Monday 31 August 2015

NigerianEye: “Nigerians blast APC for allegedly disowning Buhari’s campaign promises” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerians blast APC for allegedly disowning Buhari’s campaign promises” plus 29 more


Nigerians blast APC for allegedly disowning Buhari’s campaign promises

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:47 PM PDT

Several Nigerians blasted The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari never promised Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his...

“Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days” - Lai Mohammed:

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:36 PM PDT

APC national spokesperson, Lai Mohammed this morning on Channels TV said President Buhari never promised to do anything within his 1st 100 days in office. "Buhari never promised to do anything in...

Buhari is nothing but a Northern President – Fayose

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:56 PM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was operating as a president of Northern Nigeria only, describing steps taken by the president since May 29, 2015 as...

Buhari’s appointment based on merit – Oshiomhole

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:50 PM PDT

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Nigerians to encourage the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to confront the problems militating against the nation by appointing persons...

Buhari should invite looters for talks — Okogie

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari, to invite suspected looters of the country's treasury for talks. He said...

Group loyal to Biafra clash with security agents in Anambra, 3 feared dead, 20 wounded

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 04:06 PM PDT

About 3 persons were feared dead and about twenty others wounded on Sunday when members of a new pro- Biafra group, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and security operatives engaged in a...

IG promotes sergeant for sewing bullet-proof vest

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 04:00 PM PDT

A serving Sergeant with the Bauchi State Police Command, Godwin Hosea, has been promoted to the rank of an Inspector by the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, for sowing a bullet-proof...

Why electricity has remained stable – FG

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:59 PM PDT

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Ambassador Godknows Igali, on Monday said electricity has been stable in the country lately because there has not been any case of gas pipeline...

Notorious militant leader surrenders 84 rifles to govt

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:57 PM PDT

A renowned gang leader in Benue State, Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Ghana, has surrendered 84 guns to the state government, embracing the amnesty programme declared by the state government for...

PDP is 17: Lists achievements of the party in its 17 years of existence

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:53 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria's oldest political party, yesterday, marked 17 years of its existence with a low-key event at its Wadata Plaza, Abuja National Secretariat. Briefing...

Nigeria's Taiwo Awoniyi joins Liverpool

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi has joined English Premier League outfit, Liverpool, from Imperial Academy. The 18-year-old forward who was part of the Flying Eagles squad to the Fifa U20 World Cup...

Pandemonium as four masquerades invade Ondo church, flog pastors, worshipers

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:39 AM PDT

Pandemonium engulfed the Epinmi Akoko area of Ondo state on Sunday as a church service was reportedly disrupted by four masquerades who flogged the pastors and the worshipers. File Photo:...

Osinbajo to leave for Abidjan Monday night

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:39 AM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja Monday to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing-in ceremony of Nigeria's immediate past Agriculture Minister, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, as...

UNIPORT students protest colleague’s death

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:37 AM PDT

There was pandemonium Monday at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) over the mysterious death of Miss Kelechi Precious, a 200 level student of Theatre Art and Film Study who was said to have...

Power supply hit 4,029.83MW

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:35 AM PDT

Energy Sent out by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) last Sunday hit 4,029.83MW, The Nation learnt Monday. According to the Federal Ministry of Power in its Power Statistics of Sunday 30th...

64 million Nigerians suffer from mental illness – Nebo

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:31 AM PDT

A former power minister, Professor Chinedu Nebo, on Monday said the federal and state governments have not provided medical attention to about 64 million Nigerians who suffer from mental illness....

Fraudsters using my name to dupe applicants – El-Rufai

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:30 AM PDT

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday raised the alarm that fraudsters are using his names to defraud job seekers in the state. The governor warned those applying for employment in the...

Nigeria’s first test-tube baby gets European varsity admission

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:29 AM PDT

Seventeen years after she was born through In Vitro Fertilisation‎, Nigeria's first test tube baby, Miss Hannatu Kupchi, has made history by securing admission into a Hungarian university to study...

