Wednesday, 25 February 2015

NigerianEye: “Femi Fani-Kayode denies bribing crowd to boo Buhari in London” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Femi Fani-Kayode denies bribing crowd to boo Buhari in London” plus 29 more


Femi Fani-Kayode denies bribing crowd to boo Buhari in London

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:10 PM PST

The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied allegation that he has rented a crowd to boo the...

APC Accuses Presidency of Bribing Protesters With $20,000 To Embarrass Buhari In London

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:10 PM PST

All Progressives Congress (APC) party officials have accused Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Former Aviation Minister and the spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan presidential campaign, of organizing a paid...

Meet The Cute Little Genius: 10-year-old Nigerian girl admitted into University in UK

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

Ten year old Esther Okade, one of UK's youngest students from Nigeria, has been accepted to start her maths degree at the Open University. Esther, who enrolled three weeks ago, is already top of her...

Reasons why we are now winning the war against Boko Haram - Doyin Okupe

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

The presidency on Wednesday reviewed the ongoing military onslaught against the members of the Boko Haram sect and said the success being recorded by the military was because of certain...

IN PICTURES: President Jonathan, Obasanjo & other former heads of state celebrate with Shehu Shagari as he turns 90

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

Former President Shehu Shagari turned 90 years old today and President Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, and other former Heads of State including Chief Ernest Shonekan, Gen. Babangida, Gen. Yakubu Gowon...

The number of cases filed against Buhari to make him ineligible to contest now 10

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:12 PM PST

The number of cases filed against the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over alleged non-submission of his academic certificates to the Independent...

3 Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Paris for flying drone

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:09 PM PST

Three journalists for TV station Al-Jazeera were arrested in Paris on Wednesday after flying a drone from a park on the edge of the city, a judicial source said. "The first was piloting the drone,...

Niger troops bomb fish farmers financing Boko Haram

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 08:42 PM PST

Niger's air force has bombed a convoy of trucks carrying smoked fish to Nigeria, a trade banned by local officials because it is suspected of helping to finance the Islamist militant group Boko...

Again hoodlums clash in Oshodi, Four dead, several vehicles razed

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 08:46 PM PST

For the second time in 2 weeks, hoodlums have again clashed in the Oshodi area of Lagos. Four people were reportedly killed, while several others were injured in the fracas which was stopped after...

FG approves $403m loans for Lagos, Rivers, Ogun, Osun

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 04:20 PM PST

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the request of Lagos, Rivers, Ogun and Osun states to obtain foreign loans totalling about $403m, among other approvals. It also approved a $1.2bn...

Special promotion for soldiers fighting Boko Haram – Chief of Army Staff

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:44 PM PST

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced a special promotion for all soldiers involved in liberating Baga in Borno from Boko Haram insurgents. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth...

IN PICTURES: How Boko Haram members wrecked Michika town

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:56 PM PST

ISIL kidnaps 100 men in Iraq

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:27 PM PST

More than 100 Iraqi men, including nine boys, have been kidnapped by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters near Tikrit, an influential sheikh says. Sheikh Anwar Assi al-Obeidi told Al...

Kidnappers of US Missionary worker demand N60 million ransom

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:37 PM PST

Kidnappers, who took an American missionary on Monday in Kogi State, are demanding a ransom of nearly $300,000, authorities have said. The Rev. Phyllis Sortor, 70, was abducted while she was at...

Senate slashes subsidies on kerosene, petrol

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:32 PM PST

The Senate on Wednesday slashed the allocation for petrol and kerosene subsidies presented by the Ministry of Finance in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for 2015-2017. The upper chamber, while...

APC accuses Fayose of ‘importing’ fake soldiers

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:12 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has challenged Governor Ayodele Fayose to explain to Nigerians why he imported men in Army uniform, suspected to be thugs, into his country home in Afao...

UCL: Monaco shock Arsenal at the Emirates

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:58 PM PST

Arsenal suffered a shocking 1-3 defeat at the Emirates on Wednesday night after the visiting french side, Monaco earned a massive first leg advantage. The Gunners were frustrated for much of the...

Ekiti Rigging Tape: Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore, others must be probed - Wole Soyinka

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:57 AM PST

The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has demanded investigation into the Ekiti rigging audio, which appears to show how the military hierarchy and some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, including...

IN PICTURES: US & Spanish soldiers training African soldiers on how to combat terrorism

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:56 AM PST

Some American and Spanish soldiers training African soldiers on effective counter terrorism fight against Boko Haram at the annual 'Flintlock' counter-terrorism exercise, a 10-year U.S -sponsored...

Missing $20 Billion: Produce full report, Reps ask Okonjo-Iweala again

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:32 AM PST

The House of Representatives for the second time on Wednesday, asked the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to submit the full version of the forensic audit report on the alleged missing...

African U-17: Golden Eaglets lose to South Africa 0-1

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:31 AM PST

South Africa is gradually emerging as the nemesis of Nigeria in continental football as the country's Under-17 bundled Nigeria's Golden Eaglets out of the ongoing African U-17 football championship...

18-year-old housewife slaughters newly wedded husband in Kano

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:57 AM PST

Kano was thrown into shock Wednesday as a housewife, 18 years old, slaughtered her newly wedded husband at Darmunawa quarters of the metropolis. The suspect identified as Rahma Hussaini allegedly...

Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy are the new ambassadors for Konga, share free gifts with fans

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:27 AM PST

Boss of Mavin Records Don Jazzy and artiste Tiwa Savage are the newest ambassadors for Nigerian online retail store Konga. Omawumi Megbele was the first celebrity ambassador of the retail shop...

Chadian Soldiers Kill 207 Boko Haram Insurgents In Nigeria

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:57 AM PST

Soldiers from Chad killed 207 Boko Haram militants in fighting on Tuesday near a Nigerian town close to the border with Cameroon, Chad's army announced in a statement. One Chadian soldier was killed...

Senate postpones screening, confirmation of ministerial nominees

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:58 AM PST

The Senate on Wednesday, shifted the screening and confirmation of eight ministerial nominees till next Tuesday. The postponement was announced two hours after all the ministerial nominees,...

Nigeria doctors protest non-payment of 7 months salaries

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:52 AM PST

The Association of Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of their outstanding seven months salaries. The...

Gunmen kidnap Chinese engineer in Nasarawa

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:47 AM PST

Gunmen, numbering about seven, have kidnapped a Chinese project manager, Mr. Cui Fu Long X, in Toto, headquarters of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. It was learnt that the gunmen...

Nigeria student set to win $1 Million Warwick MBA prize

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:14 AM PST

Lola Apampa, a Nigerian student from Warwick Business School is part of a team competing for the chance to win $1 million after entering the sixth Annual Hult Prize. Apampa's team SEED is one of two...

Former FIFA World Player of the Year , Fabio Cannavaro sentenced to 10 months in prison

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:06 AM PST

Former FIFA World Player of the Year (2006), Fabio Cannavaro, 41, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for breaching orders to keep out of his home after it was seized by...

Wenger Offers To Train Nigerian Coaches

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 08:56 AM PST

In the bid to build alliances that would strengthen football in Nigeria, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that his visit to Arsenal was not to talk about players alone, as Arsene Wenger was...

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