Sunday, 26 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion” plus 29 more


Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), on Sunday said his administration would take a second look at the claim by a former Governor of the Central Bank, now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi...

Counterfeit Change, By Femi Aribisala

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Nigerians will soon begin to realise what it means to vote against good luck. If you have been following the debate during the just-concluded elections, then I don't need to tell you my preferred...

APC warns Jonathan's govt against last-minute looting

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:40 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has decried the reported allegations of last-minute looting of the nation's resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatisation of key...

IN PICTURES: Meet Asari Dokubo's family

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

BEWARE: Fraudsters start fake ‘APC employment agency’

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Suspected fraudsters have started an 'employment agency' in the name of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a bid to swindle Nigerians. The fake agency said the mass recruitment is in...

Hazard wins England’s PFA Player of the Year award

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:43 PM PDT

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard's impressive season was recognised by his peers when he won England's Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award on Sunday. The 24-year-old Belgian...

Seven die as pedestrian bridge collapses on taxi in Kano

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:49 PM PDT

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed, the state Police Command said. The command's Public Relations Officer, Magaji...

PDP wins Delta Central seat

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) candidate for Delta Central, Chief Ighoyota Amori, has been declared winner of Saturday's supplementary election. Amori led with 116,723 votes, ahead of Labour...

Mimiko should be facing impeachment not his deputy – APC

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has said that the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, should be the one facing impeachment by the state House of Assembly for committing impeachable...

Akwa Ibom warns residents against eating Ponmo

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Akwa Ibom State government has warned its citizens against consuming cow skins. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Godwin Afangideh, said at a press conference on Sunday...

President has not abandoned projects, says Abati

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The Presidency on Sunday said despite losing the March 28 presidential election to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan is still working for...

Petrol price can be N40 per litre – IPMAN

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mosimi, Ogun State, Mr. Adeleke Bada, has agreed with the former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, that petroleum pump...

Pedestrian bridge collapses on taxi, 5 feared dead in Kano

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:53 PM PDT

Five passengers in a taxi were believed to have died Sunday evening in Kano when a pedestrian bridge under construction on Sheik Jafar road collapsed on the moving cab. The pedestrian bridge which...

Bayern Munich win record 25th Bundesliga title

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT

Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title with four games to spare Sunday, thanks to a little help from traditional rival Borussia Moenchengladbach. 'Gladbach forward Max Kruse scored in the last...

Fulani gunmen kill 30 in Benue, Nasarawa

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:46 PM PDT

Suspected Fulani gunmen on Saturday evening and Sunday morning attacked and killed 30 persons, mostly women and children, in Guma, Kwande, Buruku and Keana Local Government Areas of Benue and...

Boko Haram invades Niger military base, murder several soldiers

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:43 PM PDT

Boko Haram militias have killed several soldiers in Dosso community in Niger. A security source said the Boko Haram members invaded a military camp in Bosso through a riverside community in the...

Xenophobia: South Africa blasts Nigeria for recall of High Commissioner

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has described the recall of Nigeria's High Commissioner as an "unfortunate and regrettable" diplomatic step. In a statement,...

Hope for female governor quashed after APC's Aisha Alhassan loses Taraba poll to PDP's Daruis Ishaku

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:58 AM PDT

Hope for a female governor was finally quashed as Mr Daruis Ishaku of the People's Democratic Party defeated Sen. Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress to win the Taraba supplementary...

Taraba APC gov candidate rejects results, heads for Tribunal

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Taraba State, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results of the poll as announced by INEC on...

Jonathan still working for Nigerians, says Presidency

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The Presidency on Sunday said despite losing the March 28 presidential election to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan is still working for...

Suspected Boko Haram attacks Plateau village, kills 4 as security flee duty post

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:56 AM PDT

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members last Saturday attacked Shonong village in Riyom local government area of Plateau state killing four people including two members of the state-owned security...

Okorocha thanks Imo people

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:55 AM PDT

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, says he was dedicating his victory at the polls to the citizenry, who remained the pillars of his success. Chief Okorocha stated this yesterday, while...

Ladoja is anti-democrat – APC

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:52 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has said that former governor of Oyo State and the defeated candidate of the Accord Party in the last governorship election in the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, is an...

