Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Breaking News: Buhari Submits Ministerial List, Senate Adjourns Without Screening

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Senate adjourns without screening President's cabinet members

The Nigerian Senate has adjourned to the next legislative day without considering President Muhammadu Buhari's ministerial list.

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Buhari Is Connected To The Kidnappers Of Olu Falae - Femi Fani-Kayode

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30 September, 2015
Buhari Is Conected To The Herdsmen Who Abducted Olu Falae - Fani-Kayode

Fani-Kayode accused President Muhammadu Buhari of shielding the herdsmen from justice saying that they 'believe that they have one of their own in the Villa.

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Olamide And Wizkid Lead Headies 2015 Nomination List

Olamide is top of the nomination table this year with eight nods including – Best Pop single, Rap Album, Best Collaboration, Best Street-Hop Artiste, Album of the Year, Artiste of the Year, and Song of the Year.

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5 Bad Things Every Woman Wants From Her Man In Bed

Deep inside, no woman wants a man who just jumps into bed and pulls out his penis, because sex for woman is a mental and physical process. You must be willing to go the extra mile.

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Tuesday, 29 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Ministerial List: I will appoint myself as petroleum minister - Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ministerial List: I will appoint myself as petroleum minister - Buhari” plus 29 more


Ministerial List: I will appoint myself as petroleum minister - Buhari

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:04 PM PDT

A glimpse into the cabinet list of President Muhammadu Buhari has been revealed by the President himself. He will head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in the new cabinet. Buhari dropped the...

Buhari is a Fulani man, he is sympathetic towards Fulani herdsmen - Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:07 PM PDT

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says President Muhammadu Buhari, who is a Fulani man, is sympathetic towards Fulani herdsmen. The former minister said this in a Facebook post...

REVEALED: See full list of 83 senators who passed vote of confidence on Saraki

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:19 PM PDT

As the 8th Senate, on Tuesday, resumed from its 4th recess in 110 days, no fewer than 83 Senators passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki,...

WATCH VIDEO: Boko Haram members celebrate Sallah in Sambisa forest

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:20 PM PDT

While muslims all around the celebrated the annual Sallah, The Islamic militant group terrorizing Nigeria, popularly known as  Boko Haram also released a video of members celebrating Sallah deep...

Afenifere group demands end to cattle rearing in Yorubaland

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:14 PM PDT

The Pan socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the Federal Government to abolish nomadic system of cattle rearing in order to stop the criminality allegedly being perpetrated by...

Finally, Sylva accepts cancellation of APC primary

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:09 PM PDT

Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State who was declared the winner of the disputed All Progressives Congress governorship primary last week has accepted the cancellation of the exercise by...

Arsenal 2-3 Olympiacos: Ospina blunder helps visitors to surprise win

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:57 PM PDT

Substitute Alfred Finnbogason was the match-winner for Olympiacos as his strike condemned Arsenal to a 3-2 defeat at the Emirates Stadium in the Champions League on Tuesday. Arsene Wenger's side...

Porto 2-1 Chelsea: Mourinho's woes continue as he sufffers yet another defeat

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:53 PM PDT

Porto captain Maicon headed a decisive second-half goal to give Porto a 2-1 Champions League win and extend Chelsea's laboured start to the season. Julen Lopetegui's side were offered encouragement...

Soldiers kill Boko Haram kingpin in Borno

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:59 PM PDT

Troops involved in the ongoing counter insurgency operation in the North-East have killed a terror kingpin around Kwatarha and Torikwaptir general area of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State....

Good governance capable of ending terrorism – Buhari

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:23 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said military action alone was not capable of ending the menace of terrorism and extremism currently eating deep into global polity. He said...

Boko Haram, terrorism not about Islam – Fashola

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:58 PM PDT

Former Governor of Lagos State and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola, has said acts of terrorism currently perpetrated by Boko Haram and other insurgents in the country have nothing to do...

Buhari delivers impressive speech on anti-corruption, SDGs, Chibok Girls at the United Nations General Assembly

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:52 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari left an impression at the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York by the time he finished because of the quality of  his speech.  Known for his...

Bukola Saraki to Senators - 'We need to treat Buhari’s ministerial list with urgency'

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:49 AM PDT

Nigeria's Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has urged members of the Red chamber to ensure that the long-awaited ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari is treated with urgency, when it is...

Read full text of Saraki’s resumption speech after 4th recess

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:51 AM PDT

WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI (CON) TO SENATORS OF THE 8TH SENATE ON RESUMPTION FROM THE SENATE RECESS ON TUESDAY, 29TH...

Mecca Stampede: Nigeria death toll rises to 64 as NAHCON identifies more bodies

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:50 AM PDT

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Tuesday said 10 more corpses of deceased Nigerian pilgrims had been identified, bringing the number of pilgrims who died at Mina stampede, to...

Tinubu didn’t support my re-election as Senator – Wife

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 10:12 AM PDT

Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday said she did not get the support of her husband, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to run for a second term in the past National Assembly election. Tinubu, who represents Lagos...

