Monday, 28 September 2015

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready” plus 29 more


REVEALED: President Buhari’s ministerial list is ready

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Fresh reports reaching NE has it that the list of ministerial-nominees, to constitute the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari, is finally ready. The Senate may get a letter from the President,...

We are waiting on Buhari for ministers’ list — Senate

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT

As the Senate resumes today from its six-week break, it said yesterday that it was yet to get the list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari. This came as security operatives at...

SEE LIST: Which of these individuals will make Buhari's ministerial list?

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:20 PM PDT

It's just about 48 hours to September 30, the deadline given by President Muhammadu Buhari, to release the list of his long-awaited ministerial nominees, the list of the ministerial nominees is to be...

Presidency lied, UN meeting on insurgency shunned by Buhari yielded $6.8m – PDP

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:54 PM PDT

National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigeria's snubbing of the meeting of countries affected by insurgency at the...

My grouse with journalists as Jonathan’s spokesman – Abati

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:50 PM PDT

Immediate past Special Adviser on Media to the former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, has said many journalists failed to appreciate the delicate and sensitive nature of his job as the...

I want to score against Arsenal - Ideye

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Olympiacos attacker Brown Ideye feels he has nothing to prove on his return to English ahead of the Tuesday's Champions League tie against Arsenal, reports Goal. The 26-year-old Nigerian was...

Go to court, Odigie-Oyegun tells Timipre Sylva

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has told Chief Timipre Sylva, one of the contestants in Sept. 22 botched primary in Bayelsa to go to court. apc vs...

Falae finally opens up - 'I paid ransom to be freed'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

A former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, on Monday has revealed that his family paid ransom to his abductors before he was freed on Thursday. He said the kidnappers only...

Buhari orders National Hajj Commission: 'Account for all Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia now'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

resident Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) and the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia to urgently account for all Nigerian pilgrims in the aftermath of last Thursday's...

Bailout Fund: Ekiti only got N9.6 Billion out of N29 Billion – Fayose cries out

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has lamented that the state only got N9.6 billion out of the over N29 billion it applied for in the Federal Government's bail-out funds for states. The governor,...

Nigeria declares Thursday public holiday

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:18 AM PDT

The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2015, as public holiday to mark the nation's 55th Independence celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji,...

Nigerians react to UNILAG’s bedbug protest

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:19 AM PDT

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Police inspector to die by hanging

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:17 AM PDT

A Rivers State High Court has sentenced one Inspector Samuel Timothy of the Nigeria Police to death by hanging for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba. The court's ruling...

Niger Accountant General among those killed in Saudi stampede

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:08 AM PDT

Niger State Accountant General, Alhaji Shehu Kontagora, was among those killed in the stampede that occurred in Saudi Arabia last week. His remains had been found in one of the morgues in Saudi...

Senate resumes on Tuesday after six- week recess

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:02 AM PDT

The Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, on Monday said the Senate will resume on Tuesday after a six- week recess. Melaye, who stated this in a statment in...

LASU male lectruers, others shun paternity leave

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:59 AM PDT

The Lagos State ‎University on Monday advised its male staff members to avails themselves of paternity leave, approved for workers in Lagos State's Public Service‎. The advice was contained in the...

APC orders fresh Bayelsa governorship primary despite Sylva's claims

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:56 AM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Monday ordered for a fresh governorship ‎primary to select the party's candidate for the November governorship election in the state. National Chairman of the party,...

Two arrested over dumping of girl’s corpse

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:54 AM PDT

A grandmother, whose name is yet to be ascertained, and a driver, simply identified as Ade, are in police custody for allegedly dumping the corpse of a seven-year-old girl, Iyadun Ajayi, at the back...

'Assets declaration will check corruption'

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:52 AM PDT

A House of Representatives member, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas (Adamawa-APC), has insisted that assets declaration by public officers on assumption of office will help check corruption. Namdas told the...

Japan proposes five additional sports for 2020 Olympics

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:51 AM PDT

The Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee on Monday recommended the inclusion of five additional sports to the 2020 games. They are baseball-softball, karate, surfing, sport climbing and...

16 Ebonyi top officials lose September salaries for lateness

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:47 AM PDT

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State on Monday ordered that 16 top government functionaries in the state should forfeit their September and October salaries and overheads for coming late to a state...

Woman arrested for attempting to use twins for fraud

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:45 AM PDT

Police operatives attached to Pen Cinema police station in Agege, Lagos, on Sunday arrested a woman for trying to use twins belonging to Mrs. Ruth Uche for fraud. The woman was nabbed at College...

Obama ‘prepared to work’ with Russia, Iran on Syria

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama declared Monday that the United States does not want a new Cold War over the Ukraine conflict and is prepared to work with Russia and Iran on the Syrian crisis. "The United...

13 killed as gunmen attack salary convoy of civil servants

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:39 AM PDT

Thirteen people have been killed in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack on a convoy transporting some $40,000 (36,000 euros) in salaries for civil servants, Finance...

5 dead, 17 rescued from Ikorodu boat mishap – LASG

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:37 AM PDT

Lagos State government yesterday said five of the 20 passengers and two crew members of a commercial boat belonging to the Bayeku Ferry Association travelling from Oke Ira Nla, Ajah to Bayeku in...

Pope blames bishops who cover up pedophile priests

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT

Pope Francis on Monday admitted that Catholic Church hierarchies shielded the crimes of pedophile priests. The Pontiff stated this hours after meeting people who were abused in their youth by...

We stand by Sylva’s victory – Bayelsa APC

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:34 AM PDT

The Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe, has said the party in the state stands by the victory of former governor and leader of the party, Chief Timipre...

Police recover 82 stolen cows in Sokoto

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:32 AM PDT

The Sokoto State Police Command on Monday announced the recovery of 80 stolen cattle between Sept. 17 and 22. The command's Spokesman, Mr Sabo Kurawa, who made the announcement at a news briefing in...

Counter-insurgency: We were not referring to Borno elders group, Army insists

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:30 AM PDT

he Nigeria Army on Monday maintained that its warning to saboteurs of the ongoing operations in the North-East was not directed to the Borno Elders of Thought (BELT), a socio-political group. The...

Lunar Eclipse: Nothing to fear, just watch – Scientist

Posted: 28 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT

An official of National Space Research and Development Agency(NASDRA) has advised Nigerians not to panic over the lunar eclipse which occurred on Monday morning. Dr Benjamin Ayetunji, NASRDA Chief...

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