothing to hide, says Aliyu

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 02:58 PM PDT

The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has instructed all state commissioners and heads of government agencies and parastatals to cooperate with the transition committee, set up by the...

I will remain in PDP, I will never decamp - Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 02:51 PM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, says he will remain in the party in spite of its defeat in the March 28 and April 11 general...

HILLARY CLINTON: THE MISUSE OF PROPAGANDA

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 01:03 PM PDT

Before we proceed, let us make some clarifications. This writer is a Nigerian and knows very little about United States' politics on first hand basis. Like most of our people who take keen interests...

Fresh update on Military Operation in Sambisa Forest

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:24 PM PDT

Below is A text of Press Briefing by Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade at Defence Headquarters, Abuja on April 30, 2015 Rescued Women Undergoing Thorough ProfilingTrue...

IN PICTURES: The rescued women and children from Sambisa Forest

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:38 AM PDT

In a daring operation, Nigerian troops rescued over 400 women and children from Boko Haram stronghold, Sambisa forest, North-East, Nigeria. Some of the pictures of the rescued women and children...

I want to be Nigeria's first female Senate President - Binta Garba

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:44 AM PDT

The Adamawa North Senatorial District Senator-elect, Binta Garba, on Thursday said she would unite the upper legislative chamber if she is elected as the first female Senate President in...

Missing $20 billion: Okonjo-Iweala denies appointing PriceWaterHouseCoopers

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:45 AM PDT

The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday denied appointing PriceWaterHouse Coopers to audit the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the allegation the company...

PDP responsible for fuel scarcity - Atiku

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:45 AM PDT

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has attributed the current fuel scarcity to the misrule of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. Atiku who spoke to Journalists yesterday after a private...

Money Laundering: Igbinedion gets 6-year jail term

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 10:13 AM PDT

Justice Muhammed Lima of Benin division of Federal High Court on Thursday sentenced Michael Igbinedion, son of Gabriel Igbinedion, a Benin based billionaire to six years imprisonment over alleged...

Noise pollution: Lagos shuts 24 religious outfits

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:43 AM PDT

The Lagos State government yesterday said at least 24 religious outfits were shut in year 2014 for contravening the State guidelines on noise pollution. The state government further said the new...

Monkey attacks three kids in Ikorodu

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:19 AM PDT

The three children who suffered serious injuries following an unexpected attack by a monkey in Illado, Ikorodu, Lagos, are receiving treatment at the Shallom Hospital in the area, the Police in Lagos...

Husband wants wife to refund N1.4m marriage expenses

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:08 AM PDT

A middle-aged-man, Collins Nduka, on Thursday pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos State to order his wife, Sefinat Nduka, to refund N1.4 million he spent in marrying her. Collins told the...

Police advises public on security consciousness

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:06 AM PDT

The Nigerian Police Force, Lagos State Command, on Thursday gave hints to the public on how to be security conscious in their environment and while driving around the metropolis. The spokesperson to...

Bauchi Governor, Isa Yuguda loses mother

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

Hajiya Hauwa Yuguda, the mother of the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, on Wednesday died at the age of 85 after a protracted illness. The governor, who is the eldest son of the deceased,...

Boko Haram: NEMA plans relief materials for 293 freed females

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 08:56 AM PDT

National Emergency Management Agency has unveiled plans to distribute relief materials to the hundreds of females liberated by the military from the captivity of terror group, Boko Haram, in their...

Bus conductor stabs passenger in Badagry

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 08:54 AM PDT

A bus conductor, Ademola Segun, who allegedly stabbed a passenger with a broken bottle on his belly, was on Wednesday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos State. The accused,...

10 militants jailed for life over Malala attack

Posted: 30 Apr 2015 08:52 AM PDT

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday in Islamabad condemned 10 men to life in prison for involvement in the attempted murder of teenage education activist and Nobel peace laureate Malala...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari” plus 29 more

Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:28 PM PDT

President- elect, General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday painted a gloomy picture in the economic development of his administration as he said that the decline in the revenues due to fall in oil prices...

IN PICTURES: Buhari inaugurates 19-member Transition Committee + FULL LIST of members

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The President-elect, Gen. Buhari, today Wednesday April 29th in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth...

