Sunday 31 May 2015

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock” plus 28 more


REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:53 PM PDT

The head of President Muhammadu Buhari's media team, Garba Shehu, on Sunday said Buhari had yet to move to the Presidential Villa, Abuja because his official residence was not ready for...

(WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES): Over 60 burnt to death in Onitsha petrol tanker accident

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Tragedy struck in Onitsha on Sunday evening after over 60 persons burnt to death when a trailer loaded with Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol that was descending from Army barracks side...

FIFA Under-20: Brazil beat Nigeria 4-2

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:56 PM PDT

Nigeria U20 team lost 4-2 to their Brazilian U20 opponents in Group E opening game of the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup played at the Stadium Taranaki New Plymouth. A goal in each half of the encounter by...

EFCC set to arraign six CBN officials for N8 Billion fraud

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that six top officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and 16 others are to be arraigned for alleged complicity in an N8bn currency fraud on...

My Life Threatened For Doing The Best For My Country – Diezani Alison-Madueke Speaks From London

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:44 PM PDT

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has alleged that her life is being threatened by members of a powerful cabal who benefited from petroleum subsidy fraud. The Nigeria's first female...

Why Buhari didn’t make assets public – Aides

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:06 PM PDT

Aides of President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, explained why the president did not declare his assets publicly. They said he will make his assets known to Nigerians within the first 100 days of his...

Boko Haram bombs Maiduguri market, burns Yobe court

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:07 PM PDT

An Improvised Explosive Device believed to have been planted by suspected members of Boko Haram on Sunday exploded at the Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, Borno State. No death was recorded but four...

Buhari names Femi Adesina and Mallam Garba Shehu as spokesmen

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:46 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday named the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina, and the Director, Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential...

We haven’t received any payment - Ekiti APC lawmakers tell Fayose

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:01 PM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have refuted a report that Governor Ayodele Fayose had paid their outstanding salaries and allowances. They...

Igbos in Lagos present 7-point demand to Governor Ambode

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:02 PM PDT

Igbos resident in Lagos State, under the aegis of Igbo Progressive Leaders Council, IPLC, yesterday, presented a seven-point demand to the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The association...

I want to be best player in the world – Iheanacho

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:03 PM PDT

Flying Eagles star Kelechi Iheanacho has said his biggest dream is to be crowned the best footballer in the world. Manchester City starlet Iheanacho, who only turned 18 in December, is in New...

Govern with fear of God - PDP tells Ambode

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:04 PM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has admonished the newly sworn in Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, to govern the state with the fear of God. This is just as...

Obasanjo’s sister burial holds June 6

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:08 PM PDT

The burial of the late younger sister to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Madam Esther Adunni Eweje née Obasanjo, will hold on Saturday, June 6 in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. She...

Auto crash claims 13 lives in Bauchi

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:09 PM PDT

Thirteen people lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident which occurred at Busuri village on the Bulkachuwa-Dambam Road in Bauchi State. It was...

Lagos moves to boost free flow of traffic

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:14 PM PDT

The Lagos Traffic Management Authority says it is the desire of the government that the agency ensure an accident-free and unimpeded flow of traffic in the state. The Deputy Comptroller of the...

South Africa admits $10m FIFA payout

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:17 PM PDT

South African Football Association President, Danny Jordaan, has reportedly confirmed that South Africa paid $10m after the country won a bid to host the 2010 World Cup. Jordaan however insists that...

Lagos signs Ikeja, Ikoyi, Apapa model city plans

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:12 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has signed three model city plans to guide physical development of different areas of the metropolis in the next 10 years. This is in line with its determination to ensure...

Wike sacks Board of Directors appointed by Amaechi

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:55 PM PDT

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt Authority with immediate effect. In a statement signed by Emma Okah on behalf the state...

Buhari’s assets declaration: We will respond later - PDP

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:54 PM PDT

The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said Sunday that it would reply to President Muhamadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on their declaration of assets. Speaking...

Osinbajo formally takes over Villa Chapel

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:49 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday formally took over the leadership of the villa chapel located inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The chapel built by the administration of former President...

Gunmen kidnap Kogi commissioner

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:47 PM PDT

Gunmen, numbering about five, on Sunday kidnapped the Commissioner of Land in Kogi State, Mr. Steven Mayaki. An eyewitness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told journalists in Lokoja that...

US Secretary of State, John Kerry breaks leg in bicycle accident

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:45 PM PDT

United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, was on Sunday in Geneva flown to a hospital with a broken leg following a bicycle accident in the French Alps. The spokesman for the US mission in...

