Tuesday, 5 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Cease and Desist: No Witch-hunts Against the South-South, By Femi Aribisala” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Cease and Desist: No Witch-hunts Against the South-South, By Femi Aribisala” plus 29 more


Cease and Desist: No Witch-hunts Against the South-South, By Femi Aribisala

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:46 PM PDT

No doubt about it, the North betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in the last election. The greatest ally of the North in Nigerian politics has been the South-South. Therefore, it was not asking too much for...

Expectation of Nigerians too high, Rome was not bulit in a day – Buhari

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:45 PM PDT

President elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has told the All Progressives Congress governors-elect, that the expectation of Nigerians was too high hence the need to sensitise all to set realistic...

I have evidence PDP chairman secretly worked for APC – Fayose

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:01 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, on Tuesday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party lost the last presidential election because its National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, compromised in the...

Buhari meets journalist he jailed in 1984 when he was a military Head of State

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:02 PM PDT

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday met with Tunde Thompson, one of the journalists jailed for violating Decree 4 in 1984 when he was a military Head of State. Buhari met with him...

I’m cautiously optimistic about Buhari, says Soyinka

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he believes that the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be worse than past presidents because he will be guided by a sense of history. He, however,...

8 more Nigerians face execution in Indonesia – Diaspora Group

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:12 PM PDT

AGROUP, United Nigerians In Diaspora, UNID, has called on the Federal Government to prevail on the Indonesian government to stay action on its plans to execute eight more Nigerian citizens for drug...

Lagos-Maiduguri trekker arrives in Ilorin

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:10 PM PDT

Mr. Hassan Umar, who commenced trekking from Lagos to Maiduguri, arrived in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday night in continuation of his journey. Umar, 36, who is from Borno State,...

Jonathan appoints Gbenga Daniel, Abacha’s aide varsities council chairmen

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:58 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has announced the appointment of some key members of the Peoples Democratic Party as Chairmen of the Governing Councils of some federal universities, with three weeks left...

'We have no empirical evidence that Obasanjo is corrupt' - Oby Ezekwesili

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:46 AM PDT

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has defended her claim that there is no empirical evidence that former president, Olusegun Obasanjo is corrupt. It will be recalled that Ezekwesili...

IN PICTURES: Tears flow as teenage girl abducted by Boko Haram finally reunites with family

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:47 AM PDT

A 15 year old girl who is among the over 700 girls and women that have been freed by Nigerian troops from Sambisa Forest in recent times, has reunited with her family in one of the IDPs. According to...

WARNING: Asaba Airport not safe anymore - FG

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:46 AM PDT

The safety and security of air travellers using the Asaba Airport in Delta State cannot be guaranteed anymore, the Federal Government has said. As a result, the government on Tuesday downgraded the...

IN PICTURES: Buhari meets APC Govs/Govs-elect

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:36 AM PDT

APC Governors and governor-elects paid a visit to president-elect, Gen Buhari in Abuja today May 5th, where they congratulated him over his victory at the presidential elections. Responding, Gen...

Jimi Agbaje gets tribunal’s permission to inspect poll materials

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:25 AM PDT

The Lagos State election petitions tribunal has granted leave to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, to inspect all polling documents and devices used for the...

I cannot be impeached - Governor Chime

Posted: 05 May 2015 11:23 AM PDT

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State in eastern Nigeria has described the threat of impeachment against him by the state assembly as futile. Reacting to the threats while briefing journalists in...

Jonathan appoints Mrs. Asabe Ahmed as PEF boss

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:49 AM PDT

Less than a month to the expiration of his tenure, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday approved the appointment of the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Asabe Ahmed, as...

Ex-Mint boss appeals extradition order

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:44 AM PDT

A Former Managing Director of Nigeria Security Minting and Printing Company, Emmanuel Okoyomon, has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja, which on Monday‎ ordered his...

Lawmakers impeach Niger Assembly Speaker

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:39 AM PDT

Legislators in Niger State have impeached the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Adamu Usman. Usman was impeached on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, by 18 out of 27 lawmakers. The legislators also...

Burundi court okays President’s third-term bid, judges flee

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:34 AM PDT

Burundi's constitutional court says it has approved President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term. The statement came on Tuesday as dozens of protesters marched in the capital Bujumbura to say...

Soldiers repel Boko Haram ambush in Borno

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:22 AM PDT

Troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an ambush by the Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday night. Investigations revealed that the insurgents ambushed the troops while they were on deployment to...

No apology calling for Mu’azu, others sacking – Fayose

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:20 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor has insisted that his call for the dissolution of the Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party was in good faith, and in the overall...

Reps reject removal of fuel subsidy

Posted: 05 May 2015 10:18 AM PDT

The House of Representatives on Tuesday opposed calls for the total removal of subsidy on petroleum products. Rather, lawmakers asked the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari ( retd),‎...

Ejigbo pepper sodomy: 10 persons remanded in prison

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:57 AM PDT

An Ikeja High Court, Tuesday, remanded in prison custody nine men and one woman charged in connection with the Ejigbo Pepper Sodomy. The 10 were brought to court over the torture, attempted murder...

MultiChoice objects to reduction in DStv subscription

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:55 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed May 21, 2015 to rule on an application filed in objection to the suit seeking to restrain Multichoice Nigeria Limited from increasing subscription fees on the...

NRC arrests passengers hanging on train in Lagos

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:52 AM PDT

Some erring passengers were on Tuesday arrested at Ikeja Train Station by armed security operatives for hanging on the locomotive of an Ogun/Lagos-bound train. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote wants to buy Arsenal FC

Posted: 05 May 2015 06:01 AM PDT

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has expressed interest in becoming the owner of English Premier League giants, Arsenal FC. But the plan to buy the North London club is not an immediate priority...

The Fayose I Know, By Olalekan Waheed Adigun

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:29 AM PDT

Sometimes in November, 2014 I wrote under the title "Our Governor Has Gone Mad Again" on my facebook wall. The title was inspired by Ola Rotimi's classic, Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again, whose...

Angry Woman Bites Off Employee’s Ear Over Salary

Posted: 05 May 2015 05:20 AM PDT

A Magistrates' court on Monday ordered the arrest of a hotel director, 38-year-old Mrs Mary Joan Adeiekwe who allegedly bit off the ear of her manager, Chinwendu Nkemakolam, for demanding her monthly...

Assembly staff lock out lawmakers in Delta

Posted: 05 May 2015 04:27 AM PDT

The Delta chapter of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria on Monday prevented the staff and members of the House of Assembly from entering the premises of the complex. The News Agency of...

Manny Pacquiao to undergo shoulder surgery, may be out for ’12 months’

Posted: 05 May 2015 04:17 AM PDT

Manny Pacquiao's camp accused the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday of denying them treatment for an injury to his right shoulder which will now require surgery to repair. Pacquiao, who lost a...

C. Africa armed groups pledge to free thousands of child soldiers

Posted: 05 May 2015 04:57 AM PDT

Leaders of armed groups in the Central African Republic agreed Tuesday to release thousands of child soldiers and to end underage recruitment, UNICEF said. The United Nations children's agency...

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