Saturday, 2 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight” plus 29 more


Breaking: Floyd Mayweather Wins Against Manny Pacquiao In Epic Fight

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:35 PM PDT

And we have a winner! Three months after Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. signed on to duke it out in the ring, Floyd Mayweather came out on top in the epic May 2 match-up. The first 5...

Buhari sends Atiku to Zuma for Adesina’s candidacy

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commenced lobbying for the candidacy of the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, as President of the African Development Bank. A statement by Malam...

You can’t use and dump me, Mu'azu tells PDP members

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Alhaji Adamu Muazu, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday told the members of the party that he would not resign despite the woeful performance at the 2015 general...

APC lawmakers allege kidnap plot by Fayose

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:42 PM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have alleged that Governor Ayodele Fayose wants to use thugs to kidnap them. They urged the governor to stop trailing...

PDP in Crisis: Party blames Jonathan’s aides for president’s election defeat

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Speculations that Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been hit by fresh crises after its recent election defeat, were confirmed Saturday with the party leadership openly accusing...

Woman throws mango at Venezuelan President, rewarded with a new house

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:45 PM PDT

A woman who bashed President Nicolas Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela. The 52-year old...

Boko Haram landmines slows Nigeria’s charge

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Nigeria's military says its final push to clear the Islamist Boko Haram militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines. "Everywhere they have their havens, they have mined it...

Abubakar Shekau: dead or alive?

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:03 PM PDT

Where is Abubakar Shekau, the bearded leader of Nigeria's Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram? His fate is now unknown since Nigeria launched an offensive, with the collaboration of Chadian,...

Gombe: APC heads to tribunal, challenges Dankwambo’s victory

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:12 PM PDT

The defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Gombe State in the last general elections, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, has challenged the re-election of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of...

Oronto Douglas worth more than silver, gold – Jonathan

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:15 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the late Toronto Natei Douglas,his Special Adviser, Strategy and Documentation as a unique personality worth more than silver and gold. Jonathan who paid...

Death toll in Nepal quake hits 7,040

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:16 PM PDT

At least 7,040 persons were confirmed dead with the number of injured exceeding 14,000 in the last Saturday's devastating quake in Nepal, according to the country's Ministry of Home Affairs...

William, Kate present daughter to the world

Posted: 02 May 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have introduced their daughter to the world, as they left hospital to take her home to Kensington Palace. The princess slept in her mother's arms during her first...

Enugu governor, Sullivan Chime vacates Govt House

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:17 PM PDT

Barely one month to handover to new administration, Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has vacated the Governor's Lodge at the Government House in Enugu. A top government official, who pleaded...

Abuja Chief Imam dies at 68

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:18 PM PDT

The Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Ustaz Musa Muhammed, is dead, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. He was aged 68. The Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs,...

Man loses family to fire

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:19 PM PDT

Six people died when a storey building in which they were living caught fire in Jos, Plateau State in the early hours of Saturday. The fire was said to have started around 2 am immediately after...

Fuel: Black market thrives in Kwara, Oyo

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:20 PM PDT

The worsening fuel scarcity has increased the activities of illegal petrol sellers, otherwise called black market, in Ilorin and environs of Kwara State. Our correspondent who monitored the...

Soldiers on revenge kill 30 in Plateau villages

Posted: 02 May 2015 11:21 PM PDT

No fewer than 30 people were killed as soldiers invaded Kadarko, Kurmi and Wadata villages of Wase local government area of Plateau following the alleged killing of four soldiers by some unknown...

Troops rescue more hostages, fate of Chibok girls uncertain

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

Nigeria troops have freed some 700 women and children from Boko Haram's Sambisa forest stronghold over the past week, but uncertainty remained on Saturday over the fate of 219 girls seized from their...

Nollywood veteran, Peter Bunor is dead

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

A veteran Nollywood actor, Peter Bunor, reportedly died on Friday in Asaba, Delta, according to his son, Peter Bunor Jnr. Bunor Jnr. posted the news of his father's death on his Facebook page on...

My soulmate slipped away, Rio Ferdinand mourns

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

The wife of former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand has died following a short battle with cancer, he announced on Saturday. "My soulmate slipped away last night," the...

Rio Ferdinand’s wife dies of cancer

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:23 AM PDT

Rio Ferdinand's wife Rebecca has died following a short battle with cancer. The QPR defender revealed in a statement released on the club's website that his wife passed away aged 35 on Friday night...

Nigeria targets 2018 World Cup semi final

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:22 AM PDT

Nigeria hopes to make history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia by becoming the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals. The Nigerians had reached the Round of 16 on three of their five...

Nigerian ‘witchdoctor’ jailed in US

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:11 AM PDT

A 58-year-old Nigerian-born, but now US naturalised man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales on...

Fuel Scarcity: NSCDC arrest black marketers

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:08 AM PDT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has begun the arrest of illegal oil marketers in the wake of the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. This was contained in a...

Rabiu Ibrahim wins Slovakian cup with Trencin

Posted: 02 May 2015 06:05 AM PDT

Ex-Nigeria youth international, Rabiu Ibrahim, wrote his name in gold Friday when he scored in AS Trencin historic Slovakian Cup triumph. The former Sporting Lisbon midfielder leveled scores in...

Scarcity: Petrol sells for N250 per litre in Oyo

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:59 AM PDT

Fuel scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country had resulted in a sharp increase in pump price of the product in Iseyin Council Area of Oyo, from the official price of N87 per liter, to...

Woman, three children, two others die in Jos inferno

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:55 AM PDT

Six persons died when a storey building was engulfed in fire in Jos in the early hours of Saturday. The fire was said to have started at about 2am shortly after power supply was restored to the area...

US artiste, Lauryn Hill, misses Lagos show, apologises

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:54 AM PDT

Nigerian fans and music enthusiasts were disappointed on Friday night as US music star, Lauryn Hill, failed to show up for the much advertised May Day Live concert in Lagos. The News Agency of...

Baltimore celebrates charges in Freddie Gray’s death

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:52 AM PDT

Baltimore residents have celebrated the decision by the chief prosecutor to charge one police officer with murder and five others with lesser crimes in the death of a young black man. Freddie Gray...

One killed, 2,000 evacuated as rainstorms batter central China

Posted: 02 May 2015 05:50 AM PDT

One person was killed and nearly 2,000 were evacuated as of 9 a.m. Saturday as heavy rains lashed parts of central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial flood control authority. From...

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