Monday, 4 May 2015

NigerianEye: “President Jonathan holds private meeting with Adeboye, Oyedepo” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “President Jonathan holds private meeting with Adeboye, Oyedepo” plus 29 more


President Jonathan holds private meeting with Adeboye, Oyedepo

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met separately with two leading pastors in the countries based in Ogun State. Jonathan met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,...

You can’t hold us responsible for your loss, PDP tells Jonathan

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Thirty-six days after the March 28 Presidential election, National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday said that President Goodluck Jonathan should not hold the National Working...

IN PICTURES: Nigerian troops rescue more women and children from Sambisa forest

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

CHILDREN RESCUED BY NIGERIAN TROOPS FROM INSURGENTS IN SAMBISA FOREST AND HANDED OVER TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA) AT MALKOHI CAMP IN YOLA ON SATURDAY NIGHT.ONE OF THE...

Boko Haram in disarray as shortage of arms, fuel hits insurgents

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:35 PM PDT

Boko Haram is fracturing as shortages of weapons and fuel foment tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders, women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters by Nigerian troops told Reuters. The...

REVEALED: Why Enugu House served Gov. Chime impeachment notice three weeks to end of tenure

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The Enugu State House of Assembly, yesterday, resolved to serve a notice of impeachment on Governor Sullivan Chime for alleged infractions ranging from inflation of contracts to forgery of the state...

'Hate statements responsible for PDP’s woeful outing at the elections'

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:23 PM PDT

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the hate campaign against Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress by the President Goodluck Jonathan campaign team...

Man blames Jonathan for pregnant daughter’s murder

Posted: 04 May 2015 10:18 PM PDT

The father of a 26-year-old pregnant woman, who was murdered in the Arepo area of Ogun State last week, has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the incident. Mr. Babafemi Ojo, whose daughter...

Fayose sacks Ekiti permanent secretary

Posted: 04 May 2015 03:11 PM PDT

A Permanent Secretary in the Ekiti State Civil Service, Mr. Tunde Alokan, has been sacked by Governor Ayodele Fayose, it was learnt on Monday. Alokan, until his removal, was the Permanent Secretary...

Arsenal too hot for Hull City

Posted: 04 May 2015 03:05 PM PDT

A fantastic first-half brace from Alexis Sanchez helped Arsenal roar to a convincing 3-1 victory over Premier League strugglers Hull City. The Chilean opened the scoring with a free-kick that...

Rev Father abducted in Kogi, 4 Million Naira ransom demanded

Posted: 04 May 2015 02:53 PM PDT

A priest in the Roman Catholic Church, Rev. Father Innocent Umor, has been kidnapped in Kogi State. The victim, who oversees Ikanepo Parish, Ankpa Local Government Area, Idah Diocese of Kogi...

Second patient fitted with artificial heart dies

Posted: 04 May 2015 02:48 PM PDT

The second patient to have received an artificial heart made by French firm Carmat has died, nine months after being fitted with the device, the company announced Monday. The 69-year-old passed away...

Boko Haram deliberately rape ‘kidnapped girls’ to give birth to future fighters — Governor Shettima

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:43 PM PDT

Boko Haram insurgents deliberately rape women with the intention of getting them pregnant so they would give birth to future insurgents as successors of their violent struggles, hence, the need for a...

'I’m still in charge' - Enugu Assembly speaker dismisses report of his impeachment

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:43 PM PDT

The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr Eugene Odo, has described his purported impeachment by the nine-man faction of the lawmakers as legislative recklessness and impunity. Odo told...

Fayose: Omirin asks court to strike out impeachment suit

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:44 PM PDT

The embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a suit freshly filed to stop the moves by the 19 members of the All...

Don’t remove fuel subsidy, students warn Buhari

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:26 PM PDT

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Monday, warned the President elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari against any attempt to remove fuel subsidy, saying such action would be vehemently...

Britain’s newborn princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:40 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have named their second child Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, royal officials said on Monday. According to the royal report, the name pays homage to the...

Governor Chime not aware of impeachment process – Aide

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:12 PM PDT

The Enugu State Government on Monday said it is unaware of the impeachment process against Governor Sullivan Chime by a faction of the state's House of Assembly. Chief Press Secretary to the...

OYO: Ladoja challenges Ajimobi’s victory, heads to tribunal

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:09 PM PDT

Senator Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state and gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the last governorship election has began legal proceedings to challenge the victory of Governor...

