Monday 27 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari” plus 29 more


Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has said the claim by the Boko Haram sect that it is a religious group is a fraud. He also said the sect would be denied a recruitment base the moment people...

Buhari bars AIT from covering his programmes

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari may have just started a revenge mission on the African Independent Television, AIT as security advisers of the President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on...

Download Full Audit Report of NNPC ‘$20 Billion Unremitted’ fund

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 11:08 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered the immediate release of the full report of PriceWater Cooper's investigations into the allegedly unremitted $20 billion to the Federation account by the...

'Probe me, I am ready' - Jonathan tells Buhari

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said he is ready for any probe of activities under his watch when he leaves office on May 29. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and...

Asari Dokubo's Wife Reacts To Buhari's Planned Probe Of Missing $20 Billion

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Hajia Mujahidat Daba Asari-Dokubo, wife of the former Niger Delta militant, Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, took to Facebook today criticizing president-elect Muhammed Buhari's decision...

$370m Abacha loot traced to Luxembourg

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Nigerians ferrying money to Switzerland will now have to prove that such wealth is acquired legally before they are allowed to lodge such in the European nation's banks. The Swiss Ambassador to...

Jonathan sacks NHIS Executive Secretary

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:55 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media...

FCT names Abuja streets after Jonathan, Sambo, Atiku, others

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The Federal Government has named major streets in Abuja after some eminent Nigerians and accomplished Africans, with the soon-to-be inaugurated Inner Southern Expressway, running through Abuja city...

Arik Air pays N4 billion to FG

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Arik Air paid over N4 billion to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN ), for landing , parking fees, rent, passenger service charge (PSC), and fuel surcharge last year. The payments, it...

I don’t have a team, says Keshi

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:46 PM PDT

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has made a most shocking admission that he does not have a team as he begins his second stint in charge of Nigeria. Keshi, who led Nigeria to AFCON glory in 2013...

Presidency denies ‘last minute looting’ allegation

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:49 PM PDT

The presidency has denied the allegation by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the spokesperson of the of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that officials of the Federal Government are engaged in "last minute...

TARABA ELECTION: This is daylight robbery - APC's Aisha Alhassan, cries out

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Aisha Alhassan, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Taraba state governorship election, has rejected the result of the poll announced by the Independent National Electoral...

Jonathan appoints Peter Obi as Chairman of SEC

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:48 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Obi's appointment was announced on...

Why PDP govt failed in power sector – Atiku

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:06 PM PDT

A former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Monday in Kaduna that the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government adopted the wrong approach in tackling the power sector crisis Atiku argued...

Jonathan orders immediate release of NNPC audit report

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered that the full report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation be made public immediately. He said his administration has...

Nigeria has not recalled its South African envoys - Abati

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:01 PM PDT

The Presidency has denied recalling Nigeria's envoys in South Africa over the ongoing xenophobia attacks. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, disclosed this...

Trailer crushes man in Imo

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

A middle age man was crushed by an articulated lorry at Okigwe Road, Imo State, on Monday and injured two others. The brake of the trailer was said to have failed. An eyewitness at the scene said...

Mimiko nominates Agric Commissioner, Lasisi Oluboyo as new Deputy Governor of Ondo

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:36 AM PDT

Following Monday's impeachment of former deputy governor of Ondo, Alhaji Ali Olanusi by the Members of the state House of Assembly, the Ondo state commissioner for Agriculture Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo...

ONDO: Olanusi’s removal cannot stand — APC

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Monday rejected the impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, saying the process leading to his removal violated provisions of the impeachment clause in...

ONDO: PDP lauds Olanusi’s impeachment, accuses him of treachery

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo state chapter, Monday reacted to the impeachment of Ali Olanusi as the state's deputy governor. Ayo Fadaka, PDP state publicity secretary, in a statement,...

Boko Haram gunmen kill 21 in Yobe village

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in northeast Nigeria who were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim's relative said Monday. "The...

JAMB blacklists 3 CBT centres

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:30 AM PDT

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Monday that it had blacklisted three centres accredited for the conduct of the recently concluded Computer Based Test (CBT) in the...

Xenophobia: South Africa to release victims names

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:27 AM PDT

The South African government has said on Monday that it will release the names of foreign nationals killed in the attacks on foreigners by its citizens. In a statement it issued and made available...

Fire guts oil firm in Kano

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:21 AM PDT

An early morning fire on Monday destroyed properties worth 320 millions naira at the Noma Oil and Cakes Company in Mission Road, Kano. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity told NE that the fire which...

Kidnapped Jonathan’s council’s chairman regains freedom

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:13 AM PDT

Mr. Anya Abah, the kidnapped Chairman of Ogbia, the local government area of President Goodluck Jonathan, in Bayelsa State, has been released by his abductors. Abah was kidnapped by a four-man gang...

Table Tennis star dumps Nigeria for Mexican citizenship

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:12 AM PDT

Jude Okoh has been an integral member of the Nigeria National Table Tennis Team but when the opportunity presented itself for him to travel to Mexico, he did not waste time to grab it. On getting to...

I didn’t collect money from Diezani Madueke to fund Buhari’s campaign — Bukola Saraki

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:09 AM PDT

Former governor of Kwara state and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has said that he never collected any money from the Minister of Petroleum, Ms Deizani Allison...

Man awaiting Execusion by firing squard come Tuesday weds first

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:03 AM PDT

An Australian drug trafficker married his girlfriend Monday on the Indonesian prison island where he is set to be executed soon, his brother said, urging the country's president to show compassion to...

Jonathan’s defeat, temporary setback for PDP – Presidency

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 08:59 AM PDT

The Presidency on Monday described the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election as a temporary setback for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. The defeat of the...

Multiple gunshots fired at rapper Lil Wayne’s tour buses on Georgia highway

Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Multiple gunshots were fired early Sunday into two buses carrying Grammy-winning rap music star Lil Wayne, and his entourage on a Georgia highway following a performance in Atlanta. But the police...

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