Thursday, 4 June 2015

NigerianEye: “Ghana announces three days’ national mourning after fire kills 90” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Ghana announces three days’ national mourning after fire kills 90” plus 29 more


Ghana announces three days’ national mourning after fire kills 90

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced three days of national mourning after a deadly petrol station fire killed at least 90 people during heavy flooding in the capital,...

BOKO HARAM: US set to renew cooperation with Nigeria

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:32 PM PDT

The United States will send a team to Nigeria in the next few weeks to discuss with the Federal Government ways to renew cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram, a senior US diplomat told Reuters...

Subsidy payments: Oil marketers yet to resume fuel import

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:30 PM PDT

Despite the seeming resolution of the conflict between the Federal Government and oil marketers over the petroleum subsidy claims payment, data, yesterday, showed that Nigeria's fuel import has...

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo, past ministers and presidential aides to collect N3.2bn severance pay in 2016

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:26 PM PDT

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan; his deputy, Namadi Sambo; immediate past ministers and presidential aides as well as non-returning federal lawmakers will wait till next year before collecting their...

ICPC quizzes former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro over alleged N275m scam

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:20 PM PDT

A former Inspector-General of Police and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Mike Okiro, was on Thursday in Abuja quizzed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences...

Bomb blast rocks Yola market, over 30 dead

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 10:22 PM PDT

(Reuters) – A bomb at a market in the town of Jimeta, northeastern Nigeria, has killed around 30 people, eyewitnesses told Reuters on Thursday. The device, which an eyewitness said was planted in...

I’ve forgiven you, Fayose tells outgoing lawmakers

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:28 PM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday bade farewell to the outgoing members of the House of Assembly, insisting that he had forgiven them for attempting to remove him from office. Fayose...

Buhari calls for closer Nigeria-Chad ties against Boko Haram

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:38 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday praised Chad for joining the fight against Boko Haram, saying further cooperation was essential in the future. The 72-year-old met Chad's President Idriss Deby...

Asari Dokubo backs Uwazuruike’s Biafra agitation

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:38 PM PDT

The Leader of Niger Delta Volunteers Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has described the agitation of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph...

Seventh Senate winds down, passes 123 bills

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:39 PM PDT

The Seventh Senate adjourned indefinitely on Thursday after a valedictory session attended by former leadership of the red chamber and the 107 outgoing senators. The duo of Senators Ahmed Zannah...

Mauritius appoints first woman president

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:32 PM PDT

Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was Thursday approved by the parliament of Mauritius as the Indian Ocean island nation's new president, making her the first woman to hold the ceremonial...

Choirmaster rapes female chorister in Lagos

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:29 PM PDT

A bricklayer and choirmaster, Adewale Babalola, who allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old chorister in his church, was on Thursday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates' Court in...

Toll rises in Ghana petrol station blast

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:27 PM PDT

A huge explosion at a petrol station in Ghana's capital Accra has killed at least 90 people and set alight neighbouring buildings after floods swept stored fuel into a nearby fire, according to...

NSCDC arrests undergraduate, two others over visa scam

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:26 PM PDT

A student of the National Open University, Osogbo Study Centre, Olusola Akinlotan, has been arrested by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for alleged fraud....

Trailer crushes 10 in Ondo market

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:23 PM PDT

No fewer than 10 people lost their lives while many others were injured when a trailer rammed into a market on Ilesa-Akure Expressway at Owena in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State on...

Court orders NDLEA to suspend action on Kashamu

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:22 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Lagos has asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to suspend all actions on the move to extradite the Ogun East Senator-elect, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, to the United States...

Gunmen kidnap NAN reporter in Owerri, demand N5m

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:21 PM PDT

The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Imo State, Miss Chidi Opara, has been kidnapped. Opara was kidnapped on Wednesday at her MCC Road residence, Urata in Owerri North Local Government...

TRAGEDY: Tanker crushes FRSC boss, family in Osun

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:19 PM PDT

Tragedy struck on Wednesday as a petrol tanker which lost control ran over the car conveying the Coordinator, Federal Road Safety Corps Special Marshal Programme in Osun State, Chief S. O. Adewale,...

NPF plans 6,000 housing units for junior officers – IG

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 01:16 PM PDT

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Wednesday mandated the Police Works Department of the Force to build 6,000 units of modern houses for the rank and file personnel. Arase gave...

Seven feared dead in Baga explosion, fifth Boko Haram attack since Buhari became president

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:15 AM PDT

Suspected terrorists have killed Seven people, while eight others sustained injuries in Maiduguri, Borno State. An eyewitness account said the bomb exploded late Wednesday night at a military...

Man arrested for selling his 2-year-old son for N300,000

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:08 AM PDT

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly selling his 2-year-old son for N300,000. Investigation revealed that Kanayo Awurum, a painter, from Imo...

IN PICTURES: Disaster hits Ghana, Flood, Explosion kills 78 at fuel station (Viewer Discretion advised)

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:53 AM PDT

About 78 persons were killed after a gas station they ran to for shelter during heavy downpour went up in flames in Acrra, Ghana yesterday June 3rd. According to Ghana's Fire Service spokesperson,...

FIFA ranking: Nigeria moved up to 42nd position

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 06:01 AM PDT

Nigeria have moved up to the 42nd position in the latest list FIFA global rankings released on Thursday. However the Super Eagles retained their position as the seventh ranked national team in...

Tompolo Denies Receiving N1.5 Billion Monthly

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:36 AM PDT

High Chief Government Ekpomupolo, also known as 'Tompolo' has denied allegations made against him by the pioneer chairman of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Alhaji Tijani...

Rear Admiral’s house, 140 others razed in Kogi

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:29 AM PDT

The house of a serving Rear Admiral and 140 others in Aluaja village of Iyano Community, Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State have been razed or destroyed. The one-storey building residence of...

Currency Fraud: We’re not guilty – CBN staff

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:23 AM PDT

The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday ordered the remand of eight bank officials over alleged currency scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned three CBN staff and...

Life of every Nigerian matters - Osinbajo

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:07 AM PDT

Vice President Professor Yomi Osinbajo said yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra State that the life of every Nigerian citizen matters to the Federal Government no matter his status or where he resides. He...

We made sacrifices to win 2015 election – APC Chiarman

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 05:03 AM PDT

The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun yesterday revealed that the party's victory at the last general elections was a product of sacrifice by the members and...

Police rescue Kogi commissioner

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 04:57 AM PDT

The Police in Kogi on Thursday announced the rescue of the state Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Stephen Maiyaki, who was abducted on May 30. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Shola...

NEW VIDEO: Korede Bello – Godwin

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 03:24 AM PDT

Mavin Records presents the music video for Godwin, the chart topping song by Mavin Records artiste Korede Bello. Watch below...

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