Wednesday, 2 September 2015

NigerianEye: “IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge” plus 29 more


IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Tragedy struck in Lagos about 4:45pm on Wednesday, when a container skidded off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos, and landed on cars in motion, crushing some occupants in the vehicles, 3 people...

ICPC probes former governors, Amaechi, Kwankwaso and 2 others

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:58 PM PDT

The independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigations of four former governors following petition against them. The four governors are former governor...

Cash coming for ‘extremely poor’ Nigerians - Osinbajo

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:46 PM PDT

Critics of the Muhammadu Buhari administration's anti-poverty battle plan got a reply yesterday. The government will go ahead with two of its key programmes to fight the scourge.They...

Boko Haram insurgents on horseback invade Borno village, kill 26

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Boko Haram insurgents have attacked two remote Borno villages of Kolori and Ba'ana Imam on horseback, killing 26 persons and injuring several others. A leader of the youth vigilance group in Biu...

Why I approved bulletproof cars’ purchase - Stella Oduah

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:49 PM PDT

A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, has justified the 2013 purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). She told the Federal High Court in...

Buhari to start giving primary school pupils in Nigera free meals

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:40 PM PDT

Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration would soon commence giving primary school children free meals. The vice president said the free...

Nigerian Air Force pounds more Boko Haram targets in Sambisa forest

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:51 PM PDT

The Air Force Alpha Jets yesterday hit strategic Boko Haram targets in the heart of the notorious Sambisa forest. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Air Force,...

FG suspends Immigration recruitment

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:33 PM PDT

The Federal Government has announced the immediate suspension of the recent recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) conducted on the directives of the immediate past President, Dr....

Five witnesses to testify against Sambo Dasuki

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The Federal Government has proposed five witnesses to prove its case of illegal possession of firearms against a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). The ex-NSA was arraigned...

Election Petitions Tribunal: Peterside’s 200 witnesses to face Wike’s 300

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:49 PM PDT

Hearing of the main petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, to challenge the victory of...

FRSC to take ‘naked driver’ to psychiatric hospital

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:40 PM PDT

The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a commercial taxi driver who stripped naked while trying to evade arrest in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The corps also...

Nigerian airports fully secured against Boko Haram - FAAN

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:32 PM PDT

Airports across the country are fully secured against acts of terror that may arise from the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has declared. This is coming as...

Bullet-proof cars: Court bars EFCC from inviting Oduah

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:41 PM PDT

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from inviting a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for questioning. The...

No plan to ban Tokunbo vehicles – FG

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:44 PM PDT

The Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Alhaji Aminu Jalal, said on Wednesday in Kaduna that the Federal Government has no plan to ban the importation of fairly used...

Buhari vows to end incessant strikes

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:33 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed his administration's commitment to boosting national productivity and taking all necessary actions to end incessant strikes by workers in vital...

Buhari’s failure is Nigeria’s failure, Igbo group warns

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:28 PM PDT

The Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), a socio-cultural /political group, on Wednesday in Makurdi urged Nigerians to exercise caution in assessing the new administration of President Muhammadu...

Pope Francis to allow all Catholic priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:26 PM PDT

Pope Francis says he will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions. The Holy Year is from Dec. 8 to Nov. 26...

Protesters shut down APC secretariat over Audu’s emergence as Kogi guber candidate

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:24 PM PDT

It was a showdown between former Kogi State governor, Abubukar Audu and hundreds of Kogi indigenes who protested against his candidature in the forthcoming state election at the national Secretariat...

FG to Nigerians - 'We have no plan to sell refineries'

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:14 PM PDT

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it has no plan to sell any of the refineries in the country but may encourage joint venture investments in the facilities. The Group Managing...

Osinbajo unveils Buhari’s economic blueprint

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:11 PM PDT

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled the economic blueprint of President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the Federal Government will invest more in social sectors to reduce...

Governor Fayose continues Stomach infrastructure, distributes rice in Ekiti

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:57 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose places more emphasis on efforts to implement his 'stomach infrastructure' initiative for Ekiti people.' More pictures of rice distribution below..

Almost 100 Days Since President Buhari Took Over

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:27 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 100 days in office on September five. It is now the prerogative of members of the public – those who voted for or against him – to have their say on how he has fared...

