Monday, 21 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Nigerians attack Niger state governor for travelling to London to watch Arsenal play Chelsea” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Nigerians attack Niger state governor for travelling to London to watch Arsenal play Chelsea” plus 29 more


Nigerians attack Niger state governor for travelling to London to watch Arsenal play Chelsea

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 05:36 PM PDT

Governor, Abubakar Sani watched Chelsea beat Arsenal Nigerians are lacing verbal attacks on the  Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani for travelling to London to watch Arsenal play Chelsea last...

NUPENG threatens nationwide strike

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 05:28 PM PDT

Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday in Warri, Delta State, issued a 7- day ultimatum to the Federal Government on the unresolved issues affecting Chevron contract...

IN PICTURES: Some victims of the Maiduguri multiple bomb blast

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 05:23 PM PDT

 - WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES Close to 90 people are feared dead, while scores are injured in the worst Boko Haram attack since Buhari took over (AFP)

PDP blasts Governor Ambode for Lagos traffic congestion

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:42 PM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has berated Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for the traffic congestion that subjected motorists to several hours of anguish on Monday. There was...

NEW MUSIC: Davido – DODO

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:28 PM PDT

Davido drops yet another super-hot joint titled – "DODO", in anticipation of his forth-coming album which everybody is desperately waiting for. This is yet another guarantee that the continental...

85 dead in Boko Haram’s deadliest attacks since Buhari took-over

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 03:51 PM PDT

Boko Haram carried out its deadliest attacks on the key northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power, killing scores in a series of coordinated bomb...

Falae must return unharmed - Fani-Kayode warns FG

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 03:48 PM PDT

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has asked the Federal Government to do everything possible to effect the release of Chief Olu Falae from his abductors. He said the government...

I’ll be at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday – Saraki

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:21 PM PDT

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki will appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal tomorrow Tuesday 22nd of September 2015. Saraki, however stated and maintained that he is ready to...

Do not buy, sell or consume Nestle maggi noodles - NAFDAC wans Nigerians

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:21 PM PDT

Lovers of noodles in Nigeria must be careful of the distribution and sales of a particular brand of noodles in the country. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC,...

Give us N100 Million as ransom and we will release Olu Falae - Kidnappers

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:23 PM PDT

The abductors of Chief Olu Falae have demanded for N100m as ransom before the septuagenarian could be freed from their captivity. The Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF and...

Nigeria's chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai blasts Boko Haram leader - 'You are just a noise maker'

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:24 PM PDT

Nigeria's chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has dismissed as mere noise making the claims in a new audio by Abubakar Shekau, the elusive Boko Haram leader. Buratai described the audio...

Nigeria declares Thursday, Friday public holidays

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:25 PM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, 24 and Friday, 25 of September, 2015 as Public Holidays to mark the celebration of this year's Id-El-Kabir. The federal government made the announcement...

BUSTED: Police arrest 3 pickpockets while they shared loot

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:10 PM PDT

The Police in Lagos have arrested three suspected pickpockets at a spot where they were trying to share their loot. The command's spokesman, DSP Joseph Offor, who disclosed the arrest in a...

HID Awolowo, a symbol of unity – IBB

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:02 PM PDT

Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has described the matriarch of Awolowo family,Chief H.I.D Awolowo, as a symbol of unity in the country. HID Awolowo died on Saturday last week,...

UNILAG lecturer who allegedly raped student seeking admission begs magistrate for protection from media

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:01 PM PDT

Mr Afeez Baruwa, a University of Lagos lecturer facing accusations of raping an 18 year old girl Monday pleaded with a Lagos magistrate for protection from ‎a "hostile" media reportage. It can be...

NCC confiscates N1.5b pirated materials in Lagos

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:58 AM PDT

The Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC) has confiscated pirated materials worth N1.5billion during a raid at Apapa Wharf Terminal in Lagos. Its Director-General, Afam Ezekude, told journalists that...

Buhari to host Special ECOWAS summit on political crisis in Burkina Faso

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:56 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari will host an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, in...

Nigerian woman on holiday in America arrested for shoplifting

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 05:33 PM PDT

A Nigerian woman, Jennifer Akudihor who is on holiday in the US has been arrested by Kansas city police department for allegedly shop lifting clothing items and accessories worth nearly $2,000 at Oak...

Governor Wike is spending his last days in office, declares APC

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:47 AM PDT

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is spending his last days in office as Governor of Rivers...

Diego Costa and Gabriel charged by the English FA

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:44 AM PDT

Diego Costa and Gabriel have been charged with violent conduct and improper conduct respectively over incidents during Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal, the Football Association announced on...

Federal High court fixes Sept. 30 to hear Saraki’s case

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:38 AM PDT

The Federal High Court has fixed Sept. 30 to hear the case filed by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki, asking the court to stop the Code of Conduct Tribunal from trying him. Saraki is charged...

Former presidential candidate, Olu Falae kidnapped

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

Ex-Secretary to Government of the Federation and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae has been kidnapped. Sketchy reports on Monday, said Falae was kidnapped from his residence on Oba-Ile Road,...

Appeal court turns down Saraki’s application

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

Justice Morri Adumein of the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday refused the ex parte application filed by embattled Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, seeking a stay of execution of the ruling of...

Death toll rises to 55 in Maiduguri multiple blasts

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:18 AM PDT

According to source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, where most of the casualties of Sunday night multiple bomb blasts were taken to, said 55...

Inspector-General of Police must produce Senate President, Bukola Saraki tomorrow – Tribunal

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:24 AM PDT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday insisted that the Inspector-General of Police must produce the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday. The tribunal rejected the request that the case...

Man remanded for allegedly touching woman’s private part

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:24 AM PDT

An Auchi Magistrates' Court in Edo on Monday remanded 39-year-old Mustapha Mamud in prison for allegedly touching a woman's private part. The Magistrate, Mr M. O. Osayi, said the accused should be...

SEE LIST: Governor Ambode presents list of 23 Commissioners and 13 Special Advisers to the State House of Assembly

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:14 AM PDT

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Monday, presented the list of his cabinet members to the State House of Assembly. The Governor is requesting for the screening and approval of 36...

CCT, Saraki saga: Yoruba youth accuses Buhari of witch-hunting

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 07:49 AM PDT

COALITION of Yoruba Youth organizations under the auspices of Yoruba Council of Youth (YCY) has described the current prosecution of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, by the Code of...

Akwa Ibom: Have confidence in our Judiciary, stop peddling lies about tribunal, APC tells PDP

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 07:46 AM PDT

All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop peddling lies about the work of the Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and the role of the security...

SERAP to World Bank - 'Disclose how Abacha loot was spent'

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 07:45 AM PDT

A civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has asked the World Bank to disclose how the loot recovered from the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was...

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