Friday, 1 May 2015

NigerianEye: “Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest” plus 29 more

Nigerian military rescues fresh set of 234 women and children from Sambisa forest

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:36 PM PDT

As the military onslaught to rid Sambisa forest of Boko Haram terrorists continue, another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of the forest on...

'Get ready for hard times' - Jonathan tells Nigerians

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:50 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to brace up for the harsh economic realities in the country occasioned by the recent fall in the price of oil at the international market, saying...

Fight of the century: Mayweather vs Pacquiao - Who will win?

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Billed as Battle for Greatness or The Fight of the Century, the $400 million fight between eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated, five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather,...

WATCH VIDEO: How Boko Haram members fled Sambisa forest during military bombardment

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

About 200 girls and 93 women were rescued on April 28, Tuesday, by the Nigerian military during the operation in Sambisa forest, a major stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists group. According to...

War against corruption: Buhari to revisit past probe panel reports

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:38 PM PDT

The incoming administration of the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to revisit the reports of panels set up by the National Assembly to investigate various financial...

Nigerians must question sources of wealth - Osinbajo

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Vice-President-elect, Prof.Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday explained how the Muhammadu Buhari administration would prosecute the anti-graft war, saying that Nigerians must question sources of wealth of the...

Fuel scarcity bites harder in Lagos as petrol sells N300 per liter

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

It's indeed difficult times for residents of Lagos as fuel now sells as high as N300 per litre in some areas. Following the refusal by oil marketers to import fuel into Nigeria, petrol station...

Nigeria’s power generation drops to 2,800MW

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Nigeria's total electricity generation has dropped to a meagre 2,800 Megawatts, the lowest in nearly a year, as Nigerians struggle with mini-heat waves due to rising temperature. The Ministry of...

Breast feed more, risk breast cancer less

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:44 PM PDT

Breastfeeding benefits babies.  There is huge evidence that breastfeeding helps improve healthier immune systems and fewer breathing difficulties. Breastfeeding is also protects the mothers'...

Irate mob lynch armed robbery suspect in Enugu

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:40 PM PDT

An armed robbery suspect, Hillary Ugwuanyi from Ekoyi, Igbo-South Local Government Area of Enugu State has been lynched by an angry mob who pounced on him over a failed robbery attack on April...

David Mark laments poor electricity supply in Nigeria

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:31 PM PDT

Senate President, David Mark, on Friday, decried the epileptic power supply in the country in spite of promises made by investors in the wake of the privatisation of the sector. Mark, according to a...

Covenant University deploys card readers for examination

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:25 PM PDT

In a manner similar to that of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the management of Covenant University, said it had deployed biometrics devices, otherwise known as smart card readers,...

Pay our six months’ salary, doctors tell Aregbesola

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:21 PM PDT

The Nigeria Medical Association has accused Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, of deliberately denying workers their six months' salaries. The Chairman of NMA Action Committee in the state,...

Passengers stranded as scarcity of fuel grounds international flights

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:18 PM PDT

Thousands of passengers were stranded at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Friday night as scarcity of aviation fuel grounded most international flights. It was observed that the...

Man to trek from Taraba to Bayelsa to congratulate Jonathan for conceding defeat

Posted: 01 May 2015 03:22 PM PDT

35 yer old Paul Jamasuru Tankwa from Taraba state has announced he will be trekking from Taraba to Bayelsa state to congratulate President Jonathan for conceding defeat after the presidential...

Police corporal rapes seven- year- old girl in Kano

Posted: 01 May 2015 02:59 PM PDT

Kano State Police Command has arrested a serving police corporal, Sani Salisu for raping a seven-year old- girl at a Brigade Quarters in the state. An eyewitness said the police officer lured the...

Petrol scarcity: NARTO suspends strike

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:30 AM PDT

Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on Friday reached an agreement with the National Association of Road Transport Owners to suspend their strike, according to an official. MOMAN Executive...

Kashamu attacks Jonathan's campaign co-ordinator

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:28 AM PDT

The crises rocking the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP took a new dimension on Tuesday as the senator-elect of Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu reportedly assaulted the State...

Olu of Warri marks 28th coronation anniversary

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:23 AM PDT

The Itsekiri people on Friday gathered at the Palace of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II to commence the 28th Coronation Anniversary of the monarch. They gathered at the Four Square Gospel...

May Day: Pay us before you go, Bauchi workers tell Yuguda

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:10 AM PDT

Comrade Hashim Gital, the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bauchi Council, has appealed to Governor Isa Yuguda to pay outstanding salaries and entitlements before his exit on May 29. Governor...

I’m not interested in Senate Presidency, says Akume

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:08 AM PDT

George Akume, Senate Minority Leader has stated that he is not interested in succeeding David Mark as Senate President of the 8th Assembly. Akume has also denied having a meeting with a national...

May Day: Workers will have better life under Buhari – Oshiomhole

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:04 AM PDT

As the nation eagerly awaits the swearing-in of General Muhammadu Buhari as president of the country, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has assured workers in the state that better life awaits...

BOKO HARAM: NEMA officials arrive in Yola to receive rescued victims

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:02 AM PDT

A team from the National Emergency Management Agency on Friday arrived in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, to receive the 293 women and girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from BokoHaram camps in...

Baltimore policeman charged with murder of Freddie Gray

Posted: 01 May 2015 11:00 AM PDT

A Baltimore police officer has been charged with the second-degree murder of Freddie Gray, while five other officers will face criminal charges over his arrest and death, the city's chief prosecutor...

Disease outbreak threatens Nepal’s earthquake survivors

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:57 AM PDT

Survivors of Nepal's major earthquake are facing the threat of a disease outbreak due to a severe shortage of clean water and toilets. Al Jazeera's Subina Shrestha, reporting from the village of...

Electricity union assures Nigerians of stable power supply

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:55 AM PDT

Aminat Ibrahim, the President of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, on Friday assured Nigerians of improved power supply after the ongoing project s are completed. Ibrahim...

Buhari govt must fulfill promises – NLC, TUC

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:52 AM PDT

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Friday in Abuja vowed to hold the incoming Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)-led government accountable in respect of his party's promises...

May Day: Plateau workers threaten strike

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:50 AM PDT

Plateau State NLC has directed all its affiliate unions and workers to commence mobilisation for a strike at the expiration of its ultimatum to the state government on May 4. Jibrin Bancir, the...

May Day: Borno workers ask govt to implement demands

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:49 AM PDT

As workers in Borno State urged full implementation of all their demands, their counterparts in Plateau have threatened to go on strike, if the state government failed to meet their ultimatum. These...

NDLEA arrests cocaine dealer, five others in Gombe

Posted: 01 May 2015 10:47 AM PDT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Gombe State has re-arrested a 29-year-old woman, Yabi Ibrahim, with 5.3 grammes of cocaine and heroine, and five other drug traffickers. Mr Aliyu Adole,...
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