Fayose forgives 31 Civil Servants caught coming late to work

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:22 AM PDT

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has forgiven 31 Civil Servants caught coming late to work on Monday, and asked them to return to work. This was just as Governor Fayose held a meeting with...

Alison-Madueke denies allegedly mismanaging $15 billion oil deal

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:11 AM PDT

Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Wednesday, chided the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ajjampur Ghanashyam, over his allegations that as former minister,...

Army discovers illegal bunkering site in Port Harcourt

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:05 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it has discovered an illegal oil bunkering site in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The bunkering site, according to the army, is about one kilometre...

How I raped my daughter six times – Father

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 09:59 AM PDT

A 34 year old bakery worker, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday confessed that he raped his daughter six times. Ahmed, who was paraded by officials of the Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil...

Ife succession battle worsens as Lafogido Ruling House alleges Giesi House surrendered right to produce Ooni in 1980

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 09:57 AM PDT

The Lafogido Ruling House in Ife has said it is their turn to produce the next Ooni of Ife to succeed the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Leaders of the Abewela Ruling Family which is a branch of the...

DROP IN POWER GENERATION – SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:44 PM PDT

It is no doubt that the power supply sector in Nigeria is currently experiencing serious crisis. Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million is generating just about 4,000 MW of electricity. As...

Female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic arrested with a gun

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 07:15 AM PDT

A female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Miss Oreoluwa Adedamola, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Anti-Robbery Squad, for being in possession of a...

Explain why you need N9.6 Billion loan, Ekiti APC asks Fayose

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 07:11 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has challenged Governor Ayodele Fayose to explain to Ekiti people the reasons for his application for N9.6b loan as part of the special Federal...

Ex-Bayelsa PDP Chairman Dies 2 Weeks After Defecting To APC

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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Nigerians have no business being classified as poor - Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerians have no business being classified as poor - Buhari” plus 29 more


Nigerians have no business being classified as poor - Buhari

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:37 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians have no business with poverty given the enormous resources the country has. To this end, he has promised to take appropriate measures to stamp out...

Governor Akpabio flown abroad for medical attention after car crash

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:32 PM PDT

A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was on Tuesday afternoon flown out of Nigeria to receive medical attention abroad. It was learnt that the senator, in company with...

Driver strips naked to resist FRSC arrest

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 11:00 PM PDT

In a display of absurd mannerism, an unidentified commercial vehicle driver on Tuesday removed his cloths and started behaving strangely when officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps stopped his...

Fresh crisis hits PDP over chairmanship position

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:59 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party is embroiled in a fresh crisis over who leads the former ruling party. The PDP, after 16 years in power, lost the 2015 general elections amid internal crisis, at the...

Three Nigerians arrested for fraud in India

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:57 PM PDT

The Central Crime Station, India, has arrested three Nigerians for allegedly swindling two Indian citizens under the guise of offering them investment opportunities in hotel business. The suspects,...

100 days: Buhari didn’t make specific promises – Presidency

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:54 PM PDT

Presidency yesterday stated that President Mohammdu Buhari during his campaign never made specific promises of what to achieve within his first 100 days in office. It also denied circulating...

Africans should be bold to rethink economic ideas, says VP Osinbajo at ADB President's inauguration

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:52 PM PDT

PRESS RELEASE Time has come for Africans to re-think some of the time-worn economic ideas and myths that have held its people and policy makers bound to only a few options, according to Vice...

Ooni succession: Prince alleges threat to life

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:47 PM PDT

The contest for the Ooni stool has taken a dangerous dimension as a prominent figure of the Giesi ruling house, Prince Adekanye Aderibigbe, yesterday alleged threat to his life over his insistence...

Death toll in Borno attacks hits 80

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:45 PM PDT

The death toll in the attack unleashed on three Borno State villages by Boko Haram fighters has risen to 80. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback had shot dead scores of people in separate...

Segun Odegbami joins race to replace Blatter as FIFA president

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:43 PM PDT

Ex-Nigerian footballer, chief Segun Odegbami is set to announce that he will stand in next year's election to replace Joseph Sepp Blatter as President of World soccer-governing body, FIFA. Odegbami...

40-year-old man rapes 4-yr-old girl to death in Bayelsa

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Officials of United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and other stakeholders in the protection of the rights of the child were shocked, yesterday, to hear of the case of a 40-year-old man that raped a...

