Sunday, 10 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Buhari will probe me, all my aides and ministers - Jonathan” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Buhari will probe me, all my aides and ministers - Jonathan” plus 29 more


Buhari will probe me, all my aides and ministers - Jonathan

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday gave an insight into the fate that awaits him under the incoming government of the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying he and ministers as...

Nigerians need to be patient, CHANGE cannot happen overnight - Buhari

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:32 PM PDT

The President elect, Mohammadu Buhari, on Sunday said the change Nigerians are expecting cannot happen overnight. Buhari also said the incoming administration will, in the short term, lay emphasis...

'If you want to stay in Lagos, respect your hosts' - Oba of Lagos tells Igbos and other non-indigenes

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:44 PM PDT

The Oba of Lagos, Riliwanu Akiolu, says there is a need for Igbos and other non-indigenes in Lagos State to respect the tradition and culture of their host. The monarch said this recently during a...

2015 general elections: I hope my wife will not divorce me - GEJ

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:33 PM PDT

Speaking at the thanksgiving and farewell service organized for him today, President Jonathan said he hopes his wife will not divorce him just as the former South African leader, F.W de Klerk's wife...

My friends deserted me after I conceded defeat to Buhari – Jonathan

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that some of his friends deserted him shortly after he conceded defeat to his rival General Muhammadu Buhari in the March election. Jonathan publicly...

Footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor drops more bombshell about his family

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:48 PM PDT

Footballer Emmanuel Adebayor who made some startling revelation about his family recently took to his facebook page yesterday  afternoon to shed more light on his rocky relationship with one of...

APC blames Fayose for Ekiti kidnappings

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:28 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has said Governor Ayo Fayose should be blamed for the spate of kidnappings in the state. The party said the governor had failed to deliver his...

Half of Nigerian women have anaemia

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:26 PM PDT

A medical professional body, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, on Thursday said 49 per cent of women of reproductive age in Nigeria have anaemia with 24.3 per cent of them having low iron stores and...

83 million subscribers use internet on Nigeria’s telecom networks – NCC

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of internet users on the country's telecom networks increased to 83,362,814 as at February 2015. The regulatory body disclosed this in...

2 persons trek to Kaduna in sympathy with Gov. Yero

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:22 PM PDT

As several people trekked long distances to felicitate with winners of the just concluded 2015 general elections, two people have commenced trekking from Makarfi to Kaduna to sympathise with Governor...

Why we founded Oodua Progressives Union — Gani Adams

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:21 PM PDT

The National Leader of the Oodua People's Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has said the decision to establish the Oodua Progressives Union, OPU, was based on the need to sustain the Yoruba...

Don’t be northern Nigeria’s president, Maitama Sule charges Buhari

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Elder Statesman and former Nigeria's Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, UN, Maitama Sule, has charged President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari, to see himself as a Nigerian President...

Patience Jonathan makes first public appearance since GEJ's poll defeat

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:15 PM PDT

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Sunday made what could be her first public appearance since her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, lost the March 28 presidential election. Mrs....

Don’t expect radical revolution from Buhari – Okogie

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:13 PM PDT

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, on Sunday told Nigerians not to expect too much from the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, stressing that change is a gradual...

Experts urge Buhari to address power problem

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:12 PM PDT

The incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon by experts to address the poor power supply in the country. The experts made the call at a forum on Nigeria's energy future which...

PDP’ll be buried if I resign as chairman – Adamu Mu’azu

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:09 PM PDT

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu, and the party's National Working Committee on Sunday dared members threatening to factionalise the party. Muazu, who spoke...

Firefighter collapses inside well while rescuing plumber

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:07 PM PDT

An official of the Lagos Sate Fire Service on Saturday collapsed inside a well in the Ijegun area of the state while bringing out a victim. The official was said to have fallen inside the well after...

Boko Haram: 63 children, six pregnant women rescued

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:06 PM PDT

Of the 275 persons that were rescued and handed over to the National Emergency Management Agency by the 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army about two weeks, 63 children were unaccompanied while...

The Sorry Lies of Sunday Trust - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:04 PM PDT

On May 10, 2015, the Sunday Trust Newspaper published an editorial titled "The Sorry Record of Madam Ngozi", which seems to be a piece deliberately aimed at destroying the reputation of the Finance...

Insubordination: Military-trained policemen may face disciplinary action

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:01 PM PDT

Ten policemen who were being detained by the military for refusing to participate in a counter-terrorism operation may face disciplinary action for insubordination. The officers had received...

Al Jazeera's 101 East uncovers Afghanistan¹s floundering billion dollar drug war

Posted: 10 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT

In an eye-opening investigation that spanned several months, Al Jazeera's documentary programme 101 East exposes the murky world of Afghanistan's drug networks and reveals government shortcomings...

Boko Haram: FG disburses relief materials to victims

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:56 PM PDT

The Federal Government has ordered the release of additional relief materials to victims of insurgency in the North-East region. The distribution of the fresh relief materials is expected to...

Policeman shoots tricycle driver dead, flees

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:47 PM PDT

The police in Lagos have launched a manhunt for an Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified simply as Mohammed, who allegedly shot dead a tricycle driver, Akeem Aranse, during an argument in...

Buhari will be President of Nigeria not APC President – Tambuwal

Posted: 10 May 2015 09:42 PM PDT

The speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor Elect of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwa says the President Elect, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari will be a Nigerian President and not President of...

Gunmen abduct OAU lecturer in Ekiti, kill driver

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Gunmen on Friday evening abducted a lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Dr. Femi Omisore, on his way to attend a funeral at Oye Ekiti in Ekiti State. Our correspondent gathered on...

Nigerians misunderstood Jonathan’s calmness – Okupe

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:20 PM PDT

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Sunday said Nigerians misunderstood President Goodluck Jonathan's calmness for indecisiveness. Okupe, who stated...

IN PICTURES: Thanksgiving & Farewell service in honour of President Jonathan & First Lady

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:17 PM PDT

Adoke’s friend leaked plot to abduct me – Kashamu

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:09 PM PDT

Ogun-East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, has said that he got wind of the plot to illegally abduct and take him to the United States of America to face charges of illicit drugs through a friend of...

ADAMAWA: Group seeks probe of Fintiri’s N22 Billion expenditure for his 86-day-old administration

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:08 PM PDT

A group, Adamawa Progressive Movement has called for the probe of N22bn expenditure incurred by Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri's 86-day-old administration. It would be recalled that Fintiri, Speaker of...

Manchester City trash QPR 6-0

Posted: 10 May 2015 12:06 PM PDT

Manchester City maintained their uncomfortable second spot behind champions Chelsea on the Premiership table, hitting hapless Queens Park Rangers 6-0 at the Etihad on Sunday to stay on 73...

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