Monday, 9 February 2015

NigerianEye: “Further postponement of the March 28 election will lead to a military coup - Buhari warns” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Further postponement of the March 28 election will lead to a military coup - Buhari warns” plus 29 more


Further postponement of the March 28 election will lead to a military coup - Buhari warns

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:32 PM PST

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has warned that further postponement of the March 28 election by the Independent National Electoral...

New Video: Army Captain who leaked Ekiti rigging tape speaks about his ordeal

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

The Nigerian Army Captain, Captain Sagir Koli who leaked the audio evidence of how some top officials of the Federal Government and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, used the Nigerian Army and...

The end of Buhari’s presidential candidacy - Femi Aribisala

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:33 PM PST

If Nigeria is a nation of laws and of the rule of law, the presidential candidacy of Muhammadu Buhari should end this week. The reason is well-known to all. Buhari swore an oath on his INEC...

Disqualification: Buhari reject court’s orders of service

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, have opposed the orders of a Federal High Court in Abuja, directing that they be served through substituted...

Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau drops new video, vows to defeat regional force

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed in a new video released on Monday that the group would defeat a regional force fighting the extremists in Nigeria's far northeast, Niger and Cameroon. "Your...

INEC extends PVC collection to March 8

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:35 PM PST

Following the rescheduling of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has once again extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards by registered...

Some PDP members working for opposition – Nnamani

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:32 PM PST

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, on Monday warned of saboteurs within the Peoples Democratic Party, saying the greatest enemies of the party were members who were working for other political...

11 political parties condemn postponement of elections

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:30 PM PST

Eleven political parties have allied together under a new group to protest the postponement of Nigeria's general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.The group, Coalition...

INEC assures Nigerians of credible elections

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:28 PM PST

The Independents National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday assured Nigerians that the 2015 general elections would be credible. Mrs Thelma Iremiren, the INEC Commissioner in charge of South-...

FG spent $32 Billion on defence in five years and yet could not tame Boko Haram – Buhari

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:26 PM PST

The two major political parties in the March 28 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, besieged the venue of the 11th Delegate Conference of the...

Boko Haram will soon be a thing of the past - Jonathan

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:22 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to politicise the issue of security, saying government was doing everything necessary to tackle insecurity in the...

Fayose condemns soldiers’ attack on journalist

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:18 PM PST

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has condemned the recent beating of the correspondent of the Sun newspaper in the state, Mr. Wole Balogun, by soldiers while on his way to work. In a...

JTF discovers cache of arms, ammunition

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:17 PM PST

The Joint Task Force, JTF, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has recovered arms and ammunition from pirates that attacked its troops on January 8. It also arrested two suspected illegal bunkerers,...

Court refuses to hear suit seeking Tambuwal’s removal

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:13 PM PST

Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday refused to assume jurisdiction over a suit seeking to stop the House of Representatives from holding a plenary towards the...

Poll shift won’t affect our will — Ambode

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:11 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, says the postponement of the elections will not reduce the determination of Lagosians to vote for him. He...

Naira hits record low 196.30 to dollar

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:04 PM PST

The naira hit an all-time low of 196.30 against the dollar at the interbank segment of the foreign exchange market on Monday following the announcement of the postponement of the general elections by...

Jonathan’s fear of defeat, reason for poll shift - Tinubu

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 11:28 AM PST

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of Nigeria's main opposition party, All Progressives Congress has stated that the general elections were postponed because President Goodluck Jonathan was...

Youths Plan One Million-Man March For Buhari

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:23 AM PST

Youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, have concluded plans to organise a One Million-Man March in the state for the party's presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari...

FG forced Jega to postpone election – Group

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:21 AM PST

A rights group known as the International Society for Social Justice and Human Rights has accused the Federal Government of arm-twisting the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,...

Military conniving with PDP to thwart Nigeria’s democracy - APC

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:19 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress on Monday accused the military of conniving with the Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party to thwart Nigeria's democracy. National Chairman of the party, Chief John...

AFCON: We have no regrets losing to Cote d’Ivoire – Ghana

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:14 AM PST

Ghana's Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, said he did not regret his team's loss to Cote d'Ivoire in the final of Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria...

Jega cannot postpone Christmas - Oshiomhole

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:12 AM PST

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday urged eligible voters in the state to exercise tolerance over the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral...

Jonathan faults North govts for shunning Christian pilgrims

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 10:10 AM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed concern over the report that Northern state governments did not sponsor Christian pilgrims during the 2014 pilgrimage to Israel. He raised the concern...

Obama,Merkel Meet To Discuss Crisis In Ukraine

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 09:37 AM PST

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met to discuss the crisis Monday in Washington, while in Brussels, Belgium, the European Union agreed on new sanctions against pro-Russian...

UN Sec-Gen Asks INEC To Commence Rapid PVC Distribution

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 08:06 AM PST

With regards to the postponed February 14 Elections in Nigeria, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid...

Buhari Volunteers Group Claims That Jonathan’s Re-election Is A Disaster Waiting To Be Unleashed On Nigerians

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 08:06 AM PST

The General Muhammadu Buhari Volunteers' Group has warned of an implosion should President Goodluck Jonathan win reelection. The group called on Nigerians who had yet to collect their Permanent...

President Mugabe Suspends 27 Bodyguards After Embarassing Fall

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 06:41 AM PST

About 27 bodyguards attached to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe have allegedly been suspended after he fell at Harare International Airport Thursday last week. According to Zimbabwe's The...

Over 5000 PDP Members Defect To APC In Kogi, As Former Governor Proclaims Buhari "President-elect"

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 06:21 AM PST

In the ongoing political power tussle between two notable political parties in Nigeria, no fewer than 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State defected to the All...

Putin Blames The West For Ukraine Crisis

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 06:51 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the western countries of being the reason behind the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, claiming that they (the West) had broken pledges not to expand Nato...

ISIS Commander Abdul Rauf Killed In Afghanistan Drone Strike

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 06:40 AM PST

A drone strike in Afghanistan has killed a militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS), officials say. The police chief of Helmand said that former Taliban commander...

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