Ohanaeze appeals to Ndigbo for clam over skewed appointments

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 10:21 AM PDT

Following the outrageous outcries that have greeted the recent appointments made by President Muhammad Buhari, Secretary General,apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, has...

Fashola Website/Borehole Scandal: Tinubu is laughable, jittery - PDP

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:44 AM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described a statement credited to former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, that the PDP was responsible for the tirades against former...

Jonathan’s former CSO denies role in $6.9 million ‘mobile stage scandal’

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:35 AM PDT

The former chief security officer of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, has denied any role in an alleged multi million dollar inflated contract for the purchase of speech platforms from...

PICTURE: Ekiti Civil servants prostrate and beg Governor Fayose for coming late to work

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:21 AM PDT

Several civil servants were pictured prostrating to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose who paid an unscheduled visit to the state Secretariat at 8:00 am on the dot Monday, 31st August,...

Former Akwa-Ibom governor, Goodswill Akpabio escapes death in auto crash, hospitalised in Abuja

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:28 AM PDT

Immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has been admitted at the National Hospital Abuja after being involved in a motor accident this morning. NigerianEye learnt that...

Exam malpractice: Final year student of DELSU caught with 'exam expo’ on her thighs and private part

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:28 AM PDT

An unidentified final year female student of  Library and Information Science, Delta State University, Abraka,was on Friday caught with "expo materials" (cheated with materials during...

IGP reduces orderlies attached to Nigerian governors from 150 to 62

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:29 AM PDT

In line with President Muhammadu Buhari's directive, that the Inspector-General of Police should prune the number of policemen attached to dignitaries, and redeploy all policemen withdrawn from the...

US rapper, Kanye West to run for US presidency

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:16 AM PDT

Popular US rapper, Kanye West has said that he is running for president in 2020 during his acceptance speech for the MTV Music Video Award's lifetime achievement honor. West made the announcement at...

Rival cults clash in Ogun, two slaugthered, houses razed

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 08:02 AM PDT

Two persons have been killed and two other houses razed when some suspected cultists, said to be members of Aiye and Eiye Confraternity clashed at the Ago Odo and Elega areas in Abeokuta on...

Buhari's appointments not based on tribes, faith – SGF

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 07:58 AM PDT

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, on Monday said contrary to the belief of many, his appointment and those of some other appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari...

Nigerian woman, 3 Canadians, Pakistani die in Saudi fire

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 07:39 AM PDT

Saudi authorities said Monday that a Nigerian woman, three Canadians and one Pakistani were among 10 people killed in a fire at a residential complex rented by oil giant Saudi Aramco at the...

“Be patient with Buhari, there are over 5,000 appointments yet to be made”

Posted: 31 Aug 2015 07:32 AM PDT

Dr Nya Asuquo, a former House of Representatives member, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent appointments. Asuquo made the appeal while speaking...

Prove God Through Your Giving

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“‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.’” (Malachi 3:10 NIV)

The Bible says there’s only one way you can prove God: through giving, specifically through tithing.

Malachi 3:9-10 says, “‘You are under a curse — your whole nation — because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it’” (NIV).

I’ll never forget the first time I let God test my faith about giving. I was 19 years old, in college, and in debt. I owed my school $500 that was due at the end of the month. I owed 10 bucks to a friend. And all I had was $50 in the bank. I knew I couldn’t pay my debts, so I thought, “God says to put him to the test. I may as well try it.”

So I took the $50 out of the bank and decided I was going to send it to a Christian organization; it didn’t really matter which one. I chose the American Bible Society, which prints Bibles and gives them away. I included a little note that said, “Whoever opens this letter, would you pray for me? I’m a poor, starving college student, and I’ve got some personal debts I need to pay off. I’m just trusting God that when I put him first in my life that he’ll meet all my needs. Please pray!” I didn’t know what was going to happen.

