Sunday, 14 June 2015

NigerianEye: “They have hijacked our change, again - Pat Utomi” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “They have hijacked our change, again - Pat Utomi” plus 29 more


They have hijacked our change, again - Pat Utomi

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:53 PM PDT

It may sound naïve, especially for a person who is obviously a partisan, but my concern and alarm have little to do with who won or lost in the National Assembly leadership elections palaver. Easy as...

Read President Buhari's speech to African leaders

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:54 PM PDT

President Muhammdu Buhari has stated that the African continent is bedevilled by terrorism, insecurity and poverty, noting that urgent steps must be taken to combat the problems. Buhari was speaking...

Saraki makes peace with aggrieved APC Senators

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:54 PM PDT

Senate President Bukola Saraki has started reaching out to the All Peoples Congress leadership and colleagues opposed to his controversial emergence as the head of the National Assembly. A...

President Buhari orders immediate release of ₦4 Billion to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:55 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he had directed that $21m (₦4 Billion) out of the pledge of $100m which Nigeria made to the Multinational Joint Task Force be released within the next...

18 states bankrupt, unable to pay workers’ salaries

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:03 PM PDT

Eighteen out of the thirty-six states of the federation are technically bankrupt. This is because they have mortgaged their federation account allocations to contractors by signing irrevocable...

Court bars Sudanese President from leaving S’Africa

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:53 PM PDT

A South African High Court in Pretoria on Sunday issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, from leaving the country over alleged war crime-related charges. The presiding...

Unpaid salaries: Omisore advises governor Aregbesola to resign

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 09:59 PM PDT

A former deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has called on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to resign because of the financial mess he allegedly created in the state which led to his...

Boko Haram attacks Yobe village, several houses burnt down

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 09:54 PM PDT

Houses were razed by the deadly Boko Haram fighters in Babbangida, Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State on Sunday during an attack, a resident Maimunat Abubakar, said on the...

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Abdulsalami and Obasanjo pose with President Buhari at AU Summit

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:29 PM PDT

Two Nigerians jailed 55 years for drug trafficking

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:23 PM PDT

An Enugu Federal High Court has sentenced two drug traffickers, Okafor Chidinma and Iheme Onyemauchechukwu, to forty and fifteen years in prison respectively. The court was presided by Justice D.V....

God made me Speaker – Dogara

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:22 PM PDT

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has stated that if not for divine intervention of the almighty God, he would not have been elected speaker last week. Mr. Dogara emerged...

Igbo youths want Buhari to complete 2nd Niger Bridge, Enugu Airport

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:19 PM PDT

The youth wing of pan-Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to complete Enugu International Airport, the second Niger Bridge and rehabilitate...

'Ambitious APC leaders will hinder Buhari’s government'

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:15 PM PDT

A former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Prof. Rufai Alkali, on Sunday says the Peoples Democratic Party or any other political parties will pose problem to...

Osun workers will receive salaries before July – Aregbesola

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:13 PM PDT

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has promised to pay workers in the state their salaries before the end of this month. The governor made the promise in a statement made available to our...

Workers salary: APC should stop being shameless – Ekiti Govt

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:16 PM PDT

Ekiti State government has described as shameful, the persistent claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State that the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose was deceiving workers with the...

Ahmadu Bello University disowns fake medical doctor

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:10 PM PDT

The Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has disowned one Martin Ugwu who is working with the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, as a Senior Medical Officer. Ugwu, Senior Medical...

Family loses 3 children to inferrno in Lagos

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 03:08 PM PDT

Three children of the same parents on Saturday night died in an inferno that destroyed their three-room-self-contain apartment in Egbeda-Akowonjo area of Lagos State. The incident caused by a...

Governor Ambode must publicly declare his assets - PDP

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:53 AM PDT

The Lagos State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to publicly declare his assets. He was asked by the major opposition party in the state to do so on or...

Aisha Buhari tells husband, governors to appoint more women

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:51 AM PDT

The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has appealed to governments at all levels to ensure fair representation of women in appointments. She made the appeal on Saturday night when she...

Flooding kills eight, sets zoo animals free in Georgia

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:42 AM PDT

Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has killed at least 10 people, with officials warning people to stay indoors to avoid animals that have escaped from a zoo. The missing animals...

Gunmen abduct Winners pastor during prayer session

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:40 AM PDT

Seyi Adekunle of Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel was on Saturday evening abducted by gunmen who invaded the church while he and other pastors were having prayer session in the church in...

Patients stranded in JUTH as doctors embark on strike

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:33 AM PDT

Patients seeking medical attention are stranded in the premises of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, due to an indefinite strike action embarked upon by Resident doctors of the institution...

Buhari urges African leaders to place country above self

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:31 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday urged African leaders to place the interests of their countries above narrow personal interests. He gave the charge while chairing the African Union Peace and...

FIFA U-20 WORLD Cup: Mali, Senegal make Africa proud, through to semi-finals

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:17 AM PDT

Mali and Senegal, the two remaining African teams at the ongoing 2015 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand, early on Sunday, caused major upsets at the competition, qualifying for the semi-finals...

DPR shuts 30 filling stations in Akwa Ibom

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:06 AM PDT

The Department of Petroleum Resources in Eket, Akwa Ibom, said it had sealed off 30 and suspended seven filling stations from operations in the state in one month over illegal practices. The DPR...

US to station heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 07:56 AM PDT

The Pentagon is poised to deploy battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 troops in several Baltic and eastern European countries, the New York Times has...

DPR alerts public on fraudsters extorting filling station owners, marketers

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 07:50 AM PDT

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has cautioned filling station owners and other oil marketers against activities of fake DPR officials defrauding unsuspecting businessmen. The DPR...

We are committed to improving Nigeria’s economy – Osinbajo

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:26 AM PDT

Nigeria's vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the federal government led by President Muhammed Buhari is setting target to make the country a better one for every citizen to live...

I’m not blaming Onazi, I would have done worse, says Keshi

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:21 AM PDT

Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, on Saturday in Kaduna said he would have reacted in a more ferocious manner if he was in the shoes of midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi. Keshi said he was not going to...

Buhari orders immediate release of $21m to MNJTF to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:16 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he had directed that $21million, out of the pledge of $100million which Nigeria made to the Multinational Joint Task Force, be released within the next one...

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