Gunmen kill 10 in Benue village

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:47 AM PDT

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Saturday evening numbering over fifty attacked and killed ten people, mostly women and children in Guma local government area of Benue state. Details...

Over 2000 people dead as Nepal searches for earthquake survivors

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:46 AM PDT

Rescuers in Nepal are searching for survivors of a magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 2,000, including 17 on Everest, digging through rubble in the devastated capital, Kathmandu. Residents of...

UN asks Indonesia not to execute drug convicts

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:40 AM PDT

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has appealed to Indonesia to stop the planned executions of nine prisoners within days for drug-related crimes. The nine – from Australia, Nigeria,...

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea: Mourinho's men edge closer to title with Emirates stalemate

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:39 AM PDT

The Blues are now six points away from Premier League glory after a match full of controversial refereeing calls, with the Portuguese's record against Arsene Wenger intact Leaders Chelsea and title...

Violence erupts in Baltimore over death in police custody

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:37 AM PDT

Thousands of people marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody but the demonstrations turned violent when some protesters threw...

Manchester United trashed by Everton

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:36 AM PDT

Manchester United  were trashed by Everton on Sunday suffering an embarrassing defeat in the hands of Roberto Martinez's side. A win would have moved the Red Devils, at least temporarily, into...

South Africa winds up relief camp for foreigners

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:28 AM PDT

Government-operated temporary shelters for foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence in Johannesburg have now been closed, officials have told Al Jazeera. Zweli Dlamini, a spokesperson for...

Saturday, 25 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Supplementary Governorship Election: Okorocha wins re-election in Imo, Okezie Ikpeazu wins Abia” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Supplementary Governorship Election: Okorocha wins re-election in Imo, Okezie Ikpeazu wins Abia” plus 29 more


Supplementary Governorship Election: Okorocha wins re-election in Imo, Okezie Ikpeazu wins Abia

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:18 PM PDT

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday secured the mandate of his people to govern them for another four years as he won the governorship rerun election on the platform of the All...

All my prophecies for Nigerian politics have come to pass - Prophet Ayodele

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:49 PM PDT

The founder and Head of Inri Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, has dismissed a report that listed his name as one of prophets whose prophecies about the 2015...

The general attitude of Patience Jonathan contributed to her husband’s loss - PDP chief

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:50 PM PDT

Bayelsa State publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Osom Makbere, has said President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential election due to international and domestic...

Nigeria recalls High Commissioner to South Africa in a bid to protest xenophobia

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:50 PM PDT

The Federal Government of Nigeria has recalled its High Commissioner to South Africa, Martin Cobham, and his deputy, Uche Okeke, to protest the continued attacks by South Africans on Nigerians and...

PICTURES: One of the worst earthquakes in decades occurs in Nepal, over 1,800 dead (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES)

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:51 PM PDT

A massive earthquake killed more than 1,200 people Saturday as it tore through large parts of Nepal, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu and triggering a deadly avalanche at Everest base...

Re-Run Elections: Low voter turnout in Abia, Delta, Ekiti, Imo, Taraba

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:57 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, held supplementary governorship poll in Abia, Imo and Taraba states; re-run election in Delta Central Senatorial District as well as...

Google executive killed on Everest after Nepal quake

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:48 PM PDT

A Google executive and self-described adventurer was among 10 people killed at a Mount Everest base camp in an avalanche triggered by a major Nepal earthquake Saturday, the company and his family...

Nigerian woman living in United States, kills husband for sleeping with sister

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:45 PM PDT

Temitope Adebamiro, 35, a Nigerian, has been charged with killing her husband, Adeyinka Adebamiro, 37, over infidelity claims.  The culprit told New Castle County police that her husband...

PDP wins supplementary election in Ekiti

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 09:08 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Ilejemeje State Constituency, Mrs. Bose Dada, as the winner of the supplementary...

Ondo state bans ‘ogogoro’ drink

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:08 PM PDT

The Ondo state Government, west of Nigeria has banned the production and consumption of locally-made gin, commonly called `ogogoro` in the state. The ban was reminiscent of the colonial and post...