About three weeks later I got invited to speak at a church for a weekend youth event. On Sunday the pastor said, “We took up an offering for you, Rick.” I was really just there to help and had a great time. I never thought about getting paid! I waited until I was back at the dorm to open it. Inside was $561. I gave the college $500. I gave my friend $10. And I took the $51 and gave it back to God as a tithe. I was still poor, but I wasn’t in debt!

Since then, I’ve done this hundreds of times. I’ve done it with millions of dollars. For 31 years I’ve been playing a game with God where he says, “Rick, you give to me, and I’ll give to you, and we’ll see who wins.” And I have lost that game every time.

You say you trust God with your salvation and your forgiveness and your freedom and your future in Heaven, but do you trust him with your finances? If not, what’s the logic of that?

You have to decide: Do you trust God to keep his promises?

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Sunday 30 August 2015

NigerianEye: “We now have Boko Haram members all over Lagos - DSS + How to spot a terrorist” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “We now have Boko Haram members all over Lagos - DSS + How to spot a terrorist” plus 29 more


We now have Boko Haram members all over Lagos - DSS + How to spot a terrorist

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:36 PM PDT

According to the he Department of State Services (DSS) we now have Boko Haram members spread across Lagos state. The DSS revealed this following the arrest of about 20 suspected Boko Haram...

EFCC sets up four-man panel to begin full investigation on former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:48 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced a full investigation into the activities of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the...

Joint for naked female dancers uncovered in Delta

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:49 PM PDT

 A joint where female teenagers dance naked has been uncovered in Asaba, Delta state, with the operator of the joint arrested. The joint, located in Asaba, hosts bizarre activities, including...

10 Top Boko Haram Members Nabbed In Lagos, Enugu + (Identities Revealed)

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:53 PM PDT

The State Security Service, SSS, has stated that it arrested over a dozen Boko Haram leaders in the past two months including nine in Lagos and one in Enugu State. The SSS, also known as DSS, said...

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Residents cheer as Governor Fayose drives a Tipper Lorry in Ekiti

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:50 PM PDT

And our picture of the day goes to the controversial Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose who drove a tipper lorry during the weekend amidst cheers from Ekiti people as he went on inspection of the...

PDP doesn’t need new national chairman — Fayose

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:21 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said appointing a new chairman for the Peoples Democratic Party is a waste of time, saying what the party needs is a caretaker committee. He called on...

35 princes battle for Ooni stool

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 10:19 PM PDT

About 35 contestants have indicated their interests to succeed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, who died on July 28, in a London hospital. It was gathered that the contestants are those from...

BUSTED: Mikel Obi secretly fathers two children from different women

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:39 PM PDT

Chelsea footballer John Obi Mikel has secretly fathered two children with different women, it has emerged today. The 28-year-old midfielder is dad to a four-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter...

P-Square involved in ghastly auto crash along Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:38 PM PDT

Peter and Paul Okoye of the popular pop duo, Psquare, on Sunday, escaped death by whiskers in a ghastly auto-crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sensational R&B duo, suffered a crash...

Presidency asks Jonathan's ministers - 'Why are you afraid?

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:40 PM PDT

For asking President Muhammadu Buhari to be sincere enough and publish the reports the former administration handed over to him, the Presidency has taken a swipe at the former Ministers under the...

Ex-ministers who served under Jonathan ask Buhari to show respect to the former president

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:40 PM PDT

Ministers, who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan have told President Muhammadu Buhari to stop unwarranted attacks on the former president. They have also asked Buhari to show respect...

Man City sign Kevin De Bruyne

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:36 PM PDT

Premier League leaders Manchester City on Sunday announced the signing of Belgium playmaker Kevin De Bruyne from German side Wolfsburg on a six-year contract. City did not disclose how much they had...

I have over 100 hits and I don’t smoke weed — Don Jazzy

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:33 PM PDT

Mavins Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh has advised upcoming artistes on what to do, urging them that they don't need to smoke weed to make a hit, adding that he has over one...

