Monday, 20 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari set to begin search for oil in the North” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari set to begin search for oil in the North” plus 29 more


Buhari set to begin search for oil in the North

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

The President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, said his incoming administration will accord priority to ending the Boko Haram insurgency and bring stability in the north east geopolitical...

Fayose’s supporters lay siege to Ekiti Assembly, prevent 19 APC lawmakers from resuming

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

There was panic in Ado Ekiti on Monday as supporters and members of Governor Ayodele Fayose laid siege to the Ekiti State House of Assembly to prevent the resumption of the 19 All Progressives...

I stand by my words, Buhari has no WASC certificate - Doyin Okupe

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has said that he stands by his words that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is not an electable leader. Many critics...

Xenophobic attacks: Nigerian youths threaten to shutdown MTN, Shoprite, Multichoice/DSTV

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Some youths, under the aegis of The Flagship, have threatened to shutdown South African firms operating in Nigeria over the alleged killing of Nigerians and looting of their property in the ongoing...

PDP begs APC lawmakers - 'Embrace Fayose’s peace offer'

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pleaded with the APC lawmakers in Ekiti State to embrace the olive branch extended to them by governor Fayose in the interest of the...

Bomb blast rocks Shiite mosque in Potiskum

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:47 PM PDT

A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on Monday, witnesses told AFP. FILE PHOTO: Mosque attacked by Boko...

Ladipo market crisis worsens, 5 injured

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT

No fewer than five persons were injured as two groups of traders in Ladipo Market clashed over the just-concluded governorship election in Lagos State. It was gathered that a vice chairman of an...

Nollywood actors protest against piracy in Lagos

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:29 PM PDT

Prominent Nollywood actors on Monday marched on the streets of Lagos to protest increasing rate of piracy in the movie industry. The train, which consisted of actors and filmmakers, later stopped at...

15 killed in fresh Taraba crisis

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:26 PM PDT

Suspected Fulani mercenaries, in the early hours of Monday, attacked some villages in the Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State and killed 15 persons. Many, reports said, were still...

2015 Polls: Female Reps reduce to 14

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The number of women who will be at the 8th House of Representatives has shrunk to 14 from the 27 in the outgoing 7th lower chamber. The names of winners of the March 28 National Assembly poll just...

Trigger-happy soldier kills man at Benue checkpoint

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:09 PM PDT

A middle age man, Terhide Iorpuu, was on Saturday shot dead by a military man, attached to the Joint Task Force code-named Operation Zenda in Benue State around 6pm. The victim's cousin, Terhemba...

Buhari holds closed door meeting with Cote D'Ivoire president in Abuja

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

The President-Elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari(retd.), on Monday night, held a meeting with Ivorian President, Allassane Quattara, to discuss issues of mutual interest. The meeting took place at...

I won’t abandon war against Boko Haram - Buhari vows

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:03 PM PDT

The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised that his government will not terminate the collaboration between Nigeria and her neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Niger and...

Electoral offenders in Nigeria face visa ban – US

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT

The United States will sanction anybody involved in violence during the March 28 and April 11 elections. The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who stated...

IMO: APC petitions INEC, demands REC’s sacking

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:00 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission over the Imo State governorship supplementary election. In the petition, dated April 20, 2015 and addressed...

Cholera kills 30 in Delta

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 03:59 PM PDT

At least 30 people have been killed in the latest cholera outbreak in Isoko South community of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State, a health official said Monday. Steven Ofili, chief epidemiologist at...

Gunmen kill four in Rivers

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 03:57 PM PDT

The level of violence in Rivers State took a fresh turn on Saturday and Sunday as four persons were killed in Eleme and Okrika Local Government Areas of the state. Two persons were attacked by...

Xenophobia: South African president should take responsibility - Falana

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 03:48 PM PDT

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has said President Jacob Zuma and his party, the African National Congress, should take full responsibility for the xenophobic attacks on black immigrants...

Police in South Africa arrests Killers of Mozambican, Emmanuel Sithole.

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:39 PM PDT

South African police have arrested 3 of the four men who attacked Mozambican, Emmanuel Sithole on the streets of Alexandra on Saturday April 18th. Emmanuel later died of his wounds in an...

Mrs Osinbajo disclaimer on Fake online Identites.

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 10:39 PM PDT

ATTENTION: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to Notify the Media and the general public that the online Identity @mrsOsinbajo as well as other email addresses, Facebook accounts etc, does not...

IN PICTURES: Nigerians march to the South Africa High Commission to protest against Xenophobia

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 08:46 AM PDT

Nigerians in Abuja, the nation's Abuja, on Monday registered their grievance over the continued xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa by marching on the South African...

APC trying to takeover Ekiti state government by force - Fayose

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:46 AM PDT

The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has maintained that he is ready for genuine reconciliation with the members of the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC but argued that the...

Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria begins evacuation of citizens from South Africa

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:46 AM PDT

The Goodluck Jonathan-government has approved the evacuation of Nigerians from South Africa as xenophobic attacks linger. The Nigerian Commission in South Africa will commence the evacuation of...

SHOCKING VIDEO: South African youths caught on camera threatning to stab foreigners

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:22 AM PDT

As the current wave of xenophobic attacks continue in South Africa, some South African youths have been caught on camera threatning to stab foreigners. It is estimated that there were 24,000...

Buhari has not appointed any minister — APC

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:55 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to disregard the wild speculations making the rounds concerning the appointment of ministers and the zoning of offices under the incoming...

Nigerians affected by xenophobic attacks will be compensated — Obanikoro

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:45 AM PDT

Nigeria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, is hopeful that citizens affected by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa will be compensated. Since the renewed...

Violence in Taraba community, 7 dead, several missing

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:40 AM PDT

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of Monday attacked some villages in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba, killing at least seven persons with scores still missing. Local...

‘Local gin’ responsible for 18 mystery deaths in Ondo

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:31 AM PDT

Nigerian health authorities said on Monday that ethanol poisoning from a local gin may have been responsible for the sudden death of 18 people last week. "We strongly suspect ethanol poisoning and...

Buhari will not fail Nigerians – Wamakko

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 08:28 AM PDT

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has assured Nigerians that the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari will not fail the nation. "The APC-led Federal Government under Buhari will strive to...

Soldier crushed to death while crossing the road in Bauchi

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 08:28 AM PDT

A 27-year-old private in the Nigerian Army, John Emmanuel, attached to Sector 1, Baga road in Maiduguri, Borno State, was on Sunday killed on the Bauchi-Darazo highway while crossing the road to...

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