We’ll kill corruption, solve power problem – Osinbajo

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 10:10 AM PDT

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, is determined to stamp out corruption and solve power problem, which have become an incessant problem...

Trial of Saraki: Tread softly, Dogara cautions FG

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:41 AM PDT

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has called for caution over the ongoing trial of the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki. In his welcome address, the speaker...

CAF fines Nigeria $5,000 for fans’ misconduct at Nigeria vs Chad match

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:22 AM PDT

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined Nigeria 5,000 Dollars for fans misconduct during its first leg 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match on June 13. The decision of...

Ebisan: Proudly Nigerian! - Femi Aribisala

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:18 AM PDT

Two days to another October 1 independence anniversary, and all is bleak and depressing on the Nigerian front. No self-congratulatory messages. No stadium march-pass and celebrations. All we are...

Mugabe sends strong message to world leaders - 'Africans are not gay'

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:01 AM PDT

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has rejected calls from the United Nations (UN ) to implement gay rights in his country. Speaking on September 28, at the 70th United Nations General Assembly...

Nigerian Senators pass vote of confidence on embattled leader Bukola Saraki in dramatic fashion

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 09:22 AM PDT

Nigerian Senators on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on the senate president, Bukola Saraki, a move apparently aimed at shoring up support for the embattled leader who is facing corruption...

OKONJO-IWEALA: WHEN THE PROPHET IS NOT CELEBRATED AT HOME By Bade Adebolu

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 07:32 AM PDT

Nigerians are usually excited about changing governments. The incoming administration comes with Nigerians, as usual, having high expectations, only to end up being more disappointed than they were...

PDP claims credit for Nigeria’s delisting from Polio endemic countries

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:55 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) celebrates with Nigerians for the delisting of the country as polio endemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), following the fact that there has been no single...

Buhari demands $500m loan for Lagos, Diaspora bond

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:52 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested the House of Representatives to approve another tranche of $200million World Bank loan for Lagos State. The WB had, in 2010, offered a Development...

Two NDLEA officials ‘abscond’ with seized drugs

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:47 AM PDT

Two officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement ‎Agency, NDLEA, have been declared wanted after absconding with narcotics last month. Daniel Goska, ‎a Superintendent of Narcotics, and Ndubuisi...

The herdsmen from hell - Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:39 AM PDT

Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better and the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most that...

Moses, Ighalo nominated for EPL award

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:33 AM PDT

Nigeria stars Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo are among five players nominated for the September edition of the English Premier League's African Player of the Month. "Africans hit the ground running...

Oliseh invites 19 for CHAN qualifier + Full list

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:30 AM PDT

Super Eagles manager, Sunday Oliseh, has invited 19 home-based players for next month African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso. The domestic lads are expected to...

Timipre Sylva sure of winning re-run APC primary

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:21 AM PDT

The campaign team of Timipre Sylva, has boasted that Sylva will win the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State. The former governor however insists that he...

Watch Boko Haram Celebrating Sallah In Sambisa Forest

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29 September, 2015
Ogun State Police Arrests Blogger For Allegedly Defaming Gov's Wife

The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi in an interview, confirmed the arrest of a blogger, Emmanuel Ojo, who allegedly defamed the Wife of the Ogun State Governor.

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Nollywood Actress Ini Edo Launches Nightclub

Ini Edo has successfully completed a multi-million naira nightclub in the Lekki area of Lagos and pictures show it is no small feat.

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Sexual Problems Women Suffer After Childbirth And The Solution

Most doctors require that women stay away from sex for a period up to six weeks before they have penetrative sex.

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Gamaliel Onosode, Former Presidential Aspirant Dies At 82

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Gamaliel Onosode, Former presidential aspirant dies at 82

Onosode died at about 8:15am on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the Gold Cross Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos, according to Vanguard.

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Monday, 28 September 2015

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready” plus 29 more


REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Fresh reports reaching NE has it that the list of ministerial-nominees, to constitute the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, is finally ready. The Senate may get a letter from the President,...

We are waiting on Buhari for ministers’ list — Senate

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

As the Senate resumes today from its six-week break, it said yesterday that it was yet to get the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari. This came as security operatives at...

SEE LIST: Which of these individuals will make Buhari's ministerial list?

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:20 PM PDT

It's just about 48 hours to September 30, the deadline given by President Muhammadu Buhari, to release the list of his long-awaited ministerial nominees, the list of the ministerial nominees is to be...

Presidency lied, UN meeting on insurgency shunned by Buhari yielded $6.8m – PDP

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:54 PM PDT

National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigeria's snubbing of the meeting of countries affected by insurgency at the...

My grouse with journalists as Jonathan’s spokesman – Abati

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT

Immediate past Special Adviser on Media to the former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, has said many journalists failed to appreciate the delicate and sensitive nature of his job as the...

I want to score against Arsenal - Ideye

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Olympiacos attacker Brown Ideye feels he has nothing to prove on his return to English ahead of the Tuesday's Champions League tie against Arsenal, reports Goal. The 26-year-old Nigerian was...

