Wednesday, 29 April 2015

NigerianEye: “Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari” plus 29 more


Decline in revenues due to fall in oil prices threaten my development agenda — Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:28 PM PDT

President- elect, General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday painted a gloomy picture in the economic development of his administration as he said that the decline in the revenues due to fall in oil prices...

IN PICTURES: Buhari inaugurates 19-member Transition Committee + FULL LIST of members

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The President-elect, Gen. Buhari, today Wednesday April 29th in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth...

Nigeria demands bodies of four Nigerians executed in Indonesia

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:28 PM PDT

The Federal Government has condemned the execution of four Nigerians by Indonesian authorities over drug-related offences, despite pleas for clemency by President Goodluck Jonathan, describing it as...

AIT boss fires at Buhari - 'The documentaries we ran about you were factually correct'

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The proprietor of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has stated that Monday's decision by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television,...

Adamawa lawmakers drag Governor Ngilari to EFCC for his alleged procurement of cars worth N580 million

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Adamawa House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to probe alleged procurement of 50 Toyota Hilux vehicles and two bullet proof...

I didn’t bar AIT, my aides did - Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:34 PM PDT

The president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, said he was neither consulted nor informed of the ban imposed on AIT from covering his activities, by his aides. He stated this today,...

Concern over naira as dollar drops

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:31 PM PDT

The dollar sank to its lowest level in more than two months as the currency market adopted a markedly dovish view on the United States monetary policy after data showed the economy virtually...

Boko Haram: Rescued girls undergo pregnancy, HIV tests

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:58 PM PDT

The military authorities have taken the 293 women and girls rescued by the Special Forces during a raid on the dreaded Sambisa Forest to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri,...

Four-month-old baby rescued in Nepal earth quake

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:54 PM PDT

A four-month-old baby has been rescued from the rubble of the earth quake that rocked Nepal on Saturday. The baby, whose name had yet to be identified, was said to have been rescued by soldiers 22...

Jonathan sacks managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 07:51 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sacked Mallam Habib Abdullahi as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority. He has also named Alhaji Sanusi Bayero as his replacement. In a...

Igbinedion convicted of money laundering

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 08:11 PM PDT

Michael Igbinedion, younger brother of Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo state, was on Wednesday convicted by a Federal High Court, Benin Division, presided over by Justice A. M. Lima, in a...

Lagos saves N100.7bn to pay debts

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had fine-tuned its financial strategy to ensure that funds it borrowed were repaid. The government added that N100.73bn had been reserved in the state's...

'My wife has no Vagina' - Man cries out in court

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:33 PM PDT

An Abeokuta Customary Court sitting in Ake on Wednesday dissolved a three-year-old marriage between Mr Femi Olayiwole and wife, Kemi, due to the absence of vagina, deceit and frequent...

Buhari warned against running parallel government

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Wednesday warned against utterances and actions that are capable of portraying the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as running a parallel government at a time...

Kebbi lawmakers serve impeachment notice to governor with one month left in office

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:16 PM PDT

Members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly on Wednesday served an impeachment notice to the state governor, Saidu Usman Dakingari, who is expected to complete his tenure next month. The lawmakers...

Buhari warns aides - 'Stay within your assigned roles'

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:08 PM PDT

President-elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari(retd.), has read the riot act to his personal aides asking everyone to confine himself or herself to officially assigned roles. Buhari said this in a...

I’m ready for probe - FCT minister

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday said he entertained no fear on the possibility of the incoming government inviting him to account for his actions in...

Atiku meets Buhari in Abuja

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 03:02 PM PDT

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday met with President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), at the Defence House, Abuja. Although Atiku said discussions held during the brief...

293 rescued females are not Chibok girls - Borno State Government

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:59 PM PDT

The Borno State Government on Wednesday said the 293 women and girls, rescued from the Boko Haram stronghold in Sambisa Forest, were from Bumsiri Village in Damboa Local Government Area of the state...

Our government will not witch-hunt anyone – Buhari

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:33 AM PDT

President Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 19-member transition committee with a charge to members not to engage in a witch hunt or fault finding. He also announced that his...

Jonathan, Buhari’s transition committees disagree

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:15 AM PDT

A disagreement has broken out between the transition committees of President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari as the president accused the Buhari team of acting like a parallel...

Sons kill father and mother in Enugu

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:16 AM PDT

The Enugu State Police Command is currently trying to unravel the circumstances that led to the murder of a father and a mother by their sons in separate incidents in the Coal City. The two bizarre...

Buhari inaugurates 19 member transition committee

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

President elect, Mohammadu Buhari, on Wednesday inaugurated a 19 member transition committee to interface with a similar committee set up by Goodluck Jonathan.

Jonathan swears-in two commissioners

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:13 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in two federal commissioners. They are Amb. Toye Olofintuyi from Ekiti state sworn in as Commissioner in the Civil Service Commission, representing...

Francois Michelin, head of Michelin tyres dies at 88

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 10:07 AM PDT

Francois Michelin, who led the eponymous French tyre group for nearly half a century, died at the age of 88, the Clermont-Ferrand-based company said Wednesday. "We have learned today with deep...

Acting-inspector general of police vows to tackle corruption

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed the IGP Monitoring Unit (X-Squad), and the Force Provost Marshall, to start enforcing anti-corruption directives in order to...

Court orders Coscharis to release Oduah bullet-proof cars document

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:59 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Coscharis Motors Limited to release information as regards the two controversial bullet-proof cars purchased by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for a...

READ: Buhari's address at the induction of new legislators of the National Assembly

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:34 AM PDT

                   Mission of my presidency by Buhari ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT-ELECT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI, (GCFR) AT THE OCCASION OF THE INDUCTION...

Court strikes out fresh suit on Funsho Williams’ murder

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:48 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday struck out an application seeking fresh investigations into the murder of a late governorship aspirant in Lagos, Funsho Williams. Justice Rita...

Buhari seeks lawmakers support to tackle corruption

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 09:46 AM PDT

President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, pledged to work with the incoming 8th N'Assembly as development partners to tackle corruption and scale down drastically, the cost of running...

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