Wednesday, 21 October 2015

NigerianEye: “Akwa Ibom tribunal orders fresh governorship election” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Akwa Ibom tribunal orders fresh governorship election” plus 29 more


Akwa Ibom tribunal orders fresh governorship election

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:35 PM PDT

The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct fresh governorship election in 18 out of the 31 local...

Boko Haram militants go on shooting spree, gun-down scores of residents

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:36 PM PDT

Fresh reports reaching NE has it that over 20 people have been shot dead by suspected Boko Haram Islamists as they went on a shooting spree in North East Nigeria. A large group of Boko Haram gunmen...

'Learn from me, if you lose election, accept defeat' - Jonathan tells presidential candidates in Tanzania

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:35 PM PDT

Immediate past President of Nigeria and chair of the Commonwealth election observer mission to Tanzania, Goodluck Jonathan, , has called for a free and fair election in the presidential poll on...

Akure monarch stops Eze-Ndigbo from wearing crown, demands apology

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:41 PM PDT

The Deji of Akureland in Ondo State, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi yesterday listed conditions for truce with the estranged Eze Ndigbo of Akure, Gregory Iloehike. One of the condition was that the Igbo...

Buhari appoints new INEC chairman

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:41 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Mahmud Yakubu as new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The appointment was confirmed at the emergency Council of...

Femi Fani-Kayode blasts ministerial nominee, Bayo Shittu, over his comment on Boko Haram

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode today took to his Facebook page to blast Ministerial nominee, Adebayo Shittu from Oyo state, who said he will not like to comment much on Boko Haram and...

Meet the new INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:37 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a professor of political history and international studies, Mahmood Yakubu, as new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) read more....

I turned down ministerial appointments offered by four Nigerian presidents - Afe Babalola

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:36 PM PDT

The Proprietor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, on Wednesday said that he turned down ministerial appointments offered by four Nigerian presidents. Babalola made the...

“Go And Relax”: Code of Conduct Tribunal adjourns Saraki’s trial to November 5

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:37 PM PDT

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has postponed the sitting for the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, regarding the 13-count false asset declaration charge against him. NigerainEye gathered...

Ministerial Screening: APC senators are more than PDP, so Amaechi will go through - Ndume

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:34 PM PDT

Ahead of today's screening of former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, yesterday, lampooned senators elected on the platform of his former...

Police arraign 20 pro Biafra supporters for treason

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:26 PM PDT

Police have charged 20 pro Biafra supporters who were part of the protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Monday, in Port Harcourt, among other things, for treasonable felony at a...

EFCC summons Abba Moro again

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:24 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has again directed the former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, to report to its Economic Governance Unit, on Thursday (today), in relation to the...

Osinbajo denies saying rich Nigerians joining terror groups

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said his comment while he was receiving the United States Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism Communication, Rashad Hussain, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,...

Pirates kidnap Lithuanian, Ukrainian sailors off Nigeria

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:19 PM PDT

Gunmen have kidnapped two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian sailors off southern Nigeria, in the latest incident in a region described as a piracy hotspot, Lithuania's government said Tuesday. "We have...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Martial forces United draw, De Bruyne lifts City past Sevilla

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:18 PM PDT

Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne saw Manchester City home against Sevilla in dramatic style in Wednesday's Champions League action as Paