Sunday, 27 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Anti-Saraki senators set to ask for his resignation tomorrow” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Anti-Saraki senators set to ask for his resignation tomorrow” plus 29 more


Anti-Saraki senators set to ask for his resignation tomorrow

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:44 PM PDT

Senators that are opposed to Dr. Bukola Saraki's leadership of the Senate are poised to ask for his resignation when the upper federal legislative chamber re-opens on Tuesday. The anti-Saraki...

We will never abandon Saraki – PDP

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:43 PM PDT

Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is fit for the office he is occupying; hence it is not considering any candidate to replace him. The PDP denied reports...

Buhari vows to begin trial of treasury looters

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:44 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari in New York, United States of America on Sunday stated that the prosecution of those suspected to have looted the treasury of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,...

Buhari refuses to pay special allowance to Aso Villa guards

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:49 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the stoppage of special allowance for security personnel in the Presidential Villa. Before now, all security personnel posted to the Villa were being paid what...

#ChildNotBride: Nigerians react to Emir Sanusi's secret marriage to 18-year-old bride

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Several Nigerians have taken to Twitter to react to the secret marriage of Emir Sanusi Lamido and 18-year-old Sa'adatu Barkindo-Musdafa, the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa. Many of the...

Nigerian man, wives, mother, stepmother die in Mecca tragedy

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:50 PM PDT

A Nigerian man, Alhaji Bello Gidan-Hamma, his mother, stepmother and two wives have been confirmed dead in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia. The agency also confirmed that the Chief Imam of the...

Boko Haram burns down 60 houses in Adamawa villages

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect have destroyed over 60 houses in three villages in Adamawa State, a local hunter stated on Sunday. He gave the names of the three villages as Sabon Gari, Kafin...

Hajj Stampede: Nigerian death toll rises to 20

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:07 PM PDT

THE number of Nigerian pilgrims that lost their lives in the stampede at Mina, Saudi Arabia, last Thursday, has risen to 20 from the initial six. There were fears, yesterday, that the death toll may...

Fresh Borno Boko Haram attack kills 9

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:05 PM PDT

Gunmen thought to be Boko Haram fighters on Sunday killed at least nine people in northeast Nigeria, in a trademark raid that also left 10 people injured, police said. "Today (Sunday) at about 2:00...

NiMet predicts rainy, cloudy conditions on Monday (today)

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:53 PM PDT

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted rainy weather conditions over the central states of the country on Monday morning. The predictions are contained in the Weather Outlook...

Bare-chested women dance, trance Togo mysterious sacred stone

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:55 PM PDT

Bare-chested and with leaves wrapped around their necks, a small group of voodoo worshippers emerges from a dense forest in southern Togo. The oldest among them, a man in his sixties with decorative...

Sylva may sue APC for Bayelsa primary

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:56 PM PDT

A former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva may sue the All Progressives Congress (APC), if the party insists on cancelling last Tuesday's controversial primary held in Yenagoa, the state...

'Buhari has no hand in Saraki’s ordeal'

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:57 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to do with Senate President Bukola Saraki's ordeal, especially his case before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Senator Aliyu Wamako (APC, Sokoto), said at...

APC set to drag Fayose before EFCC, ICPC

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:57 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has threatened to drag Governor Ayodele Fayose before the anti-graft agencies, should he divert the N9.6 billion bail-out by the Federal Government...

Migrants from Nigeria, others rescued on Europe-bound boat

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:58 PM PDT

No fewer than 500 migrants were rescued in seven operations launched at the weekend in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard said. A spokesman told French News Agency (AFP) yesterday that four...

8 masked cultists terrorising communities in Ogbaru arrested

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Luck yesterday ran out on eight out of about 30 masked cultists who have been terrorising the residents of Obumseli, Nwuga, Ogbolu, Abagana and Ijeh streets, located at the Niger Bridge Head...

Is PMB a witch?

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:02 PM PDT

By Chuka Igwegbe, For you to make a turbine, you have to specifically order for it to be fabricated for you. that could take a couple of months or years. Then you have to factor in the amount of...

Rivers APC Cries Out to Buhari

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:03 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, appealing to him to urgently institute a probe into murders in the State associated with the 2015...

Overthrowing Assad will lead to failed state – Putin

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:04 PM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any attempts to overthrow the government in Syria could lead to a failed state like Iraq or Libya. Putin's comments on Sunday come as the world's...

Ohanaeze youth council calls for release of MASSOB members held by police

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:08 PM PDT

OHANAEZE Youths Council has appealed to President Mohammudu Buhari to order the immediate release of all members of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra [MASSOB] being detained...

Osinbajo to Nigerians - 'Stop playing politics with religion'

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:10 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has called on Nigerians to stop playing politics with religion, saying doing so portends grave danger for the country. He said this on Sunday in Abuja during the...

I’ll earn your trust, Ayade tells Cross River residents

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 10:52 PM PDT

Cross Rivers State Governor Benedict Ayade yesterday assured the people of the state that he will earn their trust through good governance. Ayade spoke at an interdenominational service at the St....

NNPC is not broke – Kachikwu

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 03:11 PM PDT

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has affirmed that in view of its assets base and equity holding in the petroleum industry, there is no way the Corporation can be broke. This is...

Jeffrey Akoh wins 2015 MTN Project Fame

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 03:01 PM PDT

Jeffery Akoh beat five other contestants to emerge the winner of the eighth edition of MTN Project Fame West Africa. A Sound Engineering graduate from the SAE Institute, Cape Town, the 18-year-old...

I ‘ll fulfil my electoral promises – Ambode

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:11 PM PDT

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State at the weekend assured Lagosians that he would fulfill the electoral promises he made to the people, especially in the areas of infrastructural renewal. The...

FIFA ethics committee probes Blatter, Platini

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:12 PM PDT

FIFA president Joseph Blatter and European supremo Michel Platini are under investigation by the ruling body's ethics committee over a payment from 2011 revealed in a Swiss criminal investigation,...

China’s crude oil importation from Nigeria steady – Envoy

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT

China's Ambassador Gu Kiaojie says his country's crude oil importation from Nigeria has been steady in the last five years. Gu told the News Agency of Nigeria that contrary to...

Psychiatric patient hangs self in Ondo

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT

A 52-year-old psychiatric patient, identified as Tope Ogunmodede, has reportedly hanged himself in his house located at the Lafe area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday. According to a...

Nigerian troops seize stolen diesel in Rivers

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 07:49 AM PDT

Eight large barges loaded with illegally refined Automated Gas Oil (AGO) popularly called diesel have been intercepted and impounded by troops of Operation Pulo Shield (OPS). The troops also...

Saudi stampede death toll rises to 769

Posted: 27 Sep 2015 07:26 AM PDT

Saudi Arabian Health Minister, Khalid Al-Falih, has said the number of pilgrims that died in Thursday's stampede in Mina has risen to 769. Also, Nigerian states have started releasing figures of...

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