Friday, 29 May 2015

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Thursday, 28 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Read Full text of Jonathan's remarks at the presentation of handing-over notes to Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Read Full text of Jonathan's remarks at the presentation of handing-over notes to Buhari” plus 29 more


Read Full text of Jonathan's remarks at the presentation of handing-over notes to Buhari

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:40 PM PDT

1. I welcome you all to this occasion of the formal presentation of the Hand-over notes of my Administration to the in-coming Administration of the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. 2....

IN PICTURES: Jonathan-Buhari Aso Villa tour + Handover notes ceremony

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:39 PM PDT

Nigerians Go Gaga Over Sudden Appearance Of Buhari’s Son

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:41 PM PDT

Buhari's son, Yusuf literarily broke the social media after his picture cropped up online in company of his father, Gen. Buhari, Thursday morning. Donned in a flowing traditional apparel and a...

Court dismisses bid to stop Buhari’s inauguration

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:57 PM PDT

Ahead of Friday's inauguration of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application seeking to stop the swearing-in ceremony. A...

At last, NDLEA ends siege, vacates Kashamu’s residence

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:58 PM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has finally vacated the Lekki, Lagos residence of the Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu. The operatives left the area...

I’m highly honoured—Adesina, new AfDB President

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:39 PM PDT

Nigeria's outgoing Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was yesterday elected as the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the bank's Annual General Meeting in Abidjan,...

Kidnappers of Jonathan’s cousins demand N50m ransom

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:33 PM PDT

The kidnappers of Patience Egbeni and Kate Eni, cousins to President Goodluck Jonathan, have reportedly demanded N50 million ransom for their release. The victims were kidnapped on May 20 at...

IN PICTURES: Fashola's last day in his office as Governor of Lagos state

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:28 PM PDT

Credits: Lukeshphoto

Wike declares war on criminals

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:14 PM PDT

Ahead of his inauguration as the Chief Executive of Rivers State, the Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike, has assured the people that his administration will declare war on criminals and restore...

David Mark asks Buhari to respect human rights

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:10 PM PDT

Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to adhere strictly to the rule of law, and respect human rights while discharging his constitutional...

Blatter defies calls to quit as FIFA president, set to run for 5th term

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:02 PM PDT

Defying calls to quit, Sepp Blatter has confirmed his decision to seek a fifth term as the president of global football's governing FIFA in Friday's election. Speaking at the opening of the FIFA...

LAGOS: 1,563 policemen for inauguration, 25,000 on red alert

Posted: 28 May 2015 05:49 PM PDT

The Lagos State Police Command says it will deploy 1,563 officers in the venue of the inauguration of the state Governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Onikan. The Police...

Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina Elected Africa Development Bank President.

Posted: 28 May 2015 05:44 PM PDT

The Outgoing Minister for Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has been elected as the 8th President of the Africa Development Bank. Akinwumi A. Adesina of #Nigeria has been elected as the 8th...

Jonathan presents handover notes to Buhari

Posted: 28 May 2015 06:40 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday formally presented his hand over notes to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. The presentation was done inside the Council Chamber of the Presidential...

2015 Presidential Election: I‘ve no regrets losing to Buhari, it's an act of God – Jonathan

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:48 AM PDT

Despite the painful loss of the Presidential election to his opponent of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he has no regret over his defeat. And rather than...

All set for Buhari’s inauguration as Nigeria's new president

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:51 AM PDT

The reward for the March elections is here, and Nigerians are literally in the mood of 'change' with a new administration to be headed by General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) elected on the platform of...

Jonathan changed Nigeria’s political history – Buhari

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:51 AM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has changed the course of Nigeria's political history for good. He made the remark after President...

NDLEA yet to vacate Kashamu's house despite court order

Posted: 28 May 2015 08:12 AM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday, beefed up its presence around the Lekki, Lagos residence of the embattled Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu‎,...

75 Nigerian Youths Trekking For Buhari’s Victory Arrive Abuja

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:47 AM PDT

The 75 young people who set out from Kebbi State in solidarity with the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari 17 days ago arrived Abuja yesterday evening at about 7.30pm. The trekkers, who were received...

NLC Deputy President Calls For Public Declaration Of Assets By Political Office Holders

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:43 AM PDT

Mr Issa Aremu, Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday said political office holders should publicly declare assets to facilitate easy tracking of ill-gotten...