Lagos lists 140 convicts in sex offenders register

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:07 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Monday says 140 convicted sex offenders have been recorded in a Sex Offenders' Register created by the state government to shame offenders and serve as a...

No new cases of polio in nine months – Kano

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:05 PM PDT

Kano State Primary Health Management Board has said the state has not recorded any fresh poliomyelitis case in the last nine months. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi,...

NNPC to resume oil search in Chad Basin

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:02 PM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Monday announced that it will resume its search for crude oil in the Chad Basin. The corporation stated that its resolve to resume oil search in the...

Court orders extradition of ex-Minting boss to UK

Posted: 04 May 2015 12:01 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the extradition of a former Managing Director of Nigerian Security, Minting and Printing Company, Mr. Ehidiamhem Okoyomon, to the United Kingdom to...

Togo’s president sworn in for third term

Posted: 04 May 2015 11:59 AM PDT

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe was on Monday sworn in before the Togolese Constitutional Court which had declared him a day earlier as the winner of the April 25 presidential elections with 58.77...

NEMA presents relief materials to Rivers community

Posted: 04 May 2015 11:57 AM PDT

The National Emergency Management Agency on Monday presented relief materials to victims of fire incident that destroyed property in Nbodo community in Aluu, Ikwere Local Government Area of...

Over 260 Kano mass wedding couples now have children

Posted: 04 May 2015 11:55 AM PDT

No fewer than 260 couples, who participated in Kano State's mass wedding programme have become parents of new born babies within the last two years, the State's Hisbah Board has confirmed. Hisbah...

Buruji Kashamu sues NDLEA, EFCC, others

Posted: 04 May 2015 11:54 AM PDT

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, has dragged the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and 11 others to...

Enugu lawmakers set to impeach Governor Chime over allegations of corruption and misconduct

Posted: 04 May 2015 08:03 AM PDT

Enugu State lawmakers have commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor Sullivan Chime, over allegations of corruption and misconduct. Fourteen lawmakers, led by the speaker, Eugene Odo, met...

Enugu Speaker impeached

Posted: 04 May 2015 08:03 AM PDT

The crisis currently rocking the Enugu State house of Assembly has claimed its first casualty with Monday's impeachment of the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh. He was accused of promoting acts that have...

Prison inmate escapes in Edo

Posted: 04 May 2015 08:04 AM PDT

An inmate at the Benin Central Prison has allegedly escaped from the headquarters of the Edo State Prison Service on Reservation Road, in Benin, the state capital. . It was gathered that the inmate,...

IN PICTURES: Man treks from Abuja to Otuoke to honour Jonathan as ‘Hero of Democracy’

Posted: 04 May 2015 08:03 AM PDT

Mr. Oladele John Nihi from Kogi state has started trekking from Abuja to Otuoke, the hometown of President Goodluck Jonathan, to celebrate him (Jonathan) as the hero of democracy. Nihi, who started...

Sunday, 3 May 2015

NigerianEye: “APC governors set to meet Buhari on ministerial nominees” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “APC governors set to meet Buhari on ministerial nominees” plus 29 more


APC governors set to meet Buhari on ministerial nominees

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Governors of the All Progressives Congress are meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting, it was gathered, would be the first to be attended by the...

Our ordeal in Boko Haram captivity - Rescued women

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest where many died of hunger and disease, freed captives told Reuters on Sunday...

Boko Haram’s secret food and fuel supplier nabbed by Nigerian troops

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:32 PM PDT

The troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested a man said to be a supplier of fuel and food to members of the Boko Haram sect at Daban Shata, a suburb of Baga, Borno State. Director of Defence...

Buhari will shock Nigerians – APC chief

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:33 PM PDT

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and the party's senatorial candidate for the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district, Chief Inibehe Okori, has said that the President-elect, Muhammadu...

SHOCKING: Watch how TV presenter strips 100% n@ked on live television

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:49 PM PDT

In Venezuela, a TV presenter has spiced up an already spicy Cristiano Ronaldo story - by stripping completely, 100% n@ked while talking about it. Yuvi Pallares, was reporting on rumours of a...

Inspector’s son, 6 others arrested for robbery

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:28 PM PDT

The Police in Lagos have arrested seven suspected members of a robbery gang that had been terrorizing residents of Alaba Oro, in Suru-Alaba area of the state. One of the robbers, who gave his name...

Army hands over 275 rescued women, children to NEMA

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The Army's 23 Armoured Brigade based in Yola, Adamawa State, handed over 275 rescued women and children from Sambisa Forest to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for...