Fresh bomb blast hits Maiduguri market

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:39 PM PDT

Barely 24 hours after a suicide bomber killed 26 people in a mosque near Maiduguri's main market, an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram insurgents...

3 policemen, tanker driver killed by Kogi oil bunkerers

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:43 AM PDT

Three policemen and a tanker driver whose identities were yet to be ascertained were said reportedly killed by suspected oil bunkerers at Oguda in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was...

2015 elections, the most rigged election Nigeria has ever experienced - Asari Dokubo

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:37 AM PDT

Ex-militant leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has described the recent 2015 general elections as "the most rigged election Nigeria has ever experienced, as it was not free and fair". Alhaji Dokubo made...

Scores of Boko Haram invade Yobe town, chant Allahu Akbar, loot food items and shops, destroy public buildings

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:31 AM PDT

Scores of Boko Haram members in a convoy of three Hilux vehicles and several motorcycles invaded the town of Ngalda in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe state, where they wreak havoc on mostly...

Okonjo-Iweala behind my success, says Adesina

Posted: 31 May 2015 05:18 AM PDT

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president-elect, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has credited his success at the poll to the tireless work of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Finance Minister. In a statement...

The presidential Inauguration Gala night in pictures

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:59 AM PDT

Photo credit: Dele Momodu/Ovation

Wike kick-starts looting master plan – APC Alleges

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:12 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress, APC says it is shocked that "accidental caretaker" governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike has confirmed the fears of many a Rivers person by jump-starting his...

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“All of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.” (1 Peter 3:8 NIV)

You’re never going to live in harmony with your wife, your husband, your friends, or anybody else without empathy. You can’t have a team without being aware of what’s happening in each other’s lives. That’s why when people work together in an office, they may do work together, but they’re not a team unless they know what’s going on in each other’s lives.

Empathy is so important because it meets two of our deepest needs: the fundamental need to be understood and a deep need to have our feelings validated.

If you’re going to build a team of friends or at work or in your small group, you have to build empathy into the structure. So how do you become an empathetic person?

  1. Slow down. Because our culture teaches us to move fast, we end up relationally skimming. That means you’re hitting the high points and missing all kinds of details in the lives of people you care about most. James 1:19 says, “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry” (NLT, second edition).
  2. Ask questions. Proverbs 20:5 says, “A person’s thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out” (GNT). Most people hold their emotions pretty close, and they don’t automatically share how they’re doing. “I’m fine” is the standard answer, but that doesn’t really tell you how they feel. If you ask, “””How are you doing?” and the other person says, “I’m fine,” here’s how you draw out a more telling response: Learn to ask the question twice. That’s how you develop empathy. Pause and say, “No. How are you really doing?” The other thing you do is learn to linger. That means don’t be afraid of silence. Just be in the moment, ask the question, and don’t be afraid to sit there and wait. Don’t immediately go into your agenda. Just listen and learn.
  3. Show emotions. The Bible says in Romans 12:15, “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep” (NASB). Empathy is more than saying, “I’m sorry you hurt.” It’s saying, “I hurt with you.” You’re willing to cry with them, and you’re willing to rejoice with them. There’s only one way you’re going to be that empathetic — stay filled up with God. If your tank gets low on God, you’re not going to be empathetic at all. You’ve got to stay filled up with God.

“All of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude” (1 Peter 3:8 NIV).

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Saturday 30 May 2015

NigerianEye: “President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declare assets” plus 27 more

NigerianEye: “President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declare assets” plus 27 more


President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declare assets

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution. The head of Buhari's media team, Garba Shehu,...

REVEALED: Buhari to earn N14 million as annual salary, allowances

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, will earn annual basic salaries of N3, 514, 705 and N3, 031, 572.50 respectively, according to the information on the website...

God plans to heal Nigeria through us — Osinbajo

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said God's plan was to turn things around for good and heal Nigeria through the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said his election was ordained...

Bomb blast in Maiduguri mosque kills many

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:42 PM PDT

The Borno State Police command has confirmed that 26 people were killed in Saturday's suicide bomb in a mosque in Maiduguri. A witness had told Governor Kashim Shettima that 16 people died in the...

Buhari can stop class war between the champagne-drinking rich and the poor – Ben Murray Bruce

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

Mr. Ben Murray Bruce, a businessman and philanthropist, is a senator-elect representing Bayelsa East. The media mogul speaks on issues relating to accountability, prudence and transparency in...

Wanted Nyako returns, plans to meet Buhari

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:29 PM PDT

Former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd.), returned to Nigeria on Saturday. Nyako, who arrived from London on a Lufthansa Airline flight, landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe...

