Monday, 13 April 2015

NigerianEye: “I can't promise my government will find missing Chibok girls, but I’ll do all possible - Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I can't promise my government will find missing Chibok girls, but I’ll do all possible - Buhari” plus 29 more


I can't promise my government will find missing Chibok girls, but I’ll do all possible - Buhari

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:26 PM PDT

Nigeria's President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has pledged to do all possible to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok in Borno State, by Boko Haram militants, a year ago.The girls were...

Abducted Chibok girls seen alive in Gwoza

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:14 PM PDT

More than 50 of the girls abducted by Boko Haram last year were seen alive three weeks ago, a woman has told the BBC. She saw the girls in Gwoza town before the Boko Haram militants were driven out...

VIDEO: "Where will i get ₦13 Million" - Mother of missing Orekoya boys weeps and pleads for their return

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:15 PM PDT

The mother of the three boys who were kidnapped from their home in Surulere last week by a maid. The kids - Aderomola Orekoya, 11 months, Adedamola Orekoya, 4, and Demola Orekoya, 6, have still not...

Hope for the emergence of Nigeria's first female governor as INEC declares Taraba governorship poll inconclusive

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:16 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Saturday's governorship election in Taraba state inconclusive. INEC Returning Officer for the election, Professor Muhammad Kariey, said...

APC wins majority of Nigeria states in governorship poll

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:16 PM PDT

The party of Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has won governorship elections in a majority of Nigeria's 36 states, building its strength nationwide after a historic presidential win,...

Supreme Court set to decide Fayose’s fate today

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:17 PM PDT

There was anxiety in Ekiti State as the Supreme Court in Abuja prepared to deliver judgment on Tuesday (today) in the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress against the victory of Governor...

Missing Funds: World Bank backs Buhari to probe NNPC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

The World Bank has thrown its weight behind President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over allegations of missing funds. Speaking in a...

Reasons why we can’t cancel Rivers, Akwa Ibom results – INEC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:18 PM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it has no power to cancel the results of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. It made this...

On The Oba Of Lagos and the Igbo - Chimamanda Adichie

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:13 PM PDT

A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant...

Obasanjo ​ready to do “all possible” to ​​​halt​ Africa​’s insecurity

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:08 PM PDT

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday said he was ready to do everything possible to bring Africa'​​s​ growing insecurity to a halt. He made this known shortly after meeting with the...

NIGER GOV: PDP’s candidate Nasko concedes defeat to APC's Bello

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:58 PM PDT

The Niger State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Umar Nasko has conceded defeat to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Abubakar Sani Bello (Abu Lolo). However, Nasko...

Auto crashes kill 85 during Easter

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:54 PM PDT

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has said 85 persons lost their lives, while 463 others sustained various degrees of injuries from about 115 road traffic accidents during the last Easter...

Taraba declares 7pm to 6am curfew as election violence escalates

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:51 PM PDT

The Acting Governor of Taraba state Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi has declared a curfew in the state from 7 pm to 6 am following the post election violence that engulfed the state after the...

Naira loses N3 against dollar at Bureaux De Change

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:49 PM PDT

The value of the Naira yesterday depreciated against the dollar by N3, to close at N208 at the Bureau De Change (BDC) from the N205 it sold for on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

Jonathan’s transition committee begins sitting

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:47 PM PDT

The transition committee, set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, to facilitate smooth transition of power to the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on May 29, started sitting on...

Benue Governor, Gabriel Suswam, tells Governor-elect, Chief Samuel Ortom, to look after him after his exit from office

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:45 PM PDT

Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, has informed the state Governor-elect, Chief Samuel Ortom, to look after him after his exit from office in May. Suswam stated this at the Banquet Hall of...

We have no case of Ebola - LUTH

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:43 PM PDT

The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has said no one has died of Ebola Virus Disease in the tertiary institution. A rumour had emanated on the social media over the...

I’ll revive Rivers State - Wike

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:41 PM PDT

Rivers State governor-elect, Mr Nyesom Wike, has commended the people of the state for overwhelmingly voting for him as he promised to revive the state and give it a new lease of life. He also said...

Cancel Imo gov election, PDP urges INEC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:39 PM PDT

The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the results of the governorship election in Imo State and...

APC blames INEC for Imo gov inconclusive election

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:37 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has blamed Saturday's inconclusive governorship election in Imo State on the State Independent National Electoral Commission. The Director of the Rochas Okorocha...

Stop insulting Ojukwu, MASSOB warns Danjuma

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:34 PM PDT

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has warned the former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), to stop insulting the late Biafran warlord, Dim....

PDP planning to attack us, says Ekiti APC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:32 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress‎ in Ekiti State has raised the alarm over alleged plans by members of the Peoples Democratic Party to attack its members and supporters on Tuesday if the Supreme Court...

German Nobel laureate novelist Gunter Grass dies at 87

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:31 PM PDT

Gunter Grass, awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, has died at the age of 87, according to his publishing house. Grass, whose works include The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse, died in a hospital in...

Boko Haram has abducted 2,000 girls, women since 2014 – Amnesty International,

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:29 PM PDT

The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has abducted at least 2,000 women in Nigeria since the start of 2014. Amnesty International, which stated this in a report on Monday, said the abducted women...

Hoodlums burn Taraba SSG’s house

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:26 PM PDT

The family house of the Secretary to Taraba State Government, Timothy Kataps, and that of the member of the State House of Assembly representing Saudana constituency, Mr. Abel Dia, in Mbamga village...

APC thanks Lagosians for victory

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:24 PM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress said it owed its victory in the Saturday governorship poll to Lagos residents, who voted for its candidate to further entrench the culture of...

ONDO: Don’t tamper with our Ilaje victory, Mimiko warns REC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:23 PM PDT

Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Monday warned the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr. Segun Agbaje, against tampering with the results of Saturday's state assembly poll in...

PICTURES: Bring Back Our Girls group hold silent match to mark 1 year since abduction of Chibok girls

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:22 PM PDT

 Members of the Bring Back Our Girls group had a silent protest march today April 13th in Abuja to commemorate 1 year since the abduction of the girls by Boko Haram.

ENUGU: Elechi, governor-elect reconcile, pledge to restore peace

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:15 PM PDT

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State and his deputy, Mr. Dave Umahi, on Monday reconciled after about six months of political differences that claimed many lives and property. The reconciliation...

RIVERS: Evans Bipi and other anti-Amaechi lawmakers win

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 09:13 PM PDT

The leader of the five anti-Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr. Evans Bipi, has made a return to the House after his victory at the polls. Also, the lawmakers that...

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