Tuesday, 28 April 2015

NigerianEye: “CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more


CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerian soldiers rescue 200 girls, 93 women from Sambisa forest

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:58 PM PDT

CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND? The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that the troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a raid on Sambisa...

Severance package and benefits for Jonathan, Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers etc

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-president Namadi Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers and presidential aides will collect N3.24bn as severance allowances. The severance allowances are...

Four Nigerians executed by firing squad in Indonesia

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Four Nigerians and four others from other countries who were convicted drug smugglers have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of...

Fuel scarcity hits Lagos, Abuja

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT

A day after the expiration of the three-day deadline given by Major Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, to stop lifting petroleum products due to debts owed them by the Federal Government, fuel...

'Missing' $20 Billion Oil Money: We cannot vouch for the integrity of our audit — PricewaterhouseCoopers

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:37 PM PDT

The much anticipated report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, operations on the missing $20 billion oil money may not amount to much after all, with...

G7 invites Buhari to economic summit

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:32 PM PDT

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her French counterpart, Fracois Hollande, have extended invitations to President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari, to visit their countries. Merkel currently heads the...

Two pipeline vandals arrested

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Two suspected vandals were arrested yesterday at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines at Mosinmi, Sagamu, Ogun State. The suspects, according to the spokesman of a security...

CHIBOK GIRLS FOUND?: Nigerians anxiously wait for identities of rescued girls

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:27 PM PDT

Nigerians are waiting with anxious breath on the identities of the rescued girls in Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian troops on Tuesday. Many commentators are curious if the girls are the school girls...

AIT ban dangerous to our democracy - PDP

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has described as unacceptable the Monday's directive by the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to bar the African Independent Television from covering...

LASG to add 400 buses to BRT scheme

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:16 PM PDT

About 400 mass transit buses will soon be added to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme to further ease transport challenges in Lagos State, says the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode...

Buhari to address senators, Reps-elect today

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:15 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is slated to address senators and House of Representatives-elect on Wednesday (today). The Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign,...

#BeingBackOurGirls: Oby Ezekwesili hopes the captured girls are Chibok girls

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:11 PM PDT

Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of education and one of the leading campaigners of #BringBackOurGirls has said that the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women by Nigeria troops shows that miracle does...

I did not apologise to you, Tinubu replies Bode George

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 10:04 PM PDT

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied ever apologising to Chief Bode George, the erstwhile deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic...

I’m not afraid of tribunal, Okorocha tells Ihedioha

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:57 PM PDT

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said he is not afraid to defend his victory at the Election Petitions Tribunal, where the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emeka...

Governor Yuguda sacks over 2,000 aides

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, on Monday sacked over 2, 000 of his political aides but retained very few on essential services. The sacking, which was contained in a statement by the...

Senate passes 2015 budget without provision for fuel subsidy

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday, passed N4.493tr budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi...

FG suspends perm sec, Min of Foreign Affairs over unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:01 AM PDT

The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign, Ambassador Danjuma Sheni, over the unauthorized recall of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa. A highly placed...

Nigeria declares Friday public holiday

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Friday May 1 as public holiday to commemorate the 2015 Workers' Day. Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, who made the announcement, according to a statement on...

We will not discriminate against any media organization, AIT can cover Buhari’s activities – APC

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 09:03 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all accredited media organizations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), are free to cover the activities of the...

FG hands over NITEL to NACTOM

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:59 AM PDT

The Federal Government, yesterday, formerly handed the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL, and its subsidiary, Mtel , over to NATCOM Consortium after the full payment of $252,521,000 (about...

Nepal quake death toll rises to 5,057 - official

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:14 AM PDT

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 5,057, the home ministry's national disaster management division said on Tuesday. More than 10,000 people are now known to have...

Barber, others shot dead in Edo cult war

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:13 AM PDT

A 27-year-old barber was on Tuesday shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists at New Benin in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that the late barber, simply identified...

IG orders tight security around media houses

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 08:04 AM PDT

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered tight security around media houses in the country. Arase, who gave the order in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the...

Bomb blast erupts in Kogi radio station, 4 dead, many critically injured

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:09 AM PDT

A bomb blast from suspected improvised explosives, Monday, killed many at Ta'o FM Radio station, located in Kuroko town of Adavi local government area of Kogi state. No fewer than four people were...

NEW VIDEO: Asa – Eyo

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:27 AM PDT

Nigeria's multi-talented female singer, Asa unleashes the visuals to her Lagos themed single – Eyo off her "Bed Of Stone" album The video was shot on location in Lagos, it perfectly depicts the...

Nepal quake death toll could reach 10,000 – PM

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:09 AM PDT

Nepal's prime minister has warned that the number of people killed in the country's worst earthquake in decades may reach 10,000. Sushil Koirala's comment on Tuesday came as rescuers in Nepal were...

2 Kids Corpses Found In Deep Freezer

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:04 AM PDT

Confusion and sadness reigned in Owa Alero, Ika North-east local government area of Delta State, last Thursday, when the family of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Oseni discovered the corpses of two of their...

Hundreds found dead in Damasak as Boko Haram strikes again

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

Hundreds of people have been found dead in the north-east Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of the Boko Haram insurgency, as details emerged on Monday of fresh attacks by the...

Lagos procures 100 vehicles for traditional rulers

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 04:32 AM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Monday said it had procured no fewer than 100 vehicles for the use of traditional rulers and chiefs across the state. Mr Ademorin Kuye, Commissioner for Local...

Xenophobia: International Criminal Court set to probe President Zuma, Zulu King

Posted: 28 Apr 2015 04:27 AM PDT

Following a petition from the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has decided to probe the xenophobic attacks...

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