Sunday, 8 February 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari calls for calm over Elections Postponement” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari calls for calm over Elections Postponement” plus 29 more

Buhari calls for calm over Elections Postponement

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians, particularly supporters of the APC to remain calm, but resolute in the face of the...

Accept poll shift in good faith - Jonathan tells Nigerians

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday appealed to all stakeholders to accept the shift in the dates of the general elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday...

Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:45 PM PST

It was the bigest night in the world of music yesterday as the 57th annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles Pharrell and Sam Smith had a monster night, both winning multiple awards. Pharrell...

Jonathan’s campaign billboard burnt in Abuja

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:35 PM PST

A campaign billboard of the Peoples Democratic Party bearing the photograph of President Goodluck Jonathan was set ablaze in the early hours of Saturday by an unidentified man. The incident was said...

Ivory Coast champions of 2015 AFCON

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

The Ivory Coast have been crowned AFCON 2015 champions after they beat Ghana 9-8 on penalties in the final at the Estadio de Bata on Sunday. The teams were deadlocked at 0-0 after both 90 minutes...

VIDEO: How T.B Joshua prophesied Nigerian Election postponement

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

By Ihechukwu Njoku, Amidst the controversy swirling around the decision by the electoral commission to postpone Nigeria's elections by six weeks, Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua has released a video...

US condemns postponement of Nigeria elections

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:36 PM PST

The United States government has expressed 'deep' disappointment by the decision to postpone Nigeria's presidential election, which had been scheduled for February 14. A statement by U.S. Secretary...

Oritsejafor warns Nigerian politicians - 'Do not make politics a do-or-die affair'

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:25 PM PST

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Friday in Abuja expressed concern over what he described as political intolerance ahead of the forthcoming general...

‘Re-electing Jonathan’ll be a national disaster’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:23 PM PST

The General Muhammadu Buhari Volunteers' Group has warned of an implosion should President Goodluck Jonathan return to power. The organisation called on Nigerians who had yet to collect their...

Nigeria’s poll shift ‘a cause for concern’, says Britain

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 09:18 PM PST

Britain said on Sunday a decision by Nigeria's electoral commission to delay the country's presidential election because of the security situation there was "a cause for concern". The commission...

Buhari’s wife calls for calm over elections postponement

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:54 AM PST

The wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on Nigerians to accept the postponement of the nation's general elections in good faith. Buhari...

‘Kidnappers of Dariye’s father demand $10m ransom’

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:52 AM PST

The gunmen that kidnapped Mr Dariye Dafweng, father of Sen Joshua Dariye, in his Mushere village, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau, on Saturday, have asked for 10 million dollars as...

Court orders service on Jonathan in fresh disqualification suit

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:49 AM PST

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that President Goodluck Jonathan be served with court documents in a suit seeking to disqualify him from seeking re-election in the forthcoming...

FG to privatise transport sector

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:46 AM PST

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, has said the bureau would soon begin the privatisation process for the country's transport sector. This is contained in...

Presidency polluting military, says Fayemi

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:45 AM PST

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and a member of House of Representatives, Bamidele Faparusi, have accused the Presidency of polluting the military to make it force the Independent...

ASUU flays elections postponement

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:44 AM PST

President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has expressed displeasure over the postponement of the general elections, saying there was no justification for it. Fagge told the...

Rivers state politician, Evans Bipi accused of assassination plot

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:42 AM PST

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area, Rivers State, and the leader of the All Progressives Congress in the area, Mr. Mina Tende, has accused the leader of the...

Ilesa-Ife highway auto-crash kills 10

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:41 AM PST

About persons lost their lives in an accident involving a Toyota Sienna space bus and a Toyota Hiace bus along the Ilesa-Ife Expressway on Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the accident,...

Man Utd force West Ham to 1-1 draw

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:39 AM PST

Daley Blind's stoppage-time goal rescued a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw away to West Ham at Upton Park on Sunday as they failed to leapfrog Southampton into third place in the Premier...

Egypt sets retrial date for jailed Al-Jazeera journalists

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:37 AM PST

The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists still jailed in Egypt will start on February 12, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were sentenced to seven...

Leaked audio tape: Ekiti APC vows to reclaim ‘stolen’ mandate

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:36 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has urged its supporters to brace for the challenge to reclaim its "stolen mandate" from Governor Ayodele Fayose. In a statement on Sunday, the state...

Leaked Ekiti Audio Tape: Presidency has a case to answer – Fashola

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:34 AM PST

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has insinuated that the Presidency has a case to answer after the office of the President was mentioned on a leaked recording on the eve of the governorship...

Fashola receives PVC, faults polls rescheduling

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:32 AM PST

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Sunday expressed disappointment at the rescheduling of the general elections from February 14 to March 28 by the Independent National Electoral...

Egypt sentences three Islamists to death over terrorism

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:28 AM PST

An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced three Islamists to death over terrorism charges. They were believed to be affiliated with the al-Qaida terrorist group, and have spied for terrorist groups...

Minister of police affairs admits that "Ekitigate"meeting happened,but says the tape was manipulated

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:56 AM PST

One of the men who was reportedly in the Ado-Ekiti meeting where an army general was ordered to do the whims of the PDP in thr Ekiti governorship elections last year, has admitted that such a meeting...

Ex-Plateau governor, Joshua Dariye’s father kidnapped by unknown gunmen

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:27 AM PST

Suspected kidnapers, Saturday night, kidnapped the father of a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye. A source tolad NE hat the victim, who is said to be in his late 80s, was abducted at...

Police quiz Whitney Houston’s daughter’s boyfriend

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:19 AM PST

Police have opened a criminal probe into the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, US media reported, one week after the 21-year old daughter of late singing legend Whitney Houston was pulled...

VIDEO: Doyin Okupe’s Attempt to Discredit Buhari Backfires

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:51 AM PST

At an event which held at the presidential villa in Abuja, Senior Special Advise to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, attempted to discredit the person of General Muhammadu...

NEDG cancels presidential debates

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:28 AM PST

Following changes in dates for the general elections, NEDG cancels presidential election debate, scheduled for Sunday, February 8, says new date will be announced. The Chairman of the group, Mr...

Poll shift upsets Borno residents

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:10 AM PST

Residents and officials in Nigeria's northern Borno state have expressed their disappointment after the electoral commission announced it would postpone elections until March 28, six weeks later than...
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