Frozen food traders lose N10 million to blackout

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:40 AM PDT

Frozen food traders in Ijora-Olopa, Lagos, lost N10 million worth of food items between May 23 and May 25 to blackout. They said yesterday that the blackout is worsened by the scarcity of fuel,...

Senate orders DPR to seal-off filling stations hoarding fuel

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:37 AM PDT

Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources ( Upstream and Downstream ), currently investigating the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, has directed the Department of Petroleum Resources to...

There are more Nigerian professionals in Europe than in Nigeria – EU

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:26 AM PDT

The European Union (EU) says there are more Nigerian professionals in Europe than there are in Nigeria, warning that the development can be detrimental to the development of the country. The EU...

Spain judge opens terrorism case against Boko Haram

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:23 AM PDT

A Spanish High Court judge said Thursday he has agreed to hear a lawsuit against Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram and its leader Abubakar Shekau for crimes against humanity and...

South Africa denies bribes paid to host World Cup

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:21 AM PDT

South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday denied allegations that huge bribes were paid to win the right to host the 2010 World Cup, saying that public money had not been given to...

Governor Uduaghan swears in new CJ in Delta

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:19 AM PDT

Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Thursday swore in Justice Marshall Umukoro as the new Chief Judge of the state. Uduaghan, who performed the ceremony in Asaba, charged Umukoro to discharge his...

Man docked for allegedly stealing 50 litres of petrol from police station

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:17 AM PDT

A commercial motorcyclist, popularly called ` Okada rider', Abiola Salawu, who allegedly stole 50 litres of petrol from the Ketu Police Station, Lagos State, on Thursday appeared before an Ogudu...

No wrinkles, greys, arthritis - Scientists delay aging process by remote control

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:13 AM PDT

The global anti-aging market is projected to be worth USD 191.7 billion by 2019. This shows that people are willing to pay anything to remain young – no wrinkles, greys, arthritis, rheumatism etc. It...

Don’t prosecute Jonathan, Bayelsa PDP chieftain begs Buhari

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:10 AM PDT

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa state and former commissioner for Agriculture, and Environment, Chief Lionel Jonathan –Omo, has appealed to the incoming president elect,...

Femi Falana raises the alarm over sacking of 290 soldiers

Posted: 28 May 2015 07:08 AM PDT

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday raised the alarm over the sacking of a total of 290 soldiers by the Nigerian Army. Falana said in a statement that ‎the letter of dismissal...

Fuel Scarcity Was Arranged To Sabotage My Government - Jonathan

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NigerianEye: “I’ve never killed anybody — Wike” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I’ve never killed anybody — Wike” plus 29 more


I’ve never killed anybody — Wike

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:50 PM PDT

Rivers State governor- elect, Mr Nyesom Wike, has denied ever killing anybody or conspiring with any person whatsoever to kill any person in his life and in all his political pursuits, noting that...

Lightening strikes 4 kids dead on Children's Day

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:49 PM PDT

This year's Children Day celebration was marred by tragedy at Gure town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, as four female children were killed by lightening. This came on a day a woman...

Nigerian Army sacks 200 soldiers for cowardice

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:41 PM PDT

The Nigeria Army at the Rukuba Barracks in Jos, Plateau State, has dismissed about 200 soldiers from service for their failure to capture the Sambisa Forest, a notorious hideout for Boko Haram...

'If you want to probe me, you have to probe all the administrations before me' - Jonathan tells Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:38 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday advised the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, not to restrict any probe he will want to carry out to his administration alone. He said Buhari must extend...

Chibok girls would be brought back to their families - Jonathan

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:27 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that efforts are underway to bring an end to violence against Nigerian children who are abused in diverse ways. The president announced the measure during the...

Court declines to stop Wike’s swearing-in

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:20 PM PDT

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, refused an ex-parte application praying it to stop the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiru, from swearing in the Rivers State...

I was a secondary school dropout and motor park tout —Benue gov-elect

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:16 PM PDT

The Benue State incoming Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has described his experience as a motor park tout and his election as governor as a divine arrangement and the handiwork of God. Ortom, who...

Borno pastor writes Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:13 PM PDT

A Borno State-born Pastor Kallamu Musa-Dikwa on Wednesday wrote President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on the need to support the emergence of a northern Christian as the Speaker of the House of...

BORNO: Level of Bama’s destruction shocks Governor Shettima

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:11 PM PDT

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday expressed shock at the level of destruction in Bama, which was recently liberated by the military from the Boko Haram insurgents, who had...

