Monday, 11 May 2015

NigerianEye: “I tried my best, posterity shall judge me right – Jonathan” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I tried my best, posterity shall judge me right – Jonathan” plus 29 more


I tried my best, posterity shall judge me right – Jonathan

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday expressed confidence that posterity will judge his outgoing administration right. According to Jonathan, his government has delivered the dividends of democracy...

Fuel scarcity worsens, as oil marketers suspend importation

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

The recurrent fuel scarcity being witnessed in many parts of the country, particularly in Lagos and Abuja, continued yesterday, showing no signs of easing up, while respite seems not in sight for...

Nigerian civil servants struggle to survive, beg for money, foodstuffs

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Nigerian civil servants in Oyo, Osun, Cross River, Rivers, Abia, Benue, Plateau and Bauchi states have adopted different strategies to survive months of unpaid salaries in their states. The...

The hottest place in hell should be reserved for Nigerian Governors – Murray-Bruce

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:32 PM PDT

Bayelsa state, senator-elect, Ben Murray Bruce has stated that the hottest place in hell should be reserved for Nigerian governors who have failed to pay the salaries of their workers. Murray-Bruce...

BUHARI PROBE: Only the guilty needs to be afraid, APC tells Jonathan

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:33 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that only the guilty needs to be afraid and that incoming Buhari Administration will not persecute anyone, contrary to statements credited to President...

Decomposing corpse chases patients out of wards

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Foul odour emanating from a decomposing corpse at the Accident and Emergency Clinic, Orile-Agege General Hospital, Lagos, on Monday, prevented medical workers from attending to patients at the clinic...

Nnamdi Azikiwe's first son is dead

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:32 PM PDT

Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, the first son of first President of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, is dead. A family source, who pleaded not to be named, said he passed away at Bromeo Hospital on Sunday at...

Arsenal's unbeaten run ended by Swansea

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:39 PM PDT

Bafetimbi Gomis scored a late, technology-assisted winner as Swansea City compromised Arsenal's quest for automatic Champions League qualification with a smash-and-grab 1-0 away victory on...

Nigerian pirates free 3 French firm crew members

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:34 PM PDT

French oil services company Bourbon said on Monday that the three Nigerian crew members kidnapped after one of its speedboats was boarded off the Nigerian coast on April 8 had been released. "They...

Nigeria emerged from economic boom poorer – Pat Utomi

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:25 PM PDT

Nigeria emerged from a major economic boom in the history of the country poorer, leading development economist and a Director at Lagos Business School, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said. Utomi said this in...

Jonathan convenes last Council of State meeting

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:23 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has convened what appears to be the last meeting of the Council of State that will hold under his leadership. The meeting holds on Tuesday(tomorrow). The Council consists...

ABIA: Police recover card readers, laptops

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:22 PM PDT

Barely one week after eight staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abia State were quizzed for alleged attempt to steal card readers, the police have recovered five card readers...

Jonathan, Buhari’s committees meet

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:20 PM PDT

The leadership of the two transition committees, set up to ensure smooth transition of power from President Goodluck Jonathan to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday denied any rift...

Court orders police to reopen Enugu Assembly

Posted: 11 May 2015 03:17 PM PDT

An Enugu Federal High Court on Monday ordered the police to reopen the Enugu State House of Assembly complex, which has been under locks since some lawmakers moved to impeach Governor Sullivan...

Man treks from Abeokuta to Lagos for Tinubu

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:36 PM PDT

The season of political treking continiues as a 28-year-old Adam Afolabi Ndabagi recently vowed to embark on a-five-day -trekking from Abeokuta to Lagos state to celebrate the victory of the...

Jonathan’s aide expels reporter from Aso Villa for asking ‘embarrassing question’

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:20 AM PDT

For asking the visiting Chadian President a question aides of President Goodluck Jonathan considered embarrassing, the state House Correspondent of Deutsche Welle, a German Radio state, Ubale Musa...

Rivers Assembly dares Amaechi

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:20 AM PDT

The Rivers State House of Assembly appears to be on a head-on collision with the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, over civil servants' unpaid salaries. The lawmakers, who expressed shock at the...

Hundreds of youths protest incessant killings in Plateau

Posted: 11 May 2015 10:22 AM PDT

A coalition of youth groups in their numbers, dressed in black and white Monday blocked major roads in Jos, the Plateau state capital protesting the incessant night attacks and killings in Riyom,...

I didn’t embezzle N400m, says Enugu APC gov candidate

Posted: 11 May 2015 09:51 AM PDT

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Mr. Okey Ezea, on Monday denied allegations that he embezzled about N400m meant for the campaign of President-elect,...

Lagos PDP Chairman Tunji Shelle sacked, Successor Installed

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:40 AM PDT

The crisis rocking the leadership of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) is claimed its first casualty as the Executive Committee of the Lagos chapter of the party has removed the party's chairman,...

Buhari to diversify Nigeria's economy from oil to agriculture, mining

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:40 AM PDT

The President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday in Abuja said he would shift attention from oil to agricultural and mining sectors to create jobs.  Buhari said this while...

After surviving Boko Haram, returnees face hunger in Nigeria

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:41 AM PDT

Nigeria (Reuters) – Since Nigeria's army began clearing large areas of the country's northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home. But...

I don’t know where Boko Haram leader, Abu Shekau is - Chadian President

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:41 AM PDT

The Chadian President, Idris Derby Monday made a volte face as he said that he does not know the where about of the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. President Derby had in a widely circulated...

Governor Aliyu refuses to recognize new Niger Speaker

Posted: 11 May 2015 08:20 AM PDT

The refusal of Niger State governor, Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, to recognize the newly elected Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Isah Kawu at a public function on Monday has confirmed fears that a...

Jonathan approves Enugu Free Trade Zone

Posted: 11 May 2015 08:17 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has given the final approval for the establishment of the Enugu Free Trade Zone. Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, who disclosed this during the commissioning of...

Rivers Assembly suspends three council chairmen

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:28 AM PDT

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday suspended three Local Government Areas' Caretaker Committee Chairmen. The suspended chairmen are – Cassidy Ikegbidi (Ahoada East), Ojukaye...

Four oil thieves jailed for 24 years

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:25 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday convicted and sentenced four men to a prison term of 24 years for stealing petroleum products belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The...

Emir of Kano tasks FG on quality of tertiary education

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:19 AM PDT

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has urged the Federal Government to pay priority attention to the quality of education acquired by the Nigerian youths. He made the call at the formal...

Fire injures seven, guts 109 shops in Lagos

Posted: 11 May 2015 07:06 AM PDT

No fewer than seven persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a Sunday night inferno which gutted more than 109 shops and residential buildings in Ijora Area of Lagos State. The News Agency...

Kebbi evacuates 1600 IDPs from Sokoto

Posted: 11 May 2015 06:57 AM PDT

Kebbi Government on Monday evacuated no fewer than 1, 600 indigines of the state back home, from the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Sokoto. The affected persons were evacuated by the National...

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