Nigeria demands bodies of four Nigerians executed in Indonesia

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:28 PM PDT

The Federal Government has condemned the execution of four Nigerians by Indonesian authorities over drug-related offences, despite pleas for clemency by President Goodluck Jonathan, describing it as...

AIT boss fires at Buhari - 'The documentaries we ran about you were factually correct'

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The proprietor of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has stated that Monday's decision by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television,...

Adamawa lawmakers drag Governor Ngilari to EFCC for his alleged procurement of cars worth N580 million

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Adamawa House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to probe alleged procurement of 50 Toyota Hilux vehicles and two bullet proof...

I didn’t bar AIT, my aides did - Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, said he was neither consulted nor informed of the ban imposed on AIT from covering his activities, by his aides. He stated this today,...

Concern over naira as dollar drops

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:31 PM PDT

The dollar sank to its lowest level in more than two months as the currency market adopted a markedly dovish view on the United States monetary policy after data showed the economy virtually...

Boko Haram: Rescued girls undergo pregnancy, HIV tests

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:58 PM PDT

The military authorities have taken the 293 women and girls rescued by the Special Forces during a raid on the dreaded Sambisa Forest to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri,...

Four-month-old baby rescued in Nepal earth quake

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:54 PM PDT

A four-month-old baby has been rescued from the rubble of the earth quake that rocked Nepal on Saturday. The baby, whose name had yet to be identified, was said to have been rescued by soldiers 22...

Jonathan sacks managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:51 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sacked Mallam Habib Abdullahi as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority. He has also named Alhaji Sanusi Bayero as his replacement. In a...

Igbinedion convicted of money laundering

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 08:11 PM PDT

Michael Igbinedion, younger brother of Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo state, was on Wednesday convicted by a Federal High Court, Benin Division, presided over by Justice A. M. Lima, in a...

Lagos saves N100.7bn to pay debts

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had fine-tuned its financial strategy to ensure that funds it borrowed were repaid. The government added that N100.73bn had been reserved in the state's...

'My wife has no Vagina' - Man cries out in court

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

An Abeokuta Customary Court sitting in Ake on Wednesday dissolved a three-year-old marriage between Mr Femi Olayiwole and wife, Kemi, due to the absence of vagina, deceit and frequent...

Buhari warned against running parallel government

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Wednesday warned against utterances and actions that are capable of portraying the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as running a parallel government at a time...

Kebbi lawmakers serve impeachment notice to governor with one month left in office

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:16 PM PDT

Members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly on Wednesday served an impeachment notice to the state governor, Saidu Usman Dakingari, who is expected to complete his tenure next month. The lawmakers...

Buhari warns aides - 'Stay within your assigned roles'

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:08 PM PDT

President-elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari(retd.), has read the riot act to his personal aides asking everyone to confine himself or herself to officially assigned roles. Buhari said this in a...

I’m ready for probe - FCT minister

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday said he entertained no fear on the possibility of the incoming government inviting him to account for his actions in...

Atiku meets Buhari in Abuja

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:02 PM PDT

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday met with President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), at the Defence House, Abuja. Although Atiku said discussions held during the brief...

293 rescued females are not Chibok girls - Borno State Government

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:59 PM PDT

The Borno State Government on Wednesday said the 293 women and girls, rescued from the Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa Forest, were from Bumsiri Village in Damboa Local Government Area of the state...

Our government will not witch-hunt anyone – Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:33 AM PDT

President Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 19-member transition committee with a charge to members not to engage in a witch hunt or fault finding. He also announced that his...

Jonathan, Buhari’s transition committees disagree

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:15 AM PDT

A disagreement has broken out between the transition committees of President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari as the president accused the Buhari team of acting like a parallel...

Sons kill father and mother in Enugu

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:16 AM PDT

The Enugu State Police Command is currently trying to unravel the circumstances that led to the murder of a father and a mother by their sons in separate incidents in the Coal City. The two bizarre...

Buhari inaugurates 19 member transition committee

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

President elect, Mohammadu Buhari, on Wednesday inaugurated a 19 member transition committee to interface with a similar committee set up by Goodluck Jonathan.

Jonathan swears-in two commissioners

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:13 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in two federal commissioners. They are Amb. Toye Olofintuyi from Ekiti state sworn in as Commissioner in the Civil Service Commission, representing...

