Tuesday, 8 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Female Unilag student dies after she was electrocuted by high tension cable in New Hall” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Female Unilag student dies after she was electrocuted by high tension cable in New Hall” plus 29 more


Female Unilag student dies after she was electrocuted by high tension cable in New Hall

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 10:42 PM PDT

Tragedy struck on Tuesday evening after an unidentified female student of University of Lagos (UNILAG) was electrocuted by high tension cable in New Hall. According to NE's investigations, the...

Nigeria will not develop because its built on a satanic foundation - Fani-Kayode

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 04:18 PM PDT

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says Nigeria has refused to develop because it was built on a 'satanic' foundation. The former minister said this in a Facebook post titled, 'Lord...

WATCH VIDEO: Obasanjo snubs journalists, fails to reveal details of meeting with Buhari

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 04:13 PM PDT

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some reporters had approached the former...

IN PICTURES: Obasanjo secretly visits Buhari at the state house

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 04:04 PM PDT

For the second time in few weeks, President, Olusegun Obasanjo, 'secretly' visited Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. They held a closed door meeting that lasted for about one hour. Details...

US warns of terrorist attack threat in South Africa

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 03:09 PM PDT

The United States embassy in South Africa on Tuesday issued a rare "terrorist threat" warning to US interests in the country, and advised its citizens to be on heightened alert against attack. The...

Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare banned from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazi

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 03:03 PM PDT

After her decision to skip the 2015 All Africa Games, the National Sports Commission and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria have placed a ban on sprinter, Blessing Okagbare; excluding her from...

I know what pained the people - Jonathan

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:21 PM PDT

Commercial and governmental activities were Tuesday brought to a stand still as Bayelsans besieged the Samson Siasia Stadium to witness the formal declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson to run for...

Obasanjo holds closed-door meeting with Buhari at Aso Villa

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:22 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The two leaders met for about one hour at the President's...

IN PICTURES: PDP Governors visit ex-President Jonathan in Otuoke

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:22 PM PDT

Some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his country home at Otuoke, Bayelsa.The PDP governors who were said...

REVEALED: N2.7 Trillion spent on power since Obasanjo’s government

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:23 PM PDT

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Mr. GoodKnows Igali on Tuesday said a total of N2.74tn has been spent on the power sector since 1999. He also said no engineer was employed in the...

Oliseh gets first win as Super Eagles coach

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:23 PM PDT

New Super-Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh got his first ever win after goals from Ahmed Musa and Simon Moses got back to winning ways on Tuesday. Oliseh's team were mostly the better side throughout in...

Army General who survived plane crash, appointed Commander, Bauchi Artillary Brigade

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:19 PM PDT

Erstwhile Commander of the 301 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Gombe, General Abraham Dusu, has been appointed the Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade,‎ Shadawanka Military Cantonment, Bauchi. In a...

Freezing of Tompolo’s accounts barbaric, unlawful, Ijaw group tells FG

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:07 PM PDT

Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, a nongovernmental organization in Delta State, Tuesday, criticized the freezing of accounts of two companies allegedly owned by ex-Niger militant leader,...

Lack of data may set Nigeria back in intenational community

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:05 PM PDT

The Federal Ministry of Education said lack of accurate data may cause Nigeria to fail in its obligation of providing the international community information on its critical sectors. The Permanent...

Police IG orders nationwide arrest of persons inciting violence

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:03 PM PDT

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered an immediate clampdown on persons or group of persons inciting violence and social disorder across the country. This is contained...

Buhari to review number of foreign missions

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 12:01 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday that his administration would undertake a review of Nigerian foreign missions to determine those that were really essential. Buhari said this Abuja after...

Amnesty Office spokesman resigns

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:57 AM PDT

The Head of Media and Communication of the Presidential Amnesty Office, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, has resigned his appointment as the spokesman of the office. Alabrah cited "irreconcilable difference as...

Security guard docked for rape of employer’s 7-year-old daughter

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:54 AM PDT

A 20- year-old security guard, Abass Haman, who allegedly raped his employer's seven-year-old daughter, was on Tuesday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court. The accused, who lives in the...

Falana petitions COAS over ‎court-martial trial, convictions

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:53 AM PDT

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, over ‎alleged unjust treatment meted out to three groups of soldiers who are either being...

Four arraigned for kidnapping nine policemen

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:52 AM PDT

The police have arraigned four men who allegedly kidnapped nine policemen on May 24, 2014, at the Arepo area of Ogun State. The accused, who were on Tuesday arraigned on 10 counts of terrorism,...

Enugu inaugurates committee to check baby factories

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:49 AM PDT

The Enugu State Government has moved to check the proliferation of baby factories in the state by setting up a committee on child adoption. Over the years, several baby factories, where young...

ICPC seeks information from individuals, CSOs

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:47 AM PDT

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission is seeking information on corrupt persons from members of the public and Civil Society Organisations. Although the ICPC said...

Police to arrest unauthourised users of siren

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:45 AM PDT

The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories of persons authourised to use siren in the country. In 2012, the federal government had...

Indian police arrest six men for gang-raping teen

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:42 AM PDT

Indian Police said on Tuesday in New Delhi that they had arrested six men for the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl. Police Officer, Arvind Kumar, said the Delhi-based teenager said she had traveled...

North Korean Mission in Nigeria complains over provocative movie

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:39 AM PDT

National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) said North Korean Mission in Nigeria had made a formal complaint to it over illegal distribution of a film which the mission regarded as...

Army uncovers plot to undermine counter-insurgency operation

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 11:37 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army says it has uncovered a plan by some foreign media in partnership with collaborators in Nigeria to undermine ongoing operations to end insurgency in the country. This is contained...

APC dares Fayose to declare his assets

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 10:30 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has restated its call for Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets publicly as done by his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Publicity Secretary,...

Flood sweeps 10 Onitsha traders away

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 06:22 AM PDT

' At least 10 traders in Onitsha, Anambra State in eastern Nigeria, have died and many injured after they fell into a flooded drainage channel through which flood water flows into River Niger some...

Dickson abandoning projects I initiated, says Sylva

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 05:53 AM PDT

Former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva, has accused incumbent, Governor Seriake Dickson of abandoning all the projects he initiated when he was the governor of the oil-rich state in 2012. Sylva...

Lord Lugard’s Magic and Flora Shaw’s Spell, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Posted: 08 Sep 2015 05:21 AM PDT

In 1916, Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the 1st Baron Lugard, the fourteenth Governor of Hong Kong and the first Governor-General of Nigeria, said the following: "Lagos has for 20 years opposed...

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