UN honours four fallen Nigerian peacekeepers

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:25 PM PDT

The United Nations, on Friday, honoured 126 men and women who died in 2014 while on peacekeeping missions. Among them are four Nigerians, namely: Lance Corporal Silas Danyawu and Lance Corporal John...

Asari Dokubo faults Niger Delta amnesty

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:23 PM PDT

Leader of the Ijaw Youth Council, Mr. Asari Dokubo, has condemned the amnesty granted to the ex-Niger Delta militants by the late president, Umaru Yar'adua. According to him, this was a bribe to...

We’ll unseat Wike at tribunal — APC

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has said that despite the assumption of office of Governor Nyesom Wike, it was confident that he would be removed by the election petition...

Alamieyeseigha made me — Jonathan

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday identified a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as the person responsible for the political height he attained in...

I’ve not banned Jonathan’s ministers from travelling abroad — Buhari

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:13 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said no law abiding Nigerian has been banned from travelling outside the country. Buhari was reacting to reported cases of VIP stoppages at the nation's...

Buhari condemns Maiduguri attack

Posted: 30 May 2015 10:10 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the latest terrorist attack on Maiduguri, Borno State capital. In a statement by the head of his media team, Garba Shehu, the President warned that...

Messi and Neymar fire Barcelona to 27th Copa del Rey trophy

Posted: 30 May 2015 03:40 PM PDT

Another wonder-goal from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona clinch their 27th Copa del Rey crown as they outclassed Athletic Bilbao 3-1 at Camp Nou. With the league title already in the bag, Saturday's...

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 4-0 to win 12th FA CUP trophy

Posted: 30 May 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Theo Walcott opened the scoring with a powerful finish before Alexis Sanchez doubled the lead with a stunning strike from distance early in the second period. Per Mertesacker made the game safe with...

Bear with us as we tackle the rot – Buhari to Nigerians

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:55 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening appealed to Nigerians to bear with his administration as he and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo begin the earnest work of reconstructing the country. He...

Wanted Ex-Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtal Nyako returns to Nigeria today

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:54 AM PDT

Former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtal Nyako(retd.), is returning to Nigeria today, Saturday. Nyako, who is coming from London via Lufthansa Airline flight, is expected to land in Abuja...

Saraki, Gbajabiamila will emerge Senate president, Speaker - Prophet

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:54 AM PDT

A cleric, Prophet Christopher Owolabi, has predicted that Senator Bukola Saraki and Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila will emerge leaders of the 8th National Assembly. He added that there will be a rapid...

I remain grateful to Bayelsa people, Nigerians – Jonathan

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:55 AM PDT

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Yenagoa said he remained grateful to Bayelsa people for the support he enjoyed during his political career from 1999 to date. Jonathan, who expressed...

NFF is not corrupt, says Pinnick

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:47 AM PDT

The Nigeria Football Association (NFF) says it has zero tolerance for corrupt practices as well as any form of high-handedness or impunity, according to its President Amaju Pinnick. An NFF...

Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:42 AM PDT

Nigerian troops pushed back an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the outskirts of Borno state capital Maiduguri in the early hours of Saturday, a Reuters reporter and military source said. The...

Strong Earthquake rattles Tokyo

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:38 AM PDT

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk...

Boko Haram launches fresh attack on Maiduguri

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:35 AM PDT

Barely 24hrs after the take over of the Mohammadu Buhari administration and the successful swearing ceremony of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, the Boko Haram insurgents made a daring...

US removes Cuba from terror blacklist

Posted: 30 May 2015 07:30 AM PDT

The US has removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has signed an order removing Cuba from the terrorism blacklist as part of the process of...

I was scared Bayelsa people would boo me when i returned – Jonathan

Posted: 29 May 2015 11:33 PM PDT

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Friday, said he had been worried about the kind of reception he would receive in his home state, Bayelsa. Speaking at a civic reception in...

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody - Buhari

Posted: 29 May 2015 11:35 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday warned political forces or anyone who thought he would be answerable to him in the next four years, saying he belonged to nobody. He spoke soon after he was...

Fashola’s tenure was a failure – PDP

Posted: 29 May 2015 11:30 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has described the performance of former Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola, as dismal. The Lagos chapter of the party on Friday alleged that the administration of...

Nigeria, no longer in chains –Tinubu

Posted: 29 May 2015 11:26 PM PDT

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigeria has been liberated from years of the Peoples Democratic Party's misrule as Muhammadu Buhari was sworn...

Okowa outlines five-point agenda for Delta

Posted: 29 May 2015 11:24 PM PDT

The people of Delta jubilated as the new Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa took oath of office at exactly 11:35am to take over the mantle of governance of the State. Okowa clad in...