Ogun Chief Judge frees 38 prisoners

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:16 PM PDT

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, last week freed no fewer than 38 inmates, who were awaiting trials in the five prison facilities across the state. The prisons are located...

Eko Atlantic City ready for occupation 2016

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:04 PM PDT

The first set of office buildings at the Eko Atlantic City will be ready for occupation by 2016, says the Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure, Segun Oniru. The commissioner added...

Abia State governor-elect bans courtesy visits by his supporters

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:01 PM PDT

The Abia State governor-elect, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has placed temporary ban on courtesy visits by his supporters. He said the ban would enable him to plan adequately for the task ahead. Ikpeazu, in...

Boko Haram:214 rescued girls pregnant – UNFPA

Posted: 03 May 2015 09:52 PM PDT

The latest rescue of additional 234 women and children by the Nigerian Army from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, indicated, yesterday, that a sizeable number of the rescued girls were visibly...

Death toll rises as soldiers step up Plateau attacks

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:27 PM PDT

The death toll in the clashes between some villagers and soldiers in three villages of Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 39 as nine more bodies...

PDP sets up post-election assessment committee

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:25 PM PDT

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party's performance in the just concluded general...

VIDEO: Women and children escape from Sambisa Forest after aerial bombardment on Boko Haram camps

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:28 PM PDT

A new footage released by the Nigerian military shows women and children earlier kidnapped by Boko Haram militants escaping soon after an aerial bombardment forced the militants to flee their base in...

Enugu residents groan as fuel sells for 150 per litre

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:24 PM PDT

The scarcity of petrol worsened, weekend, in Enugu and its environs with long queues at the few filling stations where the product was available. A visit round the metropolis showed that the...

Oil marketers holding nation to ransom - Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:19 PM PDT

The federal government appears fed up with the claims of oil marketers as it has denied owning the group N200 billion. Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi...

New video released by Defence HQ shows Boko Haram members fleeing Sambisa forest

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:10 PM PDT

A video released by the Nigerian defense forces show a large contingent of Boko Haram fighters fleeing the scene of an aerial bombardment in recent military victories

Maiduguri records first rain

Posted: 03 May 2015 03:31 PM PDT

Maiduguri recorded its first rainfall for the year on Sunday, making residents to express joy after weeks of intense heat, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The rain, which started at about...

I have just won the toughest league in world football - Mourinho boasts

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:51 AM PDT

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said his side had won the toughest league in world football after a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday saw them crowned English champions. Eden Hazard's goal on...

We regret selling warships to ex-Niger Delta militant, Tompolo - Norway

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:48 AM PDT

Norwegian Defence Chief, Haakon Bruun-Hansen, an admiral, has apologised to the country's lawmakers for the sale of a fleet of a decommissioned naval battleships and combats boats to a former Niger...

US projects Nigeria’s economy to hit $1 trillion mark

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:45 AM PDT

Nigeria is set to be the first African country with an economy larger than $1 trillion, according to the latest projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Africa's most populous nation,...

Chelsea are 2014/2015 English Premier League champions

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

The Blues have just claimed the 2014/2015 English Premier League title with 3 games to spare after a hard-fought victory over Crystal Palace. Hazard scored a rebound to ensure a 1-0 win and...

IAAF World Relay: Nigerian ladies commended for winning gold

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:47 AM PDT

Athletics enthusiasts on Sunday expressed delight over the performance of the Nigerian 4x200m women's team at the ongoing IAAF/BTC World Relays in Bahamas. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Nepal quake miracle: 101 year old man found alive in rubble

Posted: 03 May 2015 11:04 AM PDT

A 101-year-old man has been pulled alive from rubble more than a week after the earthquake in Nepal, Sky News has reported quoting the French news agency, AFP. The news came as Nepalese...

El-Rufai’s Wife receives man walking from Kano To Abuja

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:48 AM PDT

Wife of Kaduna state governor-elect, Aisha Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday received another solidarity trekker, Haruna Muhammed Salisu, in Kaduna as he journeys from Kano to Abuja in protest against what...

REVEALED: How Shell’s oil spill destroys our livelihood – Nigerian farmers

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:48 AM PDT

Some farmers affected by the April 15 oil leak from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC's Kolo Creek oil fields in Otuasega, Bayelsa, have complained over alleged neglect by the company. They...

Let us form credible opposition, David Mark tells PDP members

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:59 AM PDT

Senate President, David Mark, has urged PDP faithfuls to stop bickering and face the new task of providing a credible and formidable opposition in the country. This was contained in a statement...