Go to court, Odigie-Oyegun tells Timipre Sylva

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has told Chief Timipre Sylva, one of the contestants in Sept. 22 botched primary in Bayelsa to go to court. apc vs...

Falae finally opens up - 'I paid ransom to be freed'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

A former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, on Monday has revealed that his family paid ransom to his abductors before he was freed on Thursday. He said the kidnappers only...

Buhari orders National Hajj Commission: 'Account for all Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia now'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

resident Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to urgently account for all Nigerian pilgrims in the aftermath of last Thursday's...

Bailout Fund: Ekiti only got N9.6 Billion out of N29 Billion – Fayose cries out

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has lamented that the state only got N9.6 billion out of the over N29 billion it applied for in the Federal Government's bail-out funds for states. The governor,...

Nigeria declares Thursday public holiday

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:18 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2015, as public holiday to mark the nation's 55th Independence celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji,...

Nigerians react to UNILAG’s bedbug protest

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

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Police inspector to die by hanging

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:17 AM PDT

A Rivers State High Court has sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba. The court's ruling...

Niger Accountant General among those killed in Saudi stampede

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:08 AM PDT

Niger State Accountant General, Alhaji Shehu Kontagora, was among those killed in the stampede that occurred in Saudi Arabia last week. His remains had been found in one of the morgues in Saudi...

Senate resumes on Tuesday after six- week recess

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:02 AM PDT

The Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, on Monday said the Senate will resume on Tuesday after a six- week recess. Melaye, who stated this in a statment in...

LASU male lectruers, others shun paternity leave

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:59 AM PDT

The Lagos State ‎University on Monday advised its male staff members to avails themselves of paternity leave, approved for workers in Lagos State's Public Service‎. The advice was contained in the...

APC orders fresh Bayelsa governorship primary despite Sylva's claims

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:56 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Monday ordered for a fresh governorship ‎primary to select the party's candidate for the November governorship election in the state. National Chairman of the party,...

Two arrested over dumping of girl’s corpse

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:54 AM PDT

A grandmother, whose name is yet to be ascertained, and a driver, simply identified as Ade, are in police custody for allegedly dumping the corpse of a seven-year-old girl, Iyadun Ajayi, at the back...

'Assets declaration will check corruption'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:52 AM PDT

A House of Representatives member, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas (Adamawa-APC), has insisted that assets declaration by public officers on assumption of office will help check corruption. Namdas told the...

Japan proposes five additional sports for 2020 Olympics

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:51 AM PDT

The Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee on Monday recommended the inclusion of five additional sports to the 2020 games. They are baseball-softball, karate, surfing, sport climbing and...

16 Ebonyi top officials lose September salaries for lateness

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:47 AM PDT

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State on Monday ordered that 16 top government functionaries in the state should forfeit their September and October salaries and overheads for coming late to a state...

Woman arrested for attempting to use twins for fraud

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:45 AM PDT

Police operatives attached to Pen Cinema police station in Agege, Lagos, on Sunday arrested a woman for trying to use twins belonging to Mrs. Ruth Uche for fraud. The woman was nabbed at College...

Obama ‘prepared to work’ with Russia, Iran on Syria

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama declared Monday that the United States does not want a new Cold War over the Ukraine conflict and is prepared to work with Russia and Iran on the Syrian crisis. "The United...

13 killed as gunmen attack salary convoy of civil servants

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:39 AM PDT

Thirteen people have been killed in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack on a convoy transporting some $40,000 (36,000 euros) in salaries for civil servants, Finance...

5 dead, 17 rescued from Ikorodu boat mishap – LASG

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Lagos State government yesterday said five of the 20 passengers and two crew members of a commercial boat belonging to the Bayeku Ferry Association travelling from Oke Ira Nla, Ajah to Bayeku in...

Pope blames bishops who cover up pedophile priests

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT

Pope Francis on Monday admitted that Catholic Church hierarchies shielded the crimes of pedophile priests. The Pontiff stated this hours after meeting people who were abused in their youth by...

We stand by Sylva’s victory – Bayelsa APC

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:34 AM PDT

The Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe, has said the party in the state stands by the victory of former governor and leader of the party, Chief Timipre...

Police recover 82 stolen cows in Sokoto

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:32 AM PDT

The Sokoto State Police Command on Monday announced the recovery of 80 stolen cattle between Sept. 17 and 22. The command's Spokesman, Mr Sabo Kurawa, who made the announcement at a news briefing in...

Counter-insurgency: We were not referring to Borno elders group, Army insists

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:30 AM PDT

he Nigeria Army on Monday maintained that its warning to saboteurs of the ongoing operations in the North-East was not directed to the Borno Elders of Thought (BELT), a socio-political group. The...

Lunar Eclipse: Nothing to fear, just watch – Scientist

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT

An official of National Space Research and Development Agency(NASDRA) has advised Nigerians not to panic over the lunar eclipse which occurred on Monday morning. Dr Benjamin Ayetunji, NASRDA Chief...