Sunday, 31 May 2015

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock” plus 28 more


REVEALED: Why Buhari has not moved to Aso Rock

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:53 PM PDT

The head of President Muhammadu Buhari's media team, Garba Shehu, on Sunday said Buhari had yet to move to the Presidential Villa, Abuja because his official residence was not ready for...

(WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES): Over 60 burnt to death in Onitsha petrol tanker accident

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:37 PM PDT

Tragedy struck in Onitsha on Sunday evening after over 60 persons burnt to death when a trailer loaded with Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol that was descending from Army barracks side...

FIFA Under-20: Brazil beat Nigeria 4-2

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:56 PM PDT

Nigeria U20 team lost 4-2 to their Brazilian U20 opponents in Group E opening game of the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup played at the Stadium Taranaki New Plymouth. A goal in each half of the encounter by...

EFCC set to arraign six CBN officials for N8 Billion fraud

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:00 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that six top officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and 16 others are to be arraigned for alleged complicity in an N8bn currency fraud on...

My Life Threatened For Doing The Best For My Country – Diezani Alison-Madueke Speaks From London

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:44 PM PDT

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has alleged that her life is being threatened by members of a powerful cabal who benefited from petroleum subsidy fraud. The Nigeria's first female...

Why Buhari didn’t make assets public – Aides

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:06 PM PDT

Aides of President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, explained why the president did not declare his assets publicly. They said he will make his assets known to Nigerians within the first 100 days of his...

Boko Haram bombs Maiduguri market, burns Yobe court

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:07 PM PDT

An Improvised Explosive Device believed to have been planted by suspected members of Boko Haram on Sunday exploded at the Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, Borno State. No death was recorded but four...

Buhari names Femi Adesina and Mallam Garba Shehu as spokesmen

Posted: 31 May 2015 10:46 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday named the President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina, and the Director, Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential...

We haven’t received any payment - Ekiti APC lawmakers tell Fayose

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:01 PM PDT

The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have refuted a report that Governor Ayodele Fayose had paid their outstanding salaries and allowances. They...

Igbos in Lagos present 7-point demand to Governor Ambode

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:02 PM PDT

Igbos resident in Lagos State, under the aegis of Igbo Progressive Leaders Council, IPLC, yesterday, presented a seven-point demand to the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The association...

I want to be best player in the world – Iheanacho

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:03 PM PDT

Flying Eagles star Kelechi Iheanacho has said his biggest dream is to be crowned the best footballer in the world. Manchester City starlet Iheanacho, who only turned 18 in December, is in New...

Govern with fear of God - PDP tells Ambode

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:04 PM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has admonished the newly sworn in Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, to govern the state with the fear of God. This is just as...

Obasanjo’s sister burial holds June 6

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:08 PM PDT

The burial of the late younger sister to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Madam Esther Adunni Eweje née Obasanjo, will hold on Saturday, June 6 in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. She...

Auto crash claims 13 lives in Bauchi

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:09 PM PDT

Thirteen people lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident which occurred at Busuri village on the Bulkachuwa-Dambam Road in Bauchi State. It was...

Lagos moves to boost free flow of traffic

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:14 PM PDT

The Lagos Traffic Management Authority says it is the desire of the government that the agency ensure an accident-free and unimpeded flow of traffic in the state. The Deputy Comptroller of the...

South Africa admits $10m FIFA payout

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:17 PM PDT

South African Football Association President, Danny Jordaan, has reportedly confirmed that South Africa paid $10m after the country won a bid to host the 2010 World Cup. Jordaan however insists that...

Lagos signs Ikeja, Ikoyi, Apapa model city plans

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:12 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government has signed three model city plans to guide physical development of different areas of the metropolis in the next 10 years. This is in line with its determination to ensure...

Wike sacks Board of Directors appointed by Amaechi

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:55 PM PDT

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt Authority with immediate effect. In a statement signed by Emma Okah on behalf the state...

Buhari’s assets declaration: We will respond later - PDP

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:54 PM PDT

The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said Sunday that it would reply to President Muhamadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on their declaration of assets. Speaking...

Osinbajo formally takes over Villa Chapel

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:49 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday formally took over the leadership of the villa chapel located inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The chapel built by the administration of former President...

Gunmen kidnap Kogi commissioner

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:47 PM PDT

Gunmen, numbering about five, on Sunday kidnapped the Commissioner of Land in Kogi State, Mr. Steven Mayaki. An eyewitness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told journalists in Lokoja that...

US Secretary of State, John Kerry breaks leg in bicycle accident

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:45 PM PDT

United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, was on Sunday in Geneva flown to a hospital with a broken leg following a bicycle accident in the French Alps. The spokesman for the US mission in...

Fresh bomb blast hits Maiduguri market

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:39 PM PDT

Barely 24 hours after a suicide bomber killed 26 people in a mosque near Maiduguri's main market, an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram insurgents...

3 policemen, tanker driver killed by Kogi oil bunkerers

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:43 AM PDT

Three policemen and a tanker driver whose identities were yet to be ascertained were said reportedly killed by suspected oil bunkerers at Oguda in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was...

2015 elections, the most rigged election Nigeria has ever experienced - Asari Dokubo

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:37 AM PDT

Ex-militant leader, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has described the recent 2015 general elections as "the most rigged election Nigeria has ever experienced, as it was not free and fair". Alhaji Dokubo made...

Scores of Boko Haram invade Yobe town, chant Allahu Akbar, loot food items and shops, destroy public buildings

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:31 AM PDT

Scores of Boko Haram members in a convoy of three Hilux vehicles and several motorcycles invaded the town of Ngalda in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe state, where they wreak havoc on mostly...

Okonjo-Iweala behind my success, says Adesina

Posted: 31 May 2015 05:18 AM PDT

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president-elect, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has credited his success at the poll to the tireless work of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Finance Minister. In a statement...

The presidential Inauguration Gala night in pictures

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:59 AM PDT

Photo credit: Dele Momodu/Ovation

Wike kick-starts looting master plan – APC Alleges

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:12 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress, APC says it is shocked that "accidental caretaker" governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike has confirmed the fears of many a Rivers person by jump-starting his...

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