Fire guts Gamboru market in Maiduguri

Posted: 03 May 2015 10:42 AM PDT

A section of Gamboru market in Maiduguri was on Sunday gutted by fire which destroyed about 50 shops and goods worth millions of Naira. Some traders in the market told the News Agency of Nigeria in...

Nigeria's Female Relay Team Wins Gold At The IAAF World Relays

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:44 AM PDT

Team Nigeria won the women's 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settled for silver in the women's distance medley on the first day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015. Pre-race...

​​Bus conductor stabs passenger with broken bottle in ​Lagos​

Posted: 03 May 2015 08:30 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,...

Saturday, 2 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight” plus 29 more


Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:35 PM PDT

And we have a winner! Three months after Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. signed on to duke it out in the ring, Floyd Mayweather came out on top in the epic May 2 match-up. The first 5...

Buhari sends Atiku to Zuma for Adesina’s candidacy

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commenced lobbying for the candidacy of the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, as President of the African Development Bank. A statement by Malam...

You can’t use and dump me, Mu'azu tells PDP members

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Alhaji Adamu Muazu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday told the members of the party that he would not resign despite the woeful performance at the 2015 general...

APC lawmakers allege kidnap plot by Fayose

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:42 PM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have alleged that Governor Ayodele Fayose wants to use thugs to kidnap them. They urged the governor to stop trailing...

PDP in Crisis: Party blames Jonathan’s aides for president’s election defeat

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Speculations that Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been hit by fresh crises after its recent election defeat, were confirmed Saturday with the party leadership openly accusing...

Woman throws mango at Venezuelan President, rewarded with a new house

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:45 PM PDT

A woman who bashed President Nicolas Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela. The 52-year old...

Boko Haram landmines slows Nigeria’s charge

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Nigeria's military says its final push to clear the Islamist Boko Haram militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines. "Everywhere they have their havens, they have mined it...

Abubakar Shekau: dead or alive?

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:03 PM PDT

Where is Abubakar Shekau, the bearded leader of Nigeria's Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram? His fate is now unknown since Nigeria launched an offensive, with the collaboration of Chadian,...

Gombe: APC heads to tribunal, challenges Dankwambo’s victory

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:12 PM PDT

The defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Gombe State in the last general elections, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, has challenged the re-election of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of...

Oronto Douglas worth more than silver, gold – Jonathan

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:15 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the late Toronto Natei Douglas,his Special Adviser, Strategy and Documentation as a unique personality worth more than silver and gold. Jonathan who paid...

Death toll in Nepal quake hits 7,040

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:16 PM PDT

At least 7,040 persons were confirmed dead with the number of injured exceeding 14,000 in the last Saturday's devastating quake in Nepal, according to the country's Ministry of Home Affairs...

William, Kate present daughter to the world

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have introduced their daughter to the world, as they left hospital to take her home to Kensington Palace. The princess slept in her mother's arms during her first...

Enugu governor, Sullivan Chime vacates Govt House

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:17 PM PDT

Barely one month to handover to new administration, Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has vacated the Governor's Lodge at the Government House in Enugu. A top government official, who pleaded...

Abuja Chief Imam dies at 68

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:18 PM PDT

The Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Ustaz Musa Muhammed, is dead, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. He was aged 68. The Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs,...

Man loses family to fire

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:19 PM PDT

Six people died when a storey building in which they were living caught fire in Jos, Plateau State in the early hours of Saturday. The fire was said to have started around 2 am immediately after...

Fuel: Black market thrives in Kwara, Oyo

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:20 PM PDT

The worsening fuel scarcity has increased the activities of illegal petrol sellers, otherwise called black market, in Ilorin and environs of Kwara State. Our correspondent who monitored the...

Soldiers on revenge kill 30 in Plateau villages

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:21 PM PDT

No fewer than 30 people were killed as soldiers invaded Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata villages of Wase local government area of Plateau following the alleged killing of four soldiers by some unknown...

Troops rescue more hostages, fate of Chibok girls uncertain

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

Nigeria troops have freed some 700 women and children from Boko Haram's Sambisa forest stronghold over the past week, but uncertainty remained on Saturday over the fate of 219 girls seized from their...

Nollywood veteran, Peter Bunor is dead

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

A veteran Nollywood actor, Peter Bunor, reportedly died on Friday in Asaba, Delta, according to his son, Peter Bunor Jnr. Bunor Jnr. posted the news of his father's death on his Facebook page on...