Francois Michelin, head of Michelin tyres dies at 88

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:07 AM PDT

Francois Michelin, who led the eponymous French tyre group for nearly half a century, died at the age of 88, the Clermont-Ferrand-based company said Wednesday. "We have learned today with deep...

Acting-inspector general of police vows to tackle corruption

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed the IGP Monitoring Unit (X-Squad), and the Force Provost Marshall, to start enforcing anti-corruption directives in order to...

Court orders Coscharis to release Oduah bullet-proof cars document

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:59 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Coscharis Motors Limited to release information as regards the two controversial bullet-proof cars purchased by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for a...

READ: Buhari's address at the induction of new legislators of the National Assembly

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:34 AM PDT

                   Mission of my presidency by Buhari ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT-ELECT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI, (GCFR) AT THE OCCASION OF THE INDUCTION...

Court strikes out fresh suit on Funsho Williams’ murder

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:48 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday struck out an application seeking fresh investigations into the murder of a late governorship aspirant in Lagos, Funsho Williams. Justice Rita...

Buhari seeks lawmakers support to tackle corruption

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:46 AM PDT

President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, pledged to work with the incoming 8th N'Assembly as development partners to tackle corruption and scale down drastically, the cost of running...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015

NigerianEye: “CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:58 PM PDT

CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND? The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that the troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a raid on Sambisa...

Severance package and benefits for Jonathan, Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers etc

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-president Namadi Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers and presidential aides will collect N3.24bn as severance allowances. The severance allowances are...

Four Nigerians executed by firing squad in Indonesia

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Four Nigerians and four others from other countries who were convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of...

Fuel scarcity hits Lagos, Abuja

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT

A day after the expiration of the three-day deadline given by Major Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, to stop lifting petroleum products due to debts owed them by the Federal Government, fuel...

'Missing' $20 Billion Oil Money: We cannot vouch for the integrity of our audit — PricewaterhouseCoopers

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

The much anticipated report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, operations on the missing $20 billion oil money may not amount to much after all, with...

G7 invites Buhari to economic summit

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:32 PM PDT

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her French counterpart, Fracois Hollande, have extended invitations to President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari, to visit their countries. Merkel currently heads the...

Two pipeline vandals arrested

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Two suspected vandals were arrested yesterday at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines at Mosinmi, Sagamu, Ogun State. The suspects, according to the spokesman of a security...

CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerians anxiously wait for identities of rescued girls

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:27 PM PDT

Nigerians are waiting with anxious breath on the identities of the rescued girls in Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian troops on Tuesday. Many commentators are curious if the girls are the school girls...

AIT ban dangerous to our democracy - PDP

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has described as unacceptable the Monday's directive by the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to bar the African Independent Television from covering...

LASG to add 400 buses to BRT scheme

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:16 PM PDT

About 400 mass transit buses will soon be added to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme to further ease transport challenges in Lagos State, says the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode...

Buhari to address senators, Reps-elect today

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:15 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is slated to address senators and House of Representatives-elect on Wednesday (today). The Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign,...

#BeingBackOurGirls: Oby Ezekwesili hopes the captured girls are Chibok girls

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:11 PM PDT

Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of education and one of the leading campaigners of #BringBackOurGirls has said that the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women by Nigeria troops shows that miracle does...

I did not apologise to you, Tinubu replies Bode George

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:04 PM PDT

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied ever apologising to Chief Bode George, the erstwhile deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic...

I’m not afraid of tribunal, Okorocha tells Ihedioha

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:57 PM PDT

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said he is not afraid to defend his victory at the Election Petitions Tribunal, where the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emeka...

Governor Yuguda sacks over 2,000 aides

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, on Monday sacked over 2, 000 of his political aides but retained very few on essential services. The sacking, which was contained in a statement by the...

Senate passes 2015 budget without provision for fuel subsidy

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday, passed N4.493tr budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi...

FG suspends perm sec, Min of Foreign Affairs over unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign, Ambassador Danjuma Sheni, over the unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa. A highly placed...

Nigeria declares Friday public holiday

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Friday May 1 as public holiday to commemorate the 2015 Workers' Day. Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, who made the announcement, according to a statement on...

