Thursday, 28 May 2015

NigerianEye: “I’ve never killed anybody — Wike” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “I’ve never killed anybody — Wike” plus 29 more


I’ve never killed anybody — Wike

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:50 PM PDT

Rivers State governor- elect, Mr Nyesom Wike, has denied ever killing anybody or conspiring with any person whatsoever to kill any person in his life and in all his political pursuits, noting that...

Lightening strikes 4 kids dead on Children's Day

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:49 PM PDT

This year's Children Day celebration was marred by tragedy at Gure town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, as four female children were killed by lightening. This came on a day a woman...

Nigerian Army sacks 200 soldiers for cowardice

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:41 PM PDT

The Nigeria Army at the Rukuba Barracks in Jos, Plateau State, has dismissed about 200 soldiers from service for their failure to capture the Sambisa Forest, a notorious hideout for Boko Haram...

'If you want to probe me, you have to probe all the administrations before me' - Jonathan tells Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 11:38 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday advised the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, not to restrict any probe he will want to carry out to his administration alone. He said Buhari must extend...

Chibok girls would be brought back to their families - Jonathan

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:27 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that efforts are underway to bring an end to violence against Nigerian children who are abused in diverse ways. The president announced the measure during the...

Court declines to stop Wike’s swearing-in

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:20 PM PDT

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, refused an ex-parte application praying it to stop the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiru, from swearing in the Rivers State...

I was a secondary school dropout and motor park tout —Benue gov-elect

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:16 PM PDT

The Benue State incoming Governor, Chief Samuel Ortom, has described his experience as a motor park tout and his election as governor as a divine arrangement and the handiwork of God. Ortom, who...

Borno pastor writes Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:13 PM PDT

A Borno State-born Pastor Kallamu Musa-Dikwa on Wednesday wrote President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on the need to support the emergence of a northern Christian as the Speaker of the House of...

BORNO: Level of Bama’s destruction shocks Governor Shettima

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:11 PM PDT

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday expressed shock at the level of destruction in Bama, which was recently liberated by the military from the Boko Haram insurgents, who had...

Reasons why we closed Benin, Asaba airports - Aviation minister

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:08 PM PDT

The Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, on Thursday said the Federal Government downgraded and closed down the Asaba and Benin airports, respectively, as a result of safety concerns. He spoke while...

Kogi Judge kidnappers demand N150 million ransom

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:05 PM PDT

The kidnappers that abducted the Kogi State High Court Judge, Justice Samuel Obayomi, has demanded N150m before they will free the judge. Obayomi of Ebogogo High Court in Adavi Local Government...

We shall obey court order on Kashamu – NDLEA

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:03 PM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has expressed its readiness to obey the court judgement, which ordered its operatives to vacate the Lagos residence of Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial...

I'm ready to work with anyone who emerges National Assembly leader – Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 04:02 PM PDT

The President Elect, Mohammadu Buhari, on Wednesday reiterated his readiness to work with any leader of the National Assembly, who emerges, irrespective of which part of the country he or she comes...

Buhari returns to Nigeria on Thursday

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:16 AM PDT

Nigeria's president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari is billed to return to Nigeria tomorrow from the United Kingdom, UK. The Head of his Media team, Mallam Garba Shehu told newsmen that Buhari's...

Outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan signs Tobacco control bill, five others

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Nigeria's outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed the Tobacco Control bill into law, hours to the end of his tenure. The president signed the bill alongside five others, his spokesperson,...

Boko Haram penetrated Northeast due to illiteracy – Obasanjo

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:30 AM PDT

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Cotonou urged African nations to provide quality education to ensure peace and tolerance in the continent, stressing that, the low level of...

Bayelsa plans reception for Jonathan on Friday

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:21 AM PDT

The Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to hold a civic reception for outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan in the state on Friday, hours after Jonathan would have handed over power to the...

Money began to miss in Federation Account after division of Governors Forum – Amaechi

Posted: 27 May 2015 10:19 AM PDT

Rivers Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, on Wednesday urged incoming governors not to allow anybody to divide the Nigeria Governors Forum. Amaechi made the call at a church service to mark his 50th...

Court bars NDLEA, others from arresting Kashamu

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday restrained security agencies in Nigeria from arresting and transporting the Senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the...

Senate receives National Conference report from Outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the National Conference from President Goodluck Jonathan for consideration. The letter accompanying the report, which was read by the President of the...

Muhammadu Buhari: From coup leader to ‘converted democrat’

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:54 AM PDT

Muhammadu Buhari, who will be sworn in on Friday as Nigeria's new president, is a one-time coup leader who once ruled Africa's most populous nation with an iron fist. But he has undergone a...

Ekiti State University shut as workers protest unpaid salaries

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, was again shut on Wednesday as trade unions protested unpaid three months salaries by the State Government. The workers, under the aegis of Senior Staff...

One killed, several injured, as truck runs into fuel queue in Abuja

Posted: 27 May 2015 09:49 AM PDT

At least one person died with several sustained various degree of injuries, when a truck believed to have had a break failure on Tuesday morning ran into a fuel queue at Dutse in the Federal Capital...

Jonathan wins Peace Award for conceding defeat to Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:42 AM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday honoured with another award of "Peace Loving Global Citizen" for his decision to accept the result of the 2015 Presidential poll. The award was presented...

My husband’s plan covers every Nigerian child — Aisha Buhari

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:38 AM PDT

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigeria's president-elect, has assured the people of Nigeria of the incoming government's commitment to the development of children in every geopolitical zone of the...

MAY 29 Inauguration: IG orders tight security around Eagle Square

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:35 AM PDT

As part of preparations for the Friday Presidential inauguration, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered tight security at Eagle Square, venue of the programme. He had also...

REVEALED: List of indicted and arrested football officials

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:32 AM PDT

Nine current and former football officials have been indicted on corruption charges by the U.S. Justice Department, just as world governing body FIFA was convening for its congress and presidential...

Ciroma resigns as NIWA’s MD

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:29 AM PDT

The Managing Director of the National inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Hajia Inna Ciroma, on Wednesday tendered her resignation letter, with effect from May 28. This is contained in a statement...

Transparency International urges FIFA chief Blatter to step down

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:25 AM PDT

Sepp Blatter must resign as president of football's ruling body FIFA, the non-governmental corruption watchdog Transparency International said on Wednesday. Transparency international, pointed out to...

UEFA astonished and saddened by Zurich arrests, Prince Ali calls it sad day for football

Posted: 27 May 2015 08:27 AM PDT

European football body UEFA on Wednesday expressed astonishment and sadness over the arrests of leading FIFA and other football officials in Zurich.  UEFA said in a statement in Warsaw that it...

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