My soulmate slipped away, Rio Ferdinand mourns

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

The wife of former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has died following a short battle with cancer, he announced on Saturday. "My soulmate slipped away last night," the...

Rio Ferdinand’s wife dies of cancer

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

Rio Ferdinand's wife Rebecca has died following a short battle with cancer. The QPR defender revealed in a statement released on the club's website that his wife passed away aged 35 on Friday night...

Nigeria targets 2018 World Cup semi final

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:22 AM PDT

Nigeria hopes to make history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia by becoming the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals. The Nigerians had reached the Round of 16 on three of their five...

Nigerian ‘witchdoctor’ jailed in US

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:11 AM PDT

A 58-year-old Nigerian-born, but now US naturalised man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales on...

Fuel Scarcity: NSCDC arrest black marketers

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:08 AM PDT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has begun the arrest of illegal oil marketers in the wake of the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. This was contained in a...

Rabiu Ibrahim wins Slovakian cup with Trencin

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:05 AM PDT

Ex-Nigeria youth international, Rabiu Ibrahim, wrote his name in gold Friday when he scored in AS Trencin historic Slovakian Cup triumph. The former Sporting Lisbon midfielder leveled scores in...

Scarcity: Petrol sells for N250 per litre in Oyo

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:59 AM PDT

Fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country had resulted in a sharp increase in pump price of the product in Iseyin Council Area of Oyo, from the official price of N87 per liter, to...

Woman, three children, two others die in Jos inferno

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:55 AM PDT

Six persons died when a storey building was engulfed in fire in Jos in the early hours of Saturday. The fire was said to have started at about 2am shortly after power supply was restored to the area...

US artiste, Lauryn Hill, misses Lagos show, apologises

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:54 AM PDT

Nigerian fans and music enthusiasts were disappointed on Friday night as US music star, Lauryn Hill, failed to show up for the much advertised May Day Live concert in Lagos. The News Agency of...

Baltimore celebrates charges in Freddie Gray’s death

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:52 AM PDT

Baltimore residents have celebrated the decision by the chief prosecutor to charge one police officer with murder and five others with lesser crimes in the death of a young black man. Freddie Gray...

One killed, 2,000 evacuated as rainstorms batter central China

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:50 AM PDT

One person was killed and nearly 2,000 were evacuated as of 9 a.m. Saturday as heavy rains lashed parts of central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial flood control authority. From...

Friday, 1 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more


Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:36 PM PDT

As the military onslaught to rid Sambisa forest of Boko Haram terrorists continue, another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of the forest on...

'Get ready for hard times' - Jonathan tells Nigerians

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:50 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to brace up for the harsh economic realities in the country occasioned by the recent fall in the price of oil at the international market, saying...

Fight of the century: Mayweather vs Pacquiao - Who will win?

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Billed as Battle for Greatness or The Fight of the Century, the $400 million fight between eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated, five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather,...

WATCH VIDEO: How Boko Haram members fled Sambisa forest during military bombardment

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

About 200 girls and 93 women were rescued on April 28, Tuesday, by the Nigerian military during the operation in Sambisa forest, a major stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists group. According to...

War against corruption: Buhari to revisit past probe panel reports

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

The incoming administration of the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to revisit the reports of panels set up by the National Assembly to investigate various financial...

Nigerians must question sources of wealth - Osinbajo

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Vice-President-elect, Prof.Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday explained how the Muhammadu Buhari administration would prosecute the anti-graft war, saying that Nigerians must question sources of wealth of the...

Fuel scarcity bites harder in Lagos as petrol sells N300 per liter

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

It's indeed difficult times for residents of Lagos as fuel now sells as high as N300 per litre in some areas. Following the refusal by oil marketers to import fuel into Nigeria, petrol station...

Nigeria’s power generation drops to 2,800MW

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Nigeria's total electricity generation has dropped to a meagre 2,800 Megawatts, the lowest in nearly a year, as Nigerians struggle with mini-heat waves due to rising temperature. The Ministry of...

Breast feed more, risk breast cancer less

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:44 PM PDT

Breastfeeding benefits babies.  There is huge evidence that breastfeeding helps improve healthier immune systems and fewer breathing difficulties. Breastfeeding is also protects the mothers'...

Irate mob lynch armed robbery suspect in Enugu

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

An armed robbery suspect, Hillary Ugwuanyi from Ekoyi, Igbo-South Local Government Area of Enugu State has been lynched by an angry mob who pounced on him over a failed robbery attack on April...

