Friday, 22 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Mild drama at Abuja airport, as Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke reportedly runs after Buhari” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Mild drama at Abuja airport, as Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke reportedly runs after Buhari” plus 29 more


Mild drama at Abuja airport, as Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke reportedly runs after Buhari

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

There was a mild drama at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday, as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, ran to catch up with the President-elect,...

Nigerian ministers, President Jonahan, Vice President Sambo to travel abroad after May 29

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:22 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo and many ministers have concluded plans to travel abroad shortly after the May 29 inauguration of a new government. While Jonathan had said...

I want to be a peace ambassador after leaving office – Jonathan

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his major commitment after leaving office on May 29 will be to engage religious and ethnic leaders across the country on the need to allow peace to...

Millions of Nigerians suffer under hard fuel scarcity

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer, on Thursday warned that jobs could be at risk, as a weeks-long fuel crisis showed no signs of easing. Long queues have been seen for days outside filling...

Buhari jets out to the UK

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

The President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Friday left for Britain on a private visit, his first of such trip outside the country since winning the March 28 presidential election. In a statement in...

Over 50 world leaders to attend Buhari’s inauguration

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

The Chairman of the Media and Publicity Sub- Committee of the Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee, Chief Edem Duke, on Friday said over 50 presidents and heads of government across the globe...

Mass protest in Kano over blasphemy of Muhammed

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Thousands of Muslim faithful known as Ahbabu Rasul- S.A.W on Friday stormed the Kano State Government House and the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II to protest the blaspheming of...

At 1,327MW generation, FG says power supply may worsen

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

The Federal Government on Friday said the epileptic power supply, currently being witnessed across the country, would worsen by Saturday if the ongoing industrial action by both the senior and junior...

Don’t merge FRSC with Police, Soyinka tells FG

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Nobel laureate and the first Chairman, Federal Road Safety Corps, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on the Federal Government not to merge the agency with the Nigeria Police Force. He made this call on...

Buhari may not sign convicted soldiers’ death warrants – Falana

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:35 PM PDT

Nigeria's President-elect may commute the sentences of soldiers on death row, a lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, (SAN), said on Friday. Falana, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, expressed...

Man treks from Abuja to Ilorin for Saraki

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:32 PM PDT

A young man, Mr. David Godwin, who is trekking from Abuja to Ilorin in support of the ambition of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to become the president...

Chukwumerije goes home in grand style

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:30 PM PDT

The remains of late Senator Uche Chukwumerije, chairman of Senate Committee on Education was yesterday committed to mother earth at his country home, Ngodo-Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Government Area...

NAFDAC seals Chocolate Royale over expired food products

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:27 PM PDT

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has sealed confectioneries and multinational food outlet, Chocolate Royale, for violating ethical and hygiene standards. NAFDAC's...

Atiku represents Buhari at National Mosque as inauguration activities commence

Posted: 22 May 2015 03:44 PM PDT

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, was on Friday represented by former vice president, Atiku Abubakar in Jumat prayers which held at the National Mosque, Abuja in company of other Muslim...

Fuel crisis: Senate summons Okonjo-Iweala, Allison-Madueke, NNPC

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:59 AM PDT

The Joint Senate Committees on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) on Friday ordered the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and her...

REVEALED: Why Nigerian applicants are denied US visas – Consul-General

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT

The Consul-General, United States Embassy, William Laidlaw, has said the US visa application processes were simple and not as stringent as people thought, stressing that the mission was working to...

Ekiti violence spreads, 50 shops, two houses razed

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT

No fewer than 50 shops and two residential buildings, located within the Oja Oba market in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, were razed as the crisis between drivers and Hausa traders escalated on Friday. The...

ISIL capture key Syria-Iraq border crossing

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:13 AM PDT

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group have reinforced their self-declared "caliphate" with the capture of the Al-Tanaf to Al-Walid crossing on the Damascus-Baghdad highway. Al-Walid...

US Jails Nigerian, 31 Over Internet Scams

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:09 AM PDT

A Newark, New Jersey federal court presided over by US District Judge William H. Walls Judge Walls has sentenced Mr. Abiodun Ade John to a 36 month imprisonment for his role in computer hacking...

Arewa Youths Warn Asari Dokubo Against Unguarded Utterances

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:06 AM PDT

Northern youths, under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum, have warned ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo against unguarded and inciting utterances, saying the ex-militant ought to bury his head in shame...

Physician Advises Men Over 40 On Prostate Cancer

Posted: 22 May 2015 08:05 AM PDT

A family health physician, Dr Derin Awolaja, on Friday advised men over 40 years to have their Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test done every year for early detection of prostate cancer. Awolaja,...

Hundreds of Nigerian children died from lead poisoning – Human Rights Watch

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:54 AM PDT

The failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to sign a $4 million intervention fund to clean up lead contamination in communities in northern Nigeria exposed to lead poisoning due to small scale and...

Blasphemy: Youth raze court in Kano

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:45 AM PDT

Aggrieved youth burnt down the Upper Sharia court, Rijiyar Lemo following the appearance of an Islamic cleric, Abdul Inyas accused of blasphemy. Thousands of youths had thronged the court to...

Nigeria, for the first time ever present youngest Under-20 squad at the World Cup

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:42 AM PDT

The Flying Eagles have presented their youngest-ever assembly at the New Zealand Fifa U20 World Cup With an average age of just 18.9 years, Nigeria are, for the first time ever, taking the youngest...

Rivers Council Polls: INEC Denies Releasing Voters’ Registers To State Electoral Body

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:37 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers said on Friday that it did not release voters' registers to the State Independent Electoral Commission to conduct council polls. The...

EFCC re-arraigns Arisekola’s son, others for N1bn subsidy fraud

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:25 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday re-arraigned three oil marketers — Opeyemi Ajuyah, Abdullahi Alao and Olarenwaju Olalusi — over an alleged N1.1bn fuel-subsidy fraud. The News...

President Jonathan opens Defence radio in Abuja barracks

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:24 AM PDT

President Goodluck on Friday inaugurated a radio station, owned by the Defence Headquarters, Defence Radio 107.7 FM of the Armed Forces Radio Services, in Abuja. The radio station is located inside...

Al-Shabab storms Kenyan village, hoists flags

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:22 AM PDT

The Somalia-based al-Shabab terror group has raided a village in northeastern Kenya, days after a similar operation in a nearby town. A statement by the Kenyan interior ministry on Friday said the...

Ireland votes on legalising same-sex marriage

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:21 AM PDT

Polling stations across Ireland have opened for the referendum on same-sex marriage, the first time a nationwide vote has been held on the issue. A report said on Friday in Dublin that people are to...

Ekiti: APC lawmakers uncover illegal Assembly inauguration plot

Posted: 22 May 2015 07:19 AM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress members of Ekiti State House of Assembly have uncovered a plot to inaugurate the new Assembly four days before the end of their tenure. The alarm was consequent upon...

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