'Oyinlola needs to be cautioned' - Soyinka tells Buhari

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:34 PM PDT

The controversy that surrounded the birth of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, Osun State, in 2008 erupted again on Tuesday when the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole...

I will not spare any corrupt person - Buhari

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:33 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed to strengthen his anti corruption campaign in the country noting that his administration would not spare anyone found guilty of corrupt practices. He...

Nigerian troops recapture Gomboru Ngala from Boko Haram

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:58 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army has said soldiers have retaken Gomboru Ngala in Borno State from terrorists, who had recaptured the town from the military after the community was initially liberated by...

$700m second Niger Bridge money missing, Oshiomhole insists

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:38 AM PDT

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on a former minister of work, Mike Onolememen, to explain to Nigerians the whereabouts of $700 million (N140 billion) released for the unexecuted...

Shehu Sani blasts Governor Fayose over his criticism of President Buhari’s appointments

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:46 AM PDT

A Lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Sen. Shehu Sani has condemned Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, over his Monday's criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari's...

`Fayose’s punishment of workers, is torture, torment, intimidation’

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:34 AM PDT

Mr Augustine Ojekudo, former Chairman, Human Rights Committee, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt branch, on Tuesday decried Ekiti Gov. Ayo Fayose's punishment to workers that reported...

‘Madman’ invades kogi bank

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:30 AM PDT

An unidentified young man who was declared insane stormed a first generation bank located along Ganaja road, in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, damaging two Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). The...

Dangote meets Mugabe on investment approval

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:17 AM PDT

Nigeria's billionaire, Alhaj iAliko Dangote has met with the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on the need to speed up the necessary approval for his investment in power, mining and cement...

50 people quarantined after new Ebola death in Sierra Leone

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:10 AM PDT

Fifty people have been placed in quarantine in northern Sierra Leone after the death of a middle-aged woman from the Ebola virus, medical officials said Tuesday, in a setback for the country's bid to...

U.S. supports IDPs in Adamawa with $801,000

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 10:03 AM PDT

The U.S. has signed a grant agreement of 801,000 dollars with the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, to improve access to education services for internally displaced persons in Adamawa. Ms...

Lawyer sues Buhari over appointments

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:51 AM PDT

A lawyer, Marcel Dim-Udebuani, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify all the the 25 major appointments made so far by President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly being in breach of...

Buratai pledges improved logistics for troops

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:43 AM PDT

As part of efforts to route out Boko Haram terrorists completely from Nigeria by December, 2015, the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Turkur Buratai, has said he will continue to generate modern...

Manchester United sign Anthony Martial from Monaco for £36m

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Manchester United have announced the signing of Anthony Martial from Monaco. The 19-year-old was linked with Tottenham earlier this summer before penning a new contract at Stade Louis II but now...

Real Madrid pin blame on Man Utd for De Gea deal collapse

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 06:41 AM PDT

Real Madrid have blamed Manchester United for the collapse of goalkeeper David de Gea's move to the Spanish giants, claiming the English side sent the documents needed to complete the deal after the...

Chelsea sign Papy Djilobodji

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 06:30 AM PDT

Chelsea have signed Papy Djilobodji from Nantes on a four-year contract. Djilobodji, who was in the final year of his Nantes contract, can play at centre-back or in a defensive midfield role and...

WATCH VIDEO: Jackie Chan speaks pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo on his movie in Nigeria

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 06:02 AM PDT

Growing up, famous Hong Kong actor and stunt artist, Jackie Chan was the super hero everybody wanted to be like. Many years on, Jackie Chan has made a shout out to Nigerians promotion of for his...

Former NSA, Sambo Dasuki gets bail on self-recognition

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 04:36 AM PDT

The Federal Government on Tuesday arraigned a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a Federal High Court in Abuja on one count of possession of firearms without...

Nigerian striker, Victor Moses completes season-long loan move to West Ham

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 04:52 AM PDT

Nigerian forward, Victor Moses has signed a new four-year contract with Premier League champions Chelsea before completing a season-long loan move to West Ham. Moses was deemed surplus to...

PICTURES: Osinbajo arrives Abidjan for inauguration of former Agriculture minister as new AfDB boss

Posted: 01 Sep 2015 04:36 AM PDT

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, arrived Abidjan yesterday night to represent President Buhari at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigeria's immediate past Agriculture Minister, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as the...

Igbos Threaten President Buhari Over Appointments.

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