Boko Haram members on horseback, attack Borno village, kill 68

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:24 PM PDT

At least 68 people were killed while several others were injured when members of Boko Haram sect invaded Baanu Village of Nganzai local government area of Borno state. A resident of the area, Yuram...

Swansea ends Man Utd’s unbeaten start

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:07 PM PDT

Swansea City defeated Manchester United 2-1 for the third successive meeting as Louis van Gaal's side's unbeaten start to the Premier League season ground to a halt on Sunday. United went ahead...

Queen Elizabeth II to become UK’s longest-serving monarch

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 01:01 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II is set to become Britain's longest-reigning monarch next month, surpassing the record of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria around 5:30 pm on September 9 after 23,226 days,...

Okagbare fails to win IAAF Athletes Commission seat

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:58 PM PDT

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare completed a disappointing World Athletics Championships on Sunday at Beijing in China by losing out in the race for a place on the IAAF Athletes Commission. The election...

It’s unfair to exempt Obasanjo from probe, Ijaw Youths tell Buhari

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:55 PM PDT

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), on Sunday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, for his decision to restrict the period covered by the ongoing corruption probe to 2007. In a statement by its...

Fayose unleashing tax burdens on Ekiti people - APC

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:52 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of unleashing tax burdens on the poor, saying his policies contrasted what he promised the people during...

Presidency, APC resort to wild allegations, insults to cover their ineptitude – PDP

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 12:47 PM PDT

Barely 24 hours after the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accused the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of pervasive corruption that needed to be cleaned, before Nigeria will be...

EXPOSED: APC lists more massive looting under Jonathan

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:37 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress has listed new instances of alleged looting of the treasury by some officials of the Jonathan Administration, saying the corruption mess that characterised the...

Abubakar Audu emerges winner of Kogi APC governorship primaries

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:43 AM PDT

A former Kogi State governor, Abubakar Audu, has won the All Progressives Congress ticket to contest the state governorship election in November, 2015 Declaring the results in the early hours of...

Full result of Kogi State APC primaries

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:44 AM PDT

The result of he All Progressives Congress Governorship primaries as announced by the Returning officer, Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Ocholi – 90Obadofin – 15Zakari Jiya – 0Olumoroti –...

Parents of Chibok girls get N100k each, materials from Borno Govt

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:43 AM PDT

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Saturday presented N100,000 cash assistance and clothing materials to each of the parents of the 219 girls abducted at the Government Secondary School,...

38 Swazi girls going for reed dance die in tragic crash

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:42 AM PDT

At least 38 young women have died in a road accident in Swaziland on their way to an annual ceremony where the king might have chosen one of them as his wife, an advocacy group said on...

Transfer Deadline: Mourinho won’t buy his way out of trouble

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:32 AM PDT

Jose Mourinho has no plans to spend big in the final few days of the transfer window in a bid to end champions Chelsea's early season Premier League malaise. Chelsea's shock 2-1 loss at home to...

Transfer Deadline: We are open, we are looking - Wenger

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:13 AM PDT

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is unsure whether he will be able to bring in any more new signings before the end of the transfer window. With Tuesday's deadline approaching, Wenger is...

Second hand clothes business booms in Calabar

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:09 AM PDT

Dealers on second hand clothes and shoes in Calabar, Cross River capital, have expressed joy over the high sales they now record, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A NAN survey at the Marian,...

Chad executes 10 Boko Haram members by firing squad

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:08 AM PDT

Chad executed 10 alleged members of Nigeria-based Islamist group, Boko Haram, by firing squad Saturday, a day after they were found guilty of a double suicide killing that left 38 people dead in the...

India sisters to be raped over brother’s crime

Posted: 30 Aug 2015 06:05 AM PDT

The rights group Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to ensure the safety of two young women after their local village council ordered them to be raped and paraded naked after...