Friday, 25 September 2015

NigerianEye: “Some northern leaders are frustrating efforts of soldiers combating Boko Haram – Army” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Some northern leaders are frustrating efforts of soldiers combating Boko Haram – Army” plus 29 more


Some northern leaders are frustrating efforts of soldiers combating Boko Haram – Army

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:21 PM PDT

The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm that some prominent indigenes from the North-East are planning to subvert the on-going campaign against Boko Haram insurgency. The Acting Director, Army Public...

REVEALED: Nigerians who died while 'stoning the devil' in the Hajj stampede

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:21 PM PDT

About 717 people were killed and 863 injured at the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. According to the Saudi Civil Defence Service, the stampede broke out during the symbolic stoning of the...

SHOCKING: The astonishing village where girls grow penis at puberty and become boys

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:22 PM PDT

Girls in a remote Caribbean village are becoming boys when they hit puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. One in 90 children born in Salinas in the Dominican Republic grow a penis in a natural...

'How the Hajj stampede happened, killed over 700 people' - Nigerian pilgrim

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:24 PM PDT

A Nigerian pilgrim from Sokoto, Alhaji Muhamadu Ilela, who was at the scene of the stampede that killed over 700 people in Saudi Arabia, has revealed that the deaths occurred because the Saudi police...

Boko Haram invades Adamawa communities, many killed

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:25 PM PDT

Suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded three communities of Sabon Gari, Kafin Hausa and Bakin Dutse of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, leaving scores of people...

Nigerians attack Saraki for 'lying that he was not stoned'

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:23 PM PDT

Several Nigerians have attacked Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for lying that he was not stoned at Thursday's Eid prayer in Ilorin, Kwara State. Shortly, after Saraki dismissed reports...

Confusion in Bayelsa APC as Sylva rejects cancellation of primary election, says he’s APC candidate

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:26 PM PDT

A former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has told the All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, that he remains the party's governorship candidate in the...

WATCH: Saraki denies attack on Sallah day, despite video evidence

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has denied being pelted or booed at the Kwara eid ground on Thursday. The denial was despite video evidence and several witnesses' accounts which proved...

WHO removes Nigeria from polio-endemic countries

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:20 PM PDT

The World Health Organisation, WHO on Friday announced that polio is no longer endemic in the country. "This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing...

Hajj disaster: We are from God, to Him shall we all return – Aregbesola

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:54 PM PDT

Governor of Osun state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has sent heartfelt condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in Saudi Arabia as a result of stampede during the performance of hajj rites on...

SARAKI: Kwara Commissioner of Police bans protests

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:37 PM PDT

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Mr. Esosa Amadasun, on Friday banned protests and demonstrations in the state. The development may not be unconnected with the attack on the Senate...

Buhari vows to end oil theft, capital flight

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:34 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his administration was putting machinery in place to end oil theft and other criminal activities that have been inhibiting economic growth in the...

Don’t play politics with Mama Awolowo’s death - Fayose

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:32 PM PDT

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, warned fellow politicians on Friday not to use the death of Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Awolowo – and other past Nigerian heroes – to score cheap political...

US to release N9 Billion to help defeat Boko Haram

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:26 PM PDT

The United States has pledged to release up to $45m to help Nigeria and other countries to fight against Boko Haram, Reuters reported on Friday. The White House National Security Council...

Buhari, other World leaders aim to end poverty by 2030

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:48 PM PDT

World leaders on Friday unanimously resolved to end poverty by 2030 by adopting the new Sustainable Development Agenda put together by the United Nations. The agenda was adopted by the 193 member...

Buhari orders “comprehensive” probe of Hajj tragedy

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:38 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he is deeply saddened by the colossal calamity which occurred Thursday in Saudi Arabia, claiming the lives of hundreds of pilgrims, including some...

Nigeria pressures Saudi Arabia to take responsibility for Hajj deaths

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:29 PM PDT

Nigeria is piling pressure on Saudi authorities to take responsibility for Thursday's death of over 700 pilgrims in the country in a disaster many believe could have been avoided. At least 717...

Niger Delta leaders tell Buhari, Oyegun, others to remove Oshiomhole

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:19 PM PDT

By Fidel Njamanze Top Niger Delta leaders under the aegis of the Niger Delta People's Movement (NDPM) on Friday, advised Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to shun politics of witch...

President Buhari pictured at the UN General meeting

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:15 PM PDT

President Buhari pictured above seated at the UN General Assembly in New York today. Seated with him is former Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi and Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United...

Switzerland opens criminal case against FIFA president, Sepp Blatter

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:07 PM PDT

The Swiss attorney general has launched criminal proceedings against FIFA President Sepp Blatter over suspicions he violated his duties as head of football's world governing body. Authorities said...

Edo workers jubilate over payment of September salaries

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 02:05 PM PDT

There was wide jubilation Wednesday in Edo State, a day to the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, by Muslim faithful as civil servants received their September salaries. In some of the Ministries in...

Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai organises Sallah “get-together” to motivate wounded soldiers

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:39 AM PDT

In a bid to motivate soldiers and give them a sense of belonging, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Friday organised a Sallah "get-together" for wounded soldiers in Yola. Speaking...

Saudi stampede, a monumental tragedy - Buhari

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:37 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was deeply saddened by the tragedy which occurred on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, claiming the lives of hundreds of pilgrims, including some Nigerians. In a...

PICTURES: Embattled senate president, Bukola Saraki visits the cinema in Ilorin

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 10:35 AM PDT

In what appears as a 'public show off'' coming after the stoning incident at the Eid praying ground yesterday, Senate President Bukola Saraki and his family went to see a movie at the cinema in...

Over 200 Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian troops

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:04 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army on Friday tweeted that over 200 members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect have surrendered to troops. Also, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Yusha'u Abubakar,...

BVN: 32 million accounts yet to enrol, says CBN

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:04 AM PDT

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said 32 million active bank accounts have yet to be enrolled on the Biometric Verification Number by September. In a statement in Abuja on Friday, CBN Director,...

2022 World Cup to begin in Qatar, November 21 - FIFA

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:02 AM PDT

FIFA announced on Friday that the 2022 World Cup, to be held in Qatar, will start on November 21 with the final to be played on December 18 – cutting four days off the length of the...

NNPC will sell non-performing refineries – Kachikwu

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, said in Lagos on Friday that the corporation will sell refineries that fail to work optimally by the end of...

Doyin Okupe backtracks, says he does not want APC to break up

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 08:59 AM PDT

Ex-senior special adviser to Goodluck Jonathan, on public affairs, Doyin Okupe has stated that he does not want the ruling political party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress to break up...

105-year-old Japanese sprinter challenges World's fastest man, Usain Bolt

Posted: 25 Sep 2015 08:16 AM PDT

Japanese centenarian Hidekichi Miyazaki also known as 'Golden Bolt' set a fresh record as the world's oldest competitive sprinter on Wednesday, one day after turning 105. Miyazaki completed his heat...

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