A successful leader must make sacrifices, says Jonathan

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:07 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday called on all Nigerians, especially those in leadership positions, to make personal sacrifices that will propel the country to growth and prosperity. Jonathan...

Nigeria's Odion Ighalo leads Watford into the English Premier League

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:04 PM PDT

Odion Ighalo's Watford have secured a return to the Premier League, eight years after they were relegated. Slavisa Jokanovic's side had moved to the brink of reaching the top-flight with a 2-0 win...

English Premier League: Manchester City beat Villa 3-2, jump to second spot

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 01:57 PM PDT

Substitute Fernandinho struck a late winner as Manchester City killed off an Aston Villa comeback to claim a frantic 3-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium. City looked to have thrown away victory as...

Barcelona maintain La Liga lead, beat Espanyol 2-0

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 01:55 PM PDT

Neymar and Lionel Messi were on target as Barcelona eased their way to a 2-0 win at local rivals Espanyol to increase their grip on top spot in the Primera Division. Brazilian Neymar struck after 16...

IMO ELECTION: Voting ends as counting begins

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:15 AM PDT

Voting has closed in most places in the Imo governorship re-run election while counting is ongoing, correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report. At Ossemotor in Oguta local government,...

5 INEC adhoc officials arrested for thumb-printing ballot papers in Imo

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:15 AM PDT

Five ad hoc officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Imo State were on Saturday arrested for thumb-printing ballot papers in the governorship rerun in the state. The officials...

Two Nigerian soldiers killed in Jos blasts

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:15 AM PDT

Two soldiers were killed and another injured during a blast at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, 3 Armoured Division, Rukuba Barracks, Jos, Plateau State, on Saturday. Another soldier was said to have...

Patience Jonathan ​Fails To Attend Presidential Prayer

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:16 AM PDT

Nigeria's First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was conspicuously absent at the 5th and last Presidential Prayer Breakfast Saturday.​ Mrs. Jonathan always attended the presidential breakfast prayer which...

WATCH VIDEO: Kim Kardashian’s 65-year-old father publicly claims to have turned into a woman

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:16 AM PDT

Kim Kardashian's step dad, Bruce Jenner has revealed that he identifies as a woman - his 'true self' and a childhood dream - in an explosive ABC interview with Diane Sawyer. The 65-year-old Olympic...

Hard times await Nigerian policemen over dressing

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:14 AM PDT

The Zone 2 of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Saturday warned policemen that were usually in the habit of dressing shabbily to desist from such acts or face the dire consequences. The warning was...

Police confirm killing of man, 28, in tussle over girl friend

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:12 AM PDT

The police in Nasarawa State on Saturday confirmed the killing of one Yusuf Salihu, 28, by another man in an apparent tussle over a girl friend in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. ASP...

Another Buhari’s supporter starts walk from Yola to Abuja to celebrate victory at the polls

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:08 AM PDT

A supporter of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, identified as Abubakar Duduwale, has set for a walk from Yola in Adamawa to Abuja. He told newsmen in Yola on Saturday at the onset of the walk that...

World’s first malaria vaccine moves closer to use in Africa

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:06 AM PDT

The world's first malaria vaccine, produced by GlaxoSmithKline, could be approved by international regulators for use in Africa from October. The final trial data showed that the shoe, called RTS, S...

EKITI: 19 APC lawmakers ask court to jail Fayose

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:04 AM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have urged a Federal High Court, Abuja, to establish a contempt charge against Governor Ayodele Fayose for allegedly...

Jonathan harps on unity among Nigerians

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 11:03 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday urged all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of unity and continue to work for the good of the country. Jonathan made the call during the commissioning of the...

86,000 Pupils Write National Common Entrance Examination

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:53 AM PDT

The National Common Entrance Examination into the nation's 104 Federal Government Colleges, also known as Unity Schools, took place across the country on Saturday with over 86,000 candidates jostling...

One dies as Kogi PDP, APC youths clash

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:51 AM PDT

One person was feared dead on Saturday as youths of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress clashed at Anyigba Okura constituency of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi...

Masari plans free education, health care for Katsina orphans

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:50 AM PDT

Katsina State Governor-elect, Aminu Masari, has promised to provide free education and health care services for the benefit of orphans in the state. Masari made the promise in Katsina on Saturday...