We will not discriminate against any media organization, AIT can cover Buhari’s activities – APC

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:03 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all accredited media organizations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), are free to cover the activities of the...

FG hands over NITEL to NACTOM

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:59 AM PDT

The Federal Government, yesterday, formerly handed the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL, and its subsidiary, Mtel , over to NATCOM Consortium after the full payment of $252,521,000 (about...

Nepal quake death toll rises to 5,057 - official

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:14 AM PDT

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 5,057, the home ministry's national disaster management division said on Tuesday. More than 10,000 people are now known to have...

Barber, others shot dead in Edo cult war

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:13 AM PDT

A 27-year-old barber was on Tuesday shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists at New Benin in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that the late barber, simply identified...

IG orders tight security around media houses

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:04 AM PDT

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered tight security around media houses in the country. Arase, who gave the order in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the...

Bomb blast erupts in Kogi radio station, 4 dead, many critically injured

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:09 AM PDT

A bomb blast from suspected improvised explosives, Monday, killed many at Ta'o FM Radio station, located in Kuroko town of Adavi local government area of Kogi state. No fewer than four people were...

NEW VIDEO: Asa – Eyo

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:27 AM PDT

Nigeria's multi-talented female singer, Asa unleashes the visuals to her Lagos themed single – Eyo off her "Bed Of Stone" album The video was shot on location in Lagos, it perfectly depicts the...

Nepal quake death toll could reach 10,000 – PM

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:09 AM PDT

Nepal's prime minister has warned that the number of people killed in the country's worst earthquake in decades may reach 10,000. Sushil Koirala's comment on Tuesday came as rescuers in Nepal were...

2 Kids Corpses Found In Deep Freezer

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:04 AM PDT

Confusion and sadness reigned in Owa Alero, Ika North-east local government area of Delta State, last Thursday, when the family of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Oseni discovered the corpses of two of their...

Hundreds found dead in Damasak as Boko Haram strikes again

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Hundreds of people have been found dead in the north-east Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of the Boko Haram insurgency, as details emerged on Monday of fresh attacks by the...

Lagos procures 100 vehicles for traditional rulers

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 04:32 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Monday said it had procured no fewer than 100 vehicles for the use of traditional rulers and chiefs across the state. Mr Ademorin Kuye, Commissioner for Local...

Xenophobia: International Criminal Court set to probe President Zuma, Zulu King

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 04:27 AM PDT

Following a petition from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has decided to probe the xenophobic attacks...
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Monday, 27 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari” plus 29 more

Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has said the claim by the Boko Haram sect that it is a religious group is a fraud. He also said the sect would be denied a recruitment base the moment people...

Buhari bars AIT from covering his programmes

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari may have just started a revenge mission on the African Independent Television, AIT as security advisers of the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on...

Download Full Audit Report of NNPC ‘$20 Billion Unremitted’ fund

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 11:08 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered the immediate release of the full report of PriceWater Cooper's investigations into the allegedly unremitted $20 billion to the Federation account by the...

'Probe me, I am ready' - Jonathan tells Buhari

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said he is ready for any probe of activities under his watch when he leaves office on May 29. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and...

Asari Dokubo's Wife Reacts To Buhari's Planned Probe Of Missing $20 Billion

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Hajia Mujahidat Daba Asari-Dokubo, wife of the former Niger Delta militant, Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, took to Facebook today criticizing president-elect Muhammed Buhari's decision...

$370m Abacha loot traced to Luxembourg

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Nigerians ferrying money to Switzerland will now have to prove that such wealth is acquired legally before they are allowed to lodge such in the European nation's banks. The Swiss Ambassador to...

Jonathan sacks NHIS Executive Secretary

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:55 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media...

FCT names Abuja streets after Jonathan, Sambo, Atiku, others

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The Federal Government has named major streets in Abuja after some eminent Nigerians and accomplished Africans, with the soon-to-be inaugurated Inner Southern Expressway, running through Abuja city...

Arik Air pays N4 billion to FG

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Arik Air paid over N4 billion to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN ), for landing , parking fees, rent, passenger service charge (PSC), and fuel surcharge last year. The payments, it...

