Wednesday, 2 September 2015

NigerianEye: “IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge” plus 29 more


IN PICTURES: 3 dead as Container falls off Ojuelegba bridge

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Tragedy struck in Lagos about 4:45pm on Wednesday, when a container skidded off the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos, and landed on cars in motion, crushing some occupants in the vehicles, 3 people...

ICPC probes former governors, Amaechi, Kwankwaso and 2 others

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:58 PM PDT

The independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigations of four former governors following petition against them. The four governors are former governor...

Cash coming for ‘extremely poor’ Nigerians - Osinbajo

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:46 PM PDT

Critics of the Muhammadu Buhari administration's anti-poverty battle plan got a reply yesterday. The government will go ahead with two of its key programmes to fight the scourge.They...

Boko Haram insurgents on horseback invade Borno village, kill 26

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:39 PM PDT

Boko Haram insurgents have attacked two remote Borno villages of Kolori and Ba'ana Imam on horseback, killing 26 persons and injuring several others. A leader of the youth vigilance group in Biu...

Why I approved bulletproof cars’ purchase - Stella Oduah

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:49 PM PDT

A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, has justified the 2013 purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). She told the Federal High Court in...

Buhari to start giving primary school pupils in Nigera free meals

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:40 PM PDT

Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration would soon commence giving primary school children free meals. The vice president said the free...

Nigerian Air Force pounds more Boko Haram targets in Sambisa forest

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:51 PM PDT

The Air Force Alpha Jets yesterday hit strategic Boko Haram targets in the heart of the notorious Sambisa forest. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Air Force,...

FG suspends Immigration recruitment

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:33 PM PDT

The Federal Government has announced the immediate suspension of the recent recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) conducted on the directives of the immediate past President, Dr....

Five witnesses to testify against Sambo Dasuki

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The Federal Government has proposed five witnesses to prove its case of illegal possession of firearms against a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). The ex-NSA was arraigned...

Election Petitions Tribunal: Peterside’s 200 witnesses to face Wike’s 300

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:49 PM PDT

Hearing of the main petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, to challenge the victory of...

FRSC to take ‘naked driver’ to psychiatric hospital

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:40 PM PDT

The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a commercial taxi driver who stripped naked while trying to evade arrest in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The corps also...

Nigerian airports fully secured against Boko Haram - FAAN

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 05:32 PM PDT

Airports across the country are fully secured against acts of terror that may arise from the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has declared. This is coming as...

Bullet-proof cars: Court bars EFCC from inviting Oduah

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:41 PM PDT

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from inviting a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for questioning. The...

No plan to ban Tokunbo vehicles – FG

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:44 PM PDT

The Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council, Alhaji Aminu Jalal, said on Wednesday in Kaduna that the Federal Government has no plan to ban the importation of fairly used...

Buhari vows to end incessant strikes

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:33 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed his administration's commitment to boosting national productivity and taking all necessary actions to end incessant strikes by workers in vital...

Buhari’s failure is Nigeria’s failure, Igbo group warns

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:28 PM PDT

The Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), a socio-cultural /political group, on Wednesday in Makurdi urged Nigerians to exercise caution in assessing the new administration of President Muhammadu...

Pope Francis to allow all Catholic priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:26 PM PDT

Pope Francis says he will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions. The Holy Year is from Dec. 8 to Nov. 26...

Protesters shut down APC secretariat over Audu’s emergence as Kogi guber candidate

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:24 PM PDT

It was a showdown between former Kogi State governor, Abubukar Audu and hundreds of Kogi indigenes who protested against his candidature in the forthcoming state election at the national Secretariat...

FG to Nigerians - 'We have no plan to sell refineries'

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:14 PM PDT

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that it has no plan to sell any of the refineries in the country but may encourage joint venture investments in the facilities. The Group Managing...

Osinbajo unveils Buhari’s economic blueprint

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 01:11 PM PDT

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled the economic blueprint of President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the Federal Government will invest more in social sectors to reduce...

Governor Fayose continues Stomach infrastructure, distributes rice in Ekiti

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:57 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose places more emphasis on efforts to implement his 'stomach infrastructure' initiative for Ekiti people.' More pictures of rice distribution below..

Almost 100 Days Since President Buhari Took Over

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:27 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 100 days in office on September five. It is now the prerogative of members of the public – those who voted for or against him – to have their say on how he has fared...

Fayose forgives 31 Civil Servants caught coming late to work

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:22 AM PDT

Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has forgiven 31 Civil Servants caught coming late to work on Monday, and asked them to return to work. This was just as Governor Fayose held a meeting with...

Alison-Madueke denies allegedly mismanaging $15 billion oil deal

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:11 AM PDT

Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Wednesday, chided the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ajjampur Ghanashyam, over his allegations that as former minister,...

Army discovers illegal bunkering site in Port Harcourt

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:05 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it has discovered an illegal oil bunkering site in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The bunkering site, according to the army, is about one kilometre...

How I raped my daughter six times – Father

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 09:59 AM PDT

A 34 year old bakery worker, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday confessed that he raped his daughter six times. Ahmed, who was paraded by officials of the Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil...

Ife succession battle worsens as Lafogido Ruling House alleges Giesi House surrendered right to produce Ooni in 1980

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 09:57 AM PDT

The Lafogido Ruling House in Ife has said it is their turn to produce the next Ooni of Ife to succeed the late Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Leaders of the Abewela Ruling Family which is a branch of the...

DROP IN POWER GENERATION – SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 10:44 PM PDT

It is no doubt that the power supply sector in Nigeria is currently experiencing serious crisis. Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million is generating just about 4,000 MW of electricity. As...

Female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic arrested with a gun

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 07:15 AM PDT

A female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Miss Oreoluwa Adedamola, has been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Anti-Robbery Squad, for being in possession of a...

Explain why you need N9.6 Billion loan, Ekiti APC asks Fayose

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 07:11 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has challenged Governor Ayodele Fayose to explain to Ekiti people the reasons for his application for N9.6b loan as part of the special Federal...

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