Thursday, 23 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'” plus 29 more


Boko Haram members release new pictures, change name to 'Islamic State of West Africa'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Boko Haram members yesterday dropped fresh pictures of their terror activities since pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. More pictures below... Pictures were taken somewhere...

Boko Haram run out of arms and ammunition, resort to using bow and arrows, local weapons - DHQ

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

As troops continued their mop operations to rid the Sambisa Forest of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the forest, the insurgents are said to have run out of arms and ammunitions, an escapee...

Where is Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau?

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:39 PM PDT

A military source disclosed on Thursday that since the declaration of the final push against the insurgents in the middle of February, and directive to clear all terrorists' camps before May 29...

Coaching Super Eagles, a difficult task - Keshi

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has described coaching the Nigerian national team as a tasking job, but he insisted that he took the job because it is what he loves to do most. Keshi, who stayed...

AU organ wants creation of United States of Africa

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:27 PM PDT

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union has suggested that African countries should team up and quickly move towards the creation of the United States of Africa. The ECOSOCC...

Fashola named as one of seven outstanding personalities worldwide

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:23 PM PDT

A global conflict prevention organisation, International Crisis Group, has named the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, as one of seven outstanding personalities worldwide, to be honoured...

Bamanga Tukur to PDP: you caused your downfall

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:21 PM PDT

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Bamanga Tukur has said the party caused its own downfall. Tukur, in a statement in Abuja yesterday, said he warned the party in 2013 that it...

APC leaders fail to agree on zoning

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:19 PM PDT

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday failed to reach a decision on the zoning of political offices. They met at the Rivers State Governors' Lodge at Asokoro, Abuja all...

Nike, NFF strike partnership deal

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Leading sportswear manufacturer, Nike is the new technical sponsor to the Nigeria Football Federation, supporting all national team levels and grassroots development. Nike and the Nigeria Football...

Indonesia set to execute Nigerians, others by firing squad

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:03 PM PDT

The Indonesian government said Thursday it had ordered officials to make preparations to execute a group of drug convicts, most of them foreigners, despite mounting international criticism. The...

Obama takes blame for strike that killed two hostages

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that an American and an Italian hostage were accidentally killed in a covert US counter-terrorism operation near the Afghan-Pakistan border in January, taking...

Robber set ablaze in attempt to rape housewife

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:57 PM PDT

A suspected member of a robbery gang terrorizing residents of 7UP area of Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State has been set ablaze. It was gathered that the robbers numbering about 12 were raiding an...

Court halts impeachment moves against Fayose

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:56 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja today, set aside all actions and activities of the embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin and the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

Buhari ‘ll tackle insecurity, unemployment with seriousness – Tinubu

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:51 PM PDT

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the incoming administration of President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari, will tackle the problem of insecurity, unemployment...

Buhari meets Mark in Abuja, agenda not disclosed

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, on Thursday, met with the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.). The meeting, which held at the instance of the President-elect, lasted...

Jonathan, Buhari teams meet in preparation for May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

In preparation for the May 29 handover and Presidential Inauguration, a joint committee of the outgoing and incoming government met on Thursday to discuss issues that will ensure a smooth...

Reasons why FG should remove oil subsidy – NNPC

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:02 AM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday called on the Federal Government to scrap the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) otherwise known as petroleum subsidy because government should not...

Boko Haram regroups en masse in stronghold area

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group's Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to flush them out, a civilian vigilante told AFP on Thursday. But...

Soldiers retreat from Sambisa forest as they encounter Land Mines

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

Reports indicate that Nigerian soldiers have retreated from the last known Boko Haram stronghold, Sambisa forest, where they said was booby-trapped after three pro-government vigilantes were killed...

President Jonathan orders removal of campaign posters, billboards nationwide

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday directed the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation and other bodies that campaigned for his re-election to start removing the posters,...

Impeachment crisis blown out of proportion – Fayose

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:04 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has said the impeachment crisis ravaging the state has been blown out of proportion. The governor, who spoke at the State Delegate Congress of the Nigeria Labour...

Over 103 Nigerian products rejected globally – FG

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:58 AM PDT

The Federal Government on Thursday lamented that within the last five years, over 103 Nigerian products, which were exported to other countries, have been rejected for not meeting acceptable...

Don’t abandon amnesty programmes, ex-militants urge Buhari

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:40 AM PDT

Niger Delta ex-militant leaders on Thursday urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government. The ex-freedom fighters...

South African President, Jacob Zuma defends his country - 'South Africans are not xenophobic'

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:38 AM PDT

President Jacob Zuma has pledged to tackle anti-migrant sentiment in South Africa and to address deep-rooted problems behind the attacks. "South Africans are not xenophobic," he said Wednesday. "If...

Delta community chief’s wife escapes from kidnappers’ den

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:29 AM PDT

There was jubilation in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, following the escape of Mrs. Carol Botosan, wife of the Secretary of Ugborodo Community Trust, from kidnappers' den. Isaac Botosan, who...

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase meets president Jonathan

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:18 AM PDT

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Thursday met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. That was his first meeting with...

Thousands to march in Johannesburg against xenophobia

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:14 AM PDT

People have begun gathering at the Peter Roos Park in Park Town, Johannesburg, in preparation for a march to the Mary Fitzgerald Square, against the scourge of xenophobia which has plagued the...

Timipre Silva & Chief Anyim Pius Anyim Head Buhari's Inauguration Committee

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 08:13 AM PDT

Former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Silva and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, will co-chair the 2015 Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee...

Nigerian troops invade last Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa forest

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 05:16 AM PDT

Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded the Boko Haram's last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, two military...

Xenophobia: SERAP drags South Africa to ICC

Posted: 23 Apr 2015 05:20 AM PDT

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use her "good offices and position to investigate...

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