I don’t have a team, says Keshi

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:46 PM PDT

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has made a most shocking admission that he does not have a team as he begins his second stint in charge of Nigeria. Keshi, who led Nigeria to AFCON glory in 2013...

Presidency denies ‘last minute looting’ allegation

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:49 PM PDT

The presidency has denied the allegation by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the spokesperson of the of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that officials of the Federal Government are engaged in "last minute...

TARABA ELECTION: This is daylight robbery - APC's Aisha Alhassan, cries out

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Aisha Alhassan, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Taraba state governorship election, has rejected the result of the poll announced by the Independent National Electoral...

Jonathan appoints Peter Obi as Chairman of SEC

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:48 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Obi's appointment was announced on...

Why PDP govt failed in power sector – Atiku

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:06 PM PDT

A former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Monday in Kaduna that the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government adopted the wrong approach in tackling the power sector crisis Atiku argued...

Jonathan orders immediate release of NNPC audit report

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered that the full report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation be made public immediately. He said his administration has...

Nigeria has not recalled its South African envoys - Abati

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:01 PM PDT

The Presidency has denied recalling Nigeria's envoys in South Africa over the ongoing xenophobia attacks. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, disclosed this...

Trailer crushes man in Imo

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

A middle age man was crushed by an articulated lorry at Okigwe Road, Imo State, on Monday and injured two others. The brake of the trailer was said to have failed. An eyewitness at the scene said...

Mimiko nominates Agric Commissioner, Lasisi Oluboyo as new Deputy Governor of Ondo

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:36 AM PDT

Following Monday's impeachment of former deputy governor of Ondo, Alhaji Ali Olanusi by the Members of the state House of Assembly, the Ondo state commissioner for Agriculture Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo...

ONDO: Olanusi’s removal cannot stand — APC

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Monday rejected the impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, saying the process leading to his removal violated provisions of the impeachment clause in...

ONDO: PDP lauds Olanusi’s impeachment, accuses him of treachery

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo state chapter, Monday reacted to the impeachment of Ali Olanusi as the state's deputy governor. Ayo Fadaka, PDP state publicity secretary, in a statement,...

Boko Haram gunmen kill 21 in Yobe village

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in northeast Nigeria who were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim's relative said Monday. "The...

JAMB blacklists 3 CBT centres

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:30 AM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that it had blacklisted three centres accredited for the conduct of the recently concluded Computer Based Test (CBT) in the...

Xenophobia: South Africa to release victims names

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:27 AM PDT

The South African government has said on Monday that it will release the names of foreign nationals killed in the attacks on foreigners by its citizens. In a statement it issued and made available...

Fire guts oil firm in Kano

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:21 AM PDT

An early morning fire on Monday destroyed properties worth 320 millions naira at the Noma Oil and Cakes Company in Mission Road, Kano. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity told NE that the fire which...

Kidnapped Jonathan’s council’s chairman regains freedom

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:13 AM PDT

Mr. Anya Abah, the kidnapped Chairman of Ogbia, the local government area of President Goodluck Jonathan, in Bayelsa State, has been released by his abductors. Abah was kidnapped by a four-man gang...

Table Tennis star dumps Nigeria for Mexican citizenship

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:12 AM PDT

Jude Okoh has been an integral member of the Nigeria National Table Tennis Team but when the opportunity presented itself for him to travel to Mexico, he did not waste time to grab it. On getting to...

I didn’t collect money from Diezani Madueke to fund Buhari’s campaign — Bukola Saraki

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:09 AM PDT

Former governor of Kwara state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has said that he never collected any money from the Minister of Petroleum, Ms Deizani Allison...

Man awaiting Execusion by firing squard come Tuesday weds first

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:03 AM PDT

An Australian drug trafficker married his girlfriend Monday on the Indonesian prison island where he is set to be executed soon, his brother said, urging the country's president to show compassion to...

Jonathan’s defeat, temporary setback for PDP – Presidency

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 08:59 AM PDT

The Presidency on Monday described the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election as a temporary setback for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. The defeat of the...

Multiple gunshots fired at rapper Lil Wayne’s tour buses on Georgia highway

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Multiple gunshots were fired early Sunday into two buses carrying Grammy-winning rap music star Lil Wayne, and his entourage on a Georgia highway following a performance in Atlanta. But the police...
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