Sunday, 26 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion” plus 29 more


Buhari vows to investigate Sanusi’s allegation of missing $20 Billion

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), on Sunday said his administration would take a second look at the claim by a former Governor of the Central Bank, now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi...

Counterfeit Change, By Femi Aribisala

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Nigerians will soon begin to realise what it means to vote against good luck. If you have been following the debate during the just-concluded elections, then I don't need to tell you my preferred...

APC warns Jonathan's govt against last-minute looting

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:40 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has decried the reported allegations of last-minute looting of the nation's resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatisation of key...

IN PICTURES: Meet Asari Dokubo's family

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

BEWARE: Fraudsters start fake ‘APC employment agency’

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Suspected fraudsters have started an 'employment agency' in the name of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a bid to swindle Nigerians. The fake agency said the mass recruitment is in...

Hazard wins England’s PFA Player of the Year award

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:43 PM PDT

Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard's impressive season was recognised by his peers when he won England's Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award on Sunday. The 24-year-old Belgian...

Seven die as pedestrian bridge collapses on taxi in Kano

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:49 PM PDT

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed, the state Police Command said. The command's Public Relations Officer, Magaji...

PDP wins Delta Central seat

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) candidate for Delta Central, Chief Ighoyota Amori, has been declared winner of Saturday's supplementary election. Amori led with 116,723 votes, ahead of Labour...

Mimiko should be facing impeachment not his deputy – APC

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has said that the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, should be the one facing impeachment by the state House of Assembly for committing impeachable...

Akwa Ibom warns residents against eating Ponmo

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Akwa Ibom State government has warned its citizens against consuming cow skins. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Godwin Afangideh, said at a press conference on Sunday...

President has not abandoned projects, says Abati

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The Presidency on Sunday said despite losing the March 28 presidential election to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan is still working for...

Petrol price can be N40 per litre – IPMAN

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mosimi, Ogun State, Mr. Adeleke Bada, has agreed with the former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, that petroleum pump...

Pedestrian bridge collapses on taxi, 5 feared dead in Kano

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:53 PM PDT

Five passengers in a taxi were believed to have died Sunday evening in Kano when a pedestrian bridge under construction on Sheik Jafar road collapsed on the moving cab. The pedestrian bridge which...

Bayern Munich win record 25th Bundesliga title

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:48 PM PDT

Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title with four games to spare Sunday, thanks to a little help from traditional rival Borussia Moenchengladbach. 'Gladbach forward Max Kruse scored in the last...

Fulani gunmen kill 30 in Benue, Nasarawa

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:46 PM PDT

Suspected Fulani gunmen on Saturday evening and Sunday morning attacked and killed 30 persons, mostly women and children, in Guma, Kwande, Buruku and Keana Local Government Areas of Benue and...

Boko Haram invades Niger military base, murder several soldiers

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 02:43 PM PDT

Boko Haram militias have killed several soldiers in Dosso community in Niger. A security source said the Boko Haram members invaded a military camp in Bosso through a riverside community in the...

Xenophobia: South Africa blasts Nigeria for recall of High Commissioner

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has described the recall of Nigeria's High Commissioner as an "unfortunate and regrettable" diplomatic step. In a statement,...

Hope for female governor quashed after APC's Aisha Alhassan loses Taraba poll to PDP's Daruis Ishaku

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:58 AM PDT

Hope for a female governor was finally quashed as Mr Daruis Ishaku of the People's Democratic Party defeated Sen. Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress to win the Taraba supplementary...

Taraba APC gov candidate rejects results, heads for Tribunal

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in Taraba State, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, has rejected the results of the poll as announced by INEC on...

Jonathan still working for Nigerians, says Presidency

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT

The Presidency on Sunday said despite losing the March 28 presidential election to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan is still working for...

Suspected Boko Haram attacks Plateau village, kills 4 as security flee duty post

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:56 AM PDT

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members last Saturday attacked Shonong village in Riyom local government area of Plateau state killing four people including two members of the state-owned security...

Okorocha thanks Imo people

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:55 AM PDT

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, says he was dedicating his victory at the polls to the citizenry, who remained the pillars of his success. Chief Okorocha stated this yesterday, while...

Ladoja is anti-democrat – APC

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:52 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has said that former governor of Oyo State and the defeated candidate of the Accord Party in the last governorship election in the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, is an...

Gunmen kill 10 in Benue village

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:47 AM PDT

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, on Saturday evening numbering over fifty attacked and killed ten people, mostly women and children in Guma local government area of Benue state. Details...

Over 2000 people dead as Nepal searches for earthquake survivors

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:46 AM PDT

Rescuers in Nepal are searching for survivors of a magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 2,000, including 17 on Everest, digging through rubble in the devastated capital, Kathmandu. Residents of...

UN asks Indonesia not to execute drug convicts

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:40 AM PDT

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has appealed to Indonesia to stop the planned executions of nine prisoners within days for drug-related crimes. The nine – from Australia, Nigeria,...

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea: Mourinho's men edge closer to title with Emirates stalemate

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:39 AM PDT

The Blues are now six points away from Premier League glory after a match full of controversial refereeing calls, with the Portuguese's record against Arsene Wenger intact Leaders Chelsea and title...

Violence erupts in Baltimore over death in police custody

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:37 AM PDT

Thousands of people marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody but the demonstrations turned violent when some protesters threw...

Manchester United trashed by Everton

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:36 AM PDT

Manchester United  were trashed by Everton on Sunday suffering an embarrassing defeat in the hands of Roberto Martinez's side. A win would have moved the Red Devils, at least temporarily, into...

South Africa winds up relief camp for foreigners

Posted: 26 Apr 2015 10:28 AM PDT

Government-operated temporary shelters for foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence in Johannesburg have now been closed, officials have told Al Jazeera. Zweli Dlamini, a spokesperson for...

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