Thursday, 5 February 2015

NigerianEye: “SHOCKING BAKARE BOMBSHELL: How I Was Forced To Sign Resignation Letter As V.P Candidate To Buhari In 2011” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “SHOCKING BAKARE BOMBSHELL: How I Was Forced To Sign Resignation Letter As V.P Candidate To Buhari In 2011” plus 29 more


SHOCKING BAKARE BOMBSHELL: How I Was Forced To Sign Resignation Letter As V.P Candidate To Buhari In 2011

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:35 PM PST

By Jojo Kwebena A shocking video has emerged of Pastor Tunde Bakare of Latter Rain Assembly openly admitting that he refused to sign a resignation letter that would have seen him hand over his vice...

Tension rises as poll postponement drama hits Nigeria

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:36 PM PST

Members of the Council of State were on Thursday divided over the desirability of the general elections taking place on February 14 and 28 as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral...

Jonathan does not deserve re-election - Wole Soyinka

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:36 PM PST

Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, says the President Goodluck Jonathan administration does not deserve a second term. Soyinka, while speaking at the 2015 edition of a youth programme...

Popular UK magazine, The Economist endorses Buhari for 2015

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:35 PM PST

Influential United Kingdom-based magazine, The Economist, says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is more competent than President...

Nigerian troops kill top Boko Haram commander, recover lost weapons

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:37 PM PST

The troops of the Multi National Joint Task Force may have killed a very high ranking member of the Boko Haram sect in the ongoing military operation in the North-East. It was learnt that the...

I don’t have PVC, presidential candidate cries out

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:32 PM PST

A few days to the general elections, the Presidential candidate of Action Alliance, Senator Tunde Anifowose-Kelani, on Thursday cried out that he might be disenfranchised in an election in which he...

45-year-old father rapes 11-year-old daughter in Bauchi

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST

The Bauchi State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly raping his 11-year-old daughter. The Police Commissioner, Shehu Lawal, while parading the suspect...

300 foreign journalists accredited for Nigerian elections

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:28 PM PST

The Federal Government has processed 300 applications from foreign journalists, who applied to cover the forthcoming general elections. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Dr....

Igbo group, Ohanaeze divided over Jonathan’s endorsement

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:24 PM PST

A faction of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the foremost socio-political body of the Igbos, has rejected the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election. The Chief Gary Enwo-Igariwey led...

APC insincere about positive change for Nigeria — Jonathan

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:22 PM PST

Goodluck Jonathan, in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, boycotted the National Conference due...

20 million displaced Christians must vote, says CAN

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:19 PM PST

The Director of National Issues and Social Welfare in the Christians Association of Nigeria, Mr. Sunday Oibe, has said that the February general elections would only be said to be free and fair if...

'Do not come for any campaign rally in Bayelsa' - Militants Warn Patience Jonathan

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:14 PM PST

Again, a group of militants, under the aegis of Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa, has warned the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, to steer clear of presidential campaign rally in Bayelsa State on...

Rigging impossible in 2015 elections – INEC

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:12 PM PST

The Administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral Commission, Ogun State, Dickson Atiba, has said rigging will not possible in the forthcoming elections. He said this at the stakeholders'...

Lagos declares (today) Friday work free day

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:10 PM PST

The Lagos State Government Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN, enjoined private sector employers to release their workers early to...

Ugly, violent scenes at AFCON Semi-final as Equatorial Guinea fans attack Ghanaians for beating them 3-0

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 07:54 PM PST

The Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea has been suspended in the 83rd minute following violence between rival sets of fans. The host nation were trailing 3-0...

President Jonathan's supporters ask INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega to resign

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:17 PM PST

Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan has called for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega. The supporters, under the aegis of...

Jonathan is a better speaker than Buhari — PDP

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:56 AM PST

The campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, of lacking the capacity to articulate his plans for Nigerians,...

FG uncovers plans to give female suicide bombers PVCs during election

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:39 AM PST

The Federal Government said it had uncovered plans by some unscrupulous Nigerians to hijack and hand over Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to female suicide bombers to cause havoc in the February...

Jonathan, Buhari, Babangida others attend Council of State meeting as Obasanjo fails to attend

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:28 AM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja presided over the Council of State meeting, where national issues bordering on the nation's security and the forthcoming general elections were...

Council of State Has No Power To Postpone Elections, By Femi Falana

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:06 AM PST

The Council of State is one of the Federal executive bodies established by Section 153(1) of the Constitution. The Council is constituted by the President as the Chairman, Vice President as the...

Buhari never had any plan to Islamise Nigeria - Osinbajo

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 09:02 AM PST

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has debunked insinuations that the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has a plan to...

FG set to ban foreign trips for officials using government funds

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:20 PM PST

The Federal government is set to ban all public officials from embarking on international travels and foreign training using government funds.  The ban was contained in a circular released...

700 displaced persons protest neglect by FG

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:36 AM PST

Over 700 Internally Displaced Persons in New Kunchingoro, Abuja, camp have protested against alleged neglect by the Federal Government, saying they now rely on charity from churches and individuals...

Wife stabs lawyer to death in Bayelsa

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:28 AM PST

The life of a legal practitioner, Mr. Henry Gagariga, was on Thursday cut short by his wife Victoria who tragically stabbed him to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.It was gathered that Victoria, 28,...

2015 ELECTIONS: 10 political parties reject poll shift

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:25 AM PST

A coalition of 10 political parties have rejected the call for the postponement of the April 14 and 28 general election, saying such underhand and undemocratic tactic could plunge the country into...

Thugs attack Ekiti APC chairman, beat 82-year-old mother

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:20 AM PST

The orgy of pre-election violence continued in Ekiti State with the attack on the immediate past caretaker Chairman of Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of the state, Alhaji Azeez Awolokun,...

Super Eagles to get new kit sponsor by May

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:18 AM PST

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed that plans are in top gear to find a new kit sponsor for the national teams after the contract with sportswear giant Adidas expired. The national...

FG slashes 2015 budget

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:15 AM PST

Nigeria has slashed the capital expenditure to less than 10 percent of 2015 spending, axing badly needed infrastructure investment due to the collapse in the price of oil, the country's main source...

Nigeria’s Naira slumps 0.75 %, exchanges N194 to $USD

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:08 AM PST

Nigeria's naira fell 0.75 percent in volatile trades against the dollar shortly after the forex market opened as demand for the greenback surged amid thinning liquidity, dealers said. The naira,...

Asari Dokubo invited severally over inflammatory statements - DSS

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:03 AM PST

The Department of State Services (DSS), said on Thursday that it had invited Asari Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several times over recent inflammatory statements credited to him. The...

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