David Mark laments poor electricity supply in Nigeria

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Senate President, David Mark, on Friday, decried the epileptic power supply in the country in spite of promises made by investors in the wake of the privatisation of the sector. Mark, according to a...

Covenant University deploys card readers for examination

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:25 PM PDT

In a manner similar to that of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the management of Covenant University, said it had deployed biometrics devices, otherwise known as smart card readers,...

Pay our six months’ salary, doctors tell Aregbesola

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:21 PM PDT

The Nigeria Medical Association has accused Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, of deliberately denying workers their six months' salaries. The Chairman of NMA Action Committee in the state,...

Passengers stranded as scarcity of fuel grounds international flights

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Thousands of passengers were stranded at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Friday night as scarcity of aviation fuel grounded most international flights. It was observed that the...

Man to trek from Taraba to Bayelsa to congratulate Jonathan for conceding defeat

Posted: 01 May 2015 03:22 PM PDT

35 yer old Paul Jamasuru Tankwa from Taraba state has announced he will be trekking from Taraba to Bayelsa state to congratulate President Jonathan for conceding defeat after the presidential...

Police corporal rapes seven- year- old girl in Kano

Posted: 01 May 2015 02:59 PM PDT

Kano State Police Command has arrested a serving police corporal, Sani Salisu for raping a seven-year old- girl at a Brigade Quarters in the state. An eyewitness said the police officer lured the...

Petrol scarcity: NARTO suspends strike

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:30 AM PDT

Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on Friday reached an agreement with the National Association of Road Transport Owners to suspend their strike, according to an official. MOMAN Executive...

Kashamu attacks Jonathan's campaign co-ordinator

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:28 AM PDT

The crises rocking the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP took a new dimension on Tuesday as the senator-elect of Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu reportedly assaulted the State...

Olu of Warri marks 28th coronation anniversary

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:23 AM PDT

The Itsekiri people on Friday gathered at the Palace of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II to commence the 28th Coronation Anniversary of the monarch. They gathered at the Four Square Gospel...

May Day: Pay us before you go, Bauchi workers tell Yuguda

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:10 AM PDT

Comrade Hashim Gital, the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bauchi Council, has appealed to Governor Isa Yuguda to pay outstanding salaries and entitlements before his exit on May 29. Governor...

I’m not interested in Senate Presidency, says Akume

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:08 AM PDT

George Akume, Senate Minority Leader has stated that he is not interested in succeeding David Mark as Senate President of the 8th Assembly. Akume has also denied having a meeting with a national...

May Day: Workers will have better life under Buhari – Oshiomhole

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:04 AM PDT

As the nation eagerly awaits the swearing-in of General Muhammadu Buhari as president of the country, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has assured workers in the state that better life awaits...

BOKO HARAM: NEMA officials arrive in Yola to receive rescued victims

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:02 AM PDT

A team from the National Emergency Management Agency on Friday arrived in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, to receive the 293 women and girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from BokoHaram camps in...

Baltimore policeman charged with murder of Freddie Gray

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:00 AM PDT

A Baltimore police officer has been charged with the second-degree murder of Freddie Gray, while five other officers will face criminal charges over his arrest and death, the city's chief prosecutor...

Disease outbreak threatens Nepal’s earthquake survivors

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:57 AM PDT

Survivors of Nepal's major earthquake are facing the threat of a disease outbreak due to a severe shortage of clean water and toilets. Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha, reporting from the village of...

Electricity union assures Nigerians of stable power supply

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:55 AM PDT

Aminat Ibrahim, the President of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, on Friday assured Nigerians of improved power supply after the ongoing project s are completed. Ibrahim...

Buhari govt must fulfill promises – NLC, TUC

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:52 AM PDT

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Friday in Abuja vowed to hold the incoming Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)-led government accountable in respect of his party's promises...

May Day: Plateau workers threaten strike

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:50 AM PDT

Plateau State NLC has directed all its affiliate unions and workers to commence mobilisation for a strike at the expiration of its ultimatum to the state government on May 4. Jibrin Bancir, the...

May Day: Borno workers ask govt to implement demands

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:49 AM PDT

As workers in Borno State urged full implementation of all their demands, their counterparts in Plateau have threatened to go on strike, if the state government failed to meet their ultimatum. These...

NDLEA arrests cocaine dealer, five others in Gombe

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:47 AM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Gombe State has re-arrested a 29-year-old woman, Yabi Ibrahim, with 5.3 grammes of cocaine and heroine, and five other drug traffickers. Mr Aliyu Adole,...