Monday, 16 February 2015

NigerianEye: “Obasanjo angrily tears PDP membership card in public, dumps PDP” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Obasanjo angrily tears PDP membership card in public, dumps PDP” plus 29 more


Obasanjo angrily tears PDP membership card in public, dumps PDP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:39 PM PST

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly ripped apart his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card. Obasanjo is said to have torn the card just a day after he accused President...

Obasanjo’s tearing of PDP card insulting, painful and tragic - Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:40 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation reacted to the departure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the party, saying while he is free to leave, he does not have to...

Obasanjo an embarrassment to the Nigerian Military — Defence Headquarters

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:40 PM PST

The Nigerian military has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the force he once served, hours after Mr. Obasanjo on Monday announced his exit from the ruling Peoples...

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Do you agree with Prof Osinbajo?

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:39 PM PST

Do you agree?

Six weeks is enough for us to crush Boko Haram - Nigerian Air Force

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:39 PM PST

The Nigerian Air Force says six weeks is more than enough to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, gave the assurance during the...

IN PICTURES: Obasanjo publicly tearing his PDP membership card

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:40 PM PST

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no longer interested in the party.' He tore his PDP membership card but has not...

Patience Jonathan visits families of Bayelsa politicians who perished in auto crash

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:25 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan's wife, Patience, on Monday paid a condolence visit to the bereaved families of 11 female politicians from Bayelsa State who died Saturday in a car accident along...

Nigeria Customs Service denies withdrawing personnel from border stations in Sokoto, Kebbi states

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:22 PM PST

The Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS) says it has not ordered the withdrawal of its personnel from the border stations in Sokoto and Kebbi states. This is contained in a statement signed by its Public...

EKITI ELECTIONS: Fayose hails Appeal Court’s judgment

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:19 PM PST

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the decision of the Court of Appeal which upheld his June 21, 2014 electoral victory, as a triumph of the will of the people over political...

Jonathan didn’t make promise on Chibok girls’ return - Presidency

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:16 PM PST

The Presidency said on Monday that President Goodluck Jonathan did not make any commitment on when the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State,...

EKITI ELECTION: Court affirms Fayose’s victory

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:11 PM PST

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld the judgment of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed Governor Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party as the...

Cultists kill four in Ilorin

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:09 PM PST

Suspected cultists killed three people on Sunday night and one person on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. On Monday, a bakery worker was killed in the Ansaraul area of Ilorin. He was said...

50 killed in Libya strikes - Air force

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:48 PM PST

Libya's air force chief said Monday that at least 50 people had been killed in air strikes by Egyptian and Libyan warplanes launched after jihadists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians. There...

Several wounded as Boko Haram attack Cameroon army base

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:46 PM PST

Boko Haram insurgents attacked a Cameroon military camp near the town of Waza in the north of the country on Monday, wounding several soldiers, an army spokesman said. Chad, Niger and Cameroon have...

Sri Lanka, India sign nuclear deal

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:45 PM PST

Maithripala Sirisena has held wide-ranging talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the newly elected Sri Lankan president continued his first foreign trip since coming to power last...

Lagos doctors embark on 3-day warning strike

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:42 PM PST

The political uncertainty in Lagos may worsen as the Medical doctors in the employ of Lagos State, have embarked on a three-day warning strike to pressure the government to pay their withheld...

Nigerian Army retakes Monguno, others from Boko Haram

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:28 AM PST

Troops of the Nigerian Army have completely secured Monguno, Marte and other communities in the North of Borno State from Boko Haram occupation. The members of the Boko Haram Sect had launched a...

Ogun PDP expels Obasanjo from party

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:28 AM PST

Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expelled former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party. The move by the PDP comes hours after Obasanjo publicly...

'70% of Jonathan supporters can’t state his achievements'

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:39 AM PST

Most supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan cannot give reasons why he should be reelected on March 28, 2015, a non-governmental organisation, Change Initiative Forum, has said. The group stated...

Obasanjo's exit from PDP is good riddance to bad rubbish - Fayose

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:48 AM PST

Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the exit of the former President of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a good omen to the party,...

Thousands come out for Buhari in Borno APC rally, youths make mock coffin of PDP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:39 AM PST

A mammoth crowd of supporters on Monday in Maiduguri overwhelmed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, making him to abandon several efforts to address...

20,000 Nigerians got visas to China in 2014 – Envoy

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:38 AM PST

Liu Kan, Consul-General of the People's Republic of China's Consulate-General in Lagos, on Monday said that about 20,000 Nigerians were issued with visas to China in 2014. Liu told NAN in Lagos that...

Fashola appoints new Head Of Service

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:37 AM PST

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs Folashade Sherifat Jaji as the new Head of Service, HOS. This follows the retirement of the former HOS, Mrs Josephine...

Naira hits N210, 213 to dollar at BDC, black market

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:31 AM PST

The Naira on Monday lost N2 to the dollar to sell at N210 at the Bureau De Change (BDCs) segment of the official market. It also depreciated by N4 at the black market, selling at N213 to the...

Osinbajo accuses FG of complicity in oil theft

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:26 AM PST

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Monday accused the Federal Government of complicity in the large scale oil theft in the...

NYSC dismisses possible extension of service year for elections

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:24 AM PST

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday said it had not extended the service year of outgoing corps members listed to participate in the rescheduled general elections. The NYSC Director of...

PDP has reduced Nigeria to a global laughing stock - Oshiomhole

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:22 AM PST

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the federal level has reduced Nigeria to a laughing stock in the comity of nations with its ineptitude to provide...

Only Mu’azu can react to Obasanjo’s exit - PDP

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:20 AM PST

The national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party refused to officially react to the action of its former Chairman of Board of Trustees, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who left the party on...

FG to sell Nigeria communications satellite – BPE

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:16 AM PST

The Federal Government has decided to sell the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited in order to inject the entrepreneurial spirit into the running of the company, Director General of the Bureau...

Card readers will add value to elections – INEC

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:14 AM PST

The Independent National Electoral Commission has maintained that the Smart Card Readers for authentication of voters will add value to the forthcoming general elections. INEC National Commissioner...

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