Nepal earthquake death toll hits 800

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:46 AM PDT

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck the Himalayan nation of Nepal, with reports of extensive damages to property and loss of life. Police said that at least 876 people were killed on Saturday in...

Togo kicks off presidential vote

Posted: 25 Apr 2015 10:41 AM PDT

Togo's voters began to cast their ballots on Saturday to choose a new president amid peace and serenity. Some 3.5 million eligible voters of the West African nation will decide between incumbent...

Friday, 24 April 2015

NigerianEye: “African countries happy Buhari defeated Jonathan - Obasanjo” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “African countries happy Buhari defeated Jonathan - Obasanjo” plus 29 more


African countries happy Buhari defeated Jonathan - Obasanjo

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:23 PM PDT

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday said countries across the African continent are happy over the outcome of the presidential election in Nigeria, which saw the defeat of incumbent...

INEC to conduct supplementary elections in 11 states today

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission is to conduct 27 supplementary elections across eleven states in the country on Saturday (today). There are three governorship, one senatorial district,...

I can't die because Jonathan lost election – Clark

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:24 PM PDT

A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has said it is wrong for anyone to think that he would die because President Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28 presidential...

Jonathan, Buhari hold closed-door meeting in Abuja

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met for about 40 minutes with the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, behind closed-doors at the new Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja. Buhari arrived...

VIDEO: T.B Joshua predicts end to xenophobic attacks + special message to Africans

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:26 PM PDT

As the the world push for the end of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, influential preacher, T.B. Joshua just released an important video  titled, 'Africa, Unite' which pertinently addresses...

Buhari meets man who trekked from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate APC's victory

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday received Suleiman Hashimu, the man who is reported to have walked from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate the All Progressives Congress...

Fuel scarcity looms as subsidy debt hits N356.2bn

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

Aggregate subsidy arrears owed oil marketers by the Federal Government has been put at N356.2bn. Out of this amount is the sum of N100bn the Federal Government had made provision for in a Sovereign...

10 policemen detained by the Nigerian Army over refusal to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Ten policemen who were trained in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism in Belarus, are being detained in a military facility at Gwagwalada, Abuja. A detainee, who spoke with newsmen on the...

INEC denying us access to election materials – Rivers APC

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 10:05 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of denying it access to photocopies of result sheets for the 2015 general elections in the...

Bayelsa lawmaker, others dump PDP for APC

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:58 PM PDT

A member of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Alfred Egba, and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Egba, representing Yenagoa...

Xenophobia: Outrage as South African minister is denied visa to enter Israel

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:31 PM PDT

The government of South Africa has expressed outrage after Israel's decision to deny a visa to Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Clayson Monyela, Deputy Director General of Department of...

Fayose: Court fixes fresh anti-impeachment suit for ‎May 4

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:24 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 4 for hearing in a fresh suit challenging moves by the 19 members of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti State House of Assembly to impeach the...

Anambra Governor, Willy Obiano begs Buhari to consider Ndigbo for appointments

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:22 PM PDT

Anambra State Governor, Willy Obiano, has pleaded with President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, to include Igbos in his cabinet. This, he said, was important because the incoming administration...

Peterside condemns Wike’s attempt to re-write history

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:22 AM PDT

The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, the campaign outfit of Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has condemned attempts by Mr. Ezebuwon Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers...

Oronto Douglas to be buried in Bayelsa May 2

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:19 AM PDT

Funeral rites for the late Oronto Natei Douglas, former Senior Special Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation, and Strategy, who died at the State House Clinic, Abuja on Thursday, April...

Lagos rescues 62 abandoned babies

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:18 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Friday said it rescued no fewer than 62 babies abandoned across the state in the last one year. File Photo; Abandoned babyDr. Adesegun Oshinyinka, the Permanent...

REVEALED: Meet 4 Nigerian, others on death row in Indonesia

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:15 AM PDT

Nine foreign drug convicts are set to be executed in Indonesia after losing all appeals for clemency. Here are brief profiles of the inmates, who include two from Australia, one each from Brazil,...