Reasons why we closed Benin, Asaba airports - Aviation minister

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:08 PM PDT

The Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, on Thursday said the Federal Government downgraded and closed down the Asaba and Benin airports, respectively, as a result of safety concerns. He spoke while...

Kogi Judge kidnappers demand N150 million ransom

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:05 PM PDT

The kidnappers that abducted the Kogi State High Court Judge, Justice Samuel Obayomi, has demanded N150m before they will free the judge. Obayomi of Ebogogo High Court in Adavi Local Government...

We shall obey court order on Kashamu – NDLEA

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:03 PM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has expressed its readiness to obey the court judgement, which ordered its operatives to vacate the Lagos residence of Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial...

I'm ready to work with anyone who emerges National Assembly leader – Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:02 PM PDT

The President Elect, Mohammadu Buhari, on Wednesday reiterated his readiness to work with any leader of the National Assembly, who emerges, irrespective of which part of the country he or she comes...

Buhari returns to Nigeria on Thursday

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:16 AM PDT

Nigeria's president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari is billed to return to Nigeria tomorrow from the United Kingdom, UK. The Head of his Media team, Mallam Garba Shehu told newsmen that Buhari's...

Outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan signs Tobacco control bill, five others

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Nigeria's outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed the Tobacco Control bill into law, hours to the end of his tenure. The president signed the bill alongside five others, his spokesperson,...

Boko Haram penetrated Northeast due to illiteracy – Obasanjo

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Cotonou urged African nations to provide quality education to ensure peace and tolerance in the continent, stressing that, the low level of...

Bayelsa plans reception for Jonathan on Friday

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:21 AM PDT

The Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to hold a civic reception for outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan in the state on Friday, hours after Jonathan would have handed over power to the...

Money began to miss in Federation Account after division of Governors Forum – Amaechi

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:19 AM PDT

Rivers Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, on Wednesday urged incoming governors not to allow anybody to divide the Nigeria Governors Forum. Amaechi made the call at a church service to mark his 50th...

Court bars NDLEA, others from arresting Kashamu

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday restrained security agencies in Nigeria from arresting and transporting the Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the...

Senate receives National Conference report from Outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the National Conference from President Goodluck Jonathan for consideration. The letter accompanying the report, which was read by the President of the...

Muhammadu Buhari: From coup leader to ‘converted democrat’

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

Muhammadu Buhari, who will be sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist. But he has undergone a...

Ekiti State University shut as workers protest unpaid salaries

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, was again shut on Wednesday as trade unions protested unpaid three months salaries by the State Government. The workers, under the aegis of Senior Staff...

One killed, several injured, as truck runs into fuel queue in Abuja

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:49 AM PDT

At least one person died with several sustained various degree of injuries, when a truck believed to have had a break failure on Tuesday morning ran into a fuel queue at Dutse in the Federal Capital...

Jonathan wins Peace Award for conceding defeat to Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:42 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday honoured with another award of "Peace Loving Global Citizen" for his decision to accept the result of the 2015 Presidential poll. The award was presented...

My husband’s plan covers every Nigerian child — Aisha Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:38 AM PDT

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigeria's president-elect, has assured the people of Nigeria of the incoming government's commitment to the development of children in every geopolitical zone of the...

MAY 29 Inauguration: IG orders tight security around Eagle Square

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:35 AM PDT

As part of preparations for the Friday Presidential inauguration, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered tight security at Eagle Square, venue of the programme. He had also...

REVEALED: List of indicted and arrested football officials

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:32 AM PDT

Nine current and former football officials have been indicted on corruption charges by the U.S. Justice Department, just as world governing body FIFA was convening for its congress and presidential...

Ciroma resigns as NIWA’s MD

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:29 AM PDT

The Managing Director of the National inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Hajia Inna Ciroma, on Wednesday tendered her resignation letter, with effect from May 28. This is contained in a statement...

Transparency International urges FIFA chief Blatter to step down

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:25 AM PDT

Sepp Blatter must resign as president of football's ruling body FIFA, the non-governmental corruption watchdog Transparency International said on Wednesday. Transparency international, pointed out to...

UEFA astonished and saddened by Zurich arrests, Prince Ali calls it sad day for football

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:27 AM PDT

European football body UEFA on Wednesday expressed astonishment and sadness over the arrests of leading FIFA and other football officials in Zurich.  UEFA said in a statement in Warsaw that it...