Lagos cancels restriction of movement for April sanitation exercise

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 09:10 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Friday said there would be no restriction of movement from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the monthly sanitation on Saturday. The state usually imposed restriction on the last...

Unilag student graduates with 4.96 CGPA

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 08:56 AM PDT

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Rahamon Bello, on Friday said that 125 of its 10,600 graduating students for the 2014 session had finished in the First Class...

APC will soon know I’m an attack dog – PDP chairman, Adamu Mu’azu boasts

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:38 AM PDT

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, has said PDP will not go into any alliance with the incoming administration of the opposition All Progressives...

Champions League S/Final Draw: Barcelona versus Bayern Munich, Real Madrid against Juventus

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:39 AM PDT

Barcelona have been paired with Bayern Munich during Friday's Champions League semi-final draw in Nyon, while Real Madrid will have to deal with Juventus in the final four. Luis Enrique's side...

Nigerian troops get mandate to catch Shekau alive

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:38 AM PDT

Troops have got another mandate to catch Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau alive. Shekau is believed to have relocated from his bunker before the troops reclaimed Gwoza from the insurgents, a report...

APC will end poverty, not manage it – Tinubu

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:39 AM PDT

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the party will not manage the poverty level in the country, categorically stating that it will...

​Xenophobia: ​​OPC leader, ​Gani Adams​,​ visit​s​ South Africa

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:34 AM PDT

The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, on Thursday visited the Nigerian Embassy in South Africa in support of Nigerians affected by the spate of xenophobic attacks in the...

South Africa suspends parliament to fight xenophobia

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:29 AM PDT

South Africa's parliament will be suspended from next week to enable lawmakers to return to their constituencies to spread the anti-xenophobia message, in the wake of deadly attacks on African...

Switzerland is ‘world’s happiest’ country

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:16 AM PDT

Switzerland is the world's happiest country, according to a new survey. The land of clocks and chocolates topped the third annual World Happiness index produced by the Sustainable Development...

October 1 bombing: Court admits evidence against Charles Okah

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:08 AM PDT

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, admitted into evidence, exhibits that were tendered against the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bomb blast, Mr. Charles Okah. The...

Will Wenger finally beat Mourinho?

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:06 AM PDT

Arsene Wenger has never beaten Jose Mourinho in their 12 previous head-to-heads, but will the Frenchman finally get one over his bitter rivals when the teams clash on Sunday afternoon? Arsenal...

NDLEA arrests China-bound passenger with Indian hemp

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 05:56 AM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday apprehended a man, 40, for attempting to transport Indian hemp (Cannabis Sativa) to China. This is contained in a statement by Mitchel Ofoyeju,...

Three die in Lagos-Ibadan road crash

Posted: 24 Apr 2015 05:51 AM PDT

A policeman, attached to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, and two other persons died on Friday morning in a crash involving a truck and a bus at Magboro, along the Lagos-Ibadan...

Thursday, 23 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'” plus 29 more


Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Boko Haram members yesterday dropped fresh pictures of their terror activities since pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. More pictures below... Pictures were taken somewhere...

Boko Haram run out of arms and ammunition, resort to using bow and arrows, local weapons - DHQ

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

As troops continued their mop operations to rid the Sambisa Forest of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the forest, the insurgents are said to have run out of arms and ammunitions, an escapee...

Where is Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau?

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:39 PM PDT

A military source disclosed on Thursday that since the declaration of the final push against the insurgents in the middle of February, and directive to clear all terrorists' camps before May 29...

Coaching Super Eagles, a difficult task - Keshi

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has described coaching the Nigerian national team as a tasking job, but he insisted that he took the job because it is what he loves to do most. Keshi, who stayed...

AU organ wants creation of United States of Africa

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:27 PM PDT

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union has suggested that African countries should team up and quickly move towards the creation of the United States of Africa. The ECOSOCC...

Fashola named as one of seven outstanding personalities worldwide

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:23 PM PDT

A global conflict prevention organisation, International Crisis Group, has named the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, as one of seven outstanding personalities worldwide, to be honoured...

Bamanga Tukur to PDP: you caused your downfall

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:21 PM PDT

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Bamanga Tukur has said the party caused its own downfall. Tukur, in a statement in Abuja yesterday, said he warned the party in 2013 that it...

APC leaders fail to agree on zoning

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:19 PM PDT

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday failed to reach a decision on the zoning of political offices. They met at the Rivers State Governors' Lodge at Asokoro, Abuja all...

Nike, NFF strike partnership deal

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Leading sportswear manufacturer, Nike is the new technical sponsor to the Nigeria Football Federation, supporting all national team levels and grassroots development. Nike and the Nigeria Football...

Indonesia set to execute Nigerians, others by firing squad

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

The Indonesian government said Thursday it had ordered officials to make preparations to execute a group of drug convicts, most of them foreigners, despite mounting international criticism. The...

Obama takes blame for strike that killed two hostages

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that an American and an Italian hostage were accidentally killed in a covert US counter-terrorism operation near the Afghan-Pakistan border in January, taking...

Robber set ablaze in attempt to rape housewife

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:57 PM PDT

A suspected member of a robbery gang terrorizing residents of 7UP area of Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State has been set ablaze. It was gathered that the robbers numbering about 12 were raiding an...

Court halts impeachment moves against Fayose

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:56 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja today, set aside all actions and activities of the embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin and the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

Buhari ‘ll tackle insecurity, unemployment with seriousness – Tinubu

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:51 PM PDT

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the incoming administration of President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari, will tackle the problem of insecurity, unemployment...

Buhari meets Mark in Abuja, agenda not disclosed

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, on Thursday, met with the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.). The meeting, which held at the instance of the President-elect, lasted...

Jonathan, Buhari teams meet in preparation for May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

In preparation for the May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration, a joint committee of the outgoing and incoming government met on Thursday to discuss issues that will ensure a smooth...

Reasons why FG should remove oil subsidy – NNPC

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:02 AM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday called on the Federal Government to scrap the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) otherwise known as petroleum subsidy because government should not...

Boko Haram regroups en masse in stronghold area

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group's Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to flush them out, a civilian vigilante told AFP on Thursday. But...

Soldiers retreat from Sambisa forest as they encounter Land Mines

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

Reports indicate that Nigerian soldiers have retreated from the last known Boko Haram stronghold, Sambisa forest, where they said was booby-trapped after three pro-government vigilantes were killed...

President Jonathan orders removal of campaign posters, billboards nationwide

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday directed the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and other bodies that campaigned for his re-election to start removing the posters,...

Impeachment crisis blown out of proportion – Fayose

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:04 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said the impeachment crisis ravaging the state has been blown out of proportion. The governor, who spoke at the State Delegate Congress of the Nigeria Labour...

Over 103 Nigerian products rejected globally – FG

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:58 AM PDT

The Federal Government on Thursday lamented that within the last five years, over 103 Nigerian products, which were exported to other countries, have been rejected for not meeting acceptable...

Don’t abandon amnesty programmes, ex-militants urge Buhari

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:40 AM PDT

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders on Thursday urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government. The ex-freedom fighters...

South African President, Jacob Zuma defends his country - 'South Africans are not xenophobic'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:38 AM PDT

President Jacob Zuma has pledged to tackle anti-migrant sentiment in South Africa and to address deep-rooted problems behind the attacks. "South Africans are not xenophobic," he said Wednesday. "If...

Delta community chief’s wife escapes from kidnappers’ den

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:29 AM PDT

There was jubilation in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, following the escape of Mrs. Carol Botosan, wife of the Secretary of Ugborodo Community Trust, from kidnappers' den. Isaac Botosan, who...

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase meets president Jonathan

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:18 AM PDT

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Thursday met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. That was his first meeting with...

Thousands to march in Johannesburg against xenophobia

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:14 AM PDT

People have begun gathering at the Peter Roos Park in Park Town, Johannesburg, in preparation for a march to the Mary Fitzgerald Square, against the scourge of xenophobia which has plagued the...

Timipre Silva & Chief Anyim Pius Anyim Head Buhari's Inauguration Committee

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:13 AM PDT

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Silva and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, will co-chair the 2015 Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee...

Nigerian troops invade last Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa forest

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 05:16 AM PDT

Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded the Boko Haram's last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military...

Xenophobia: SERAP drags South Africa to ICC

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 05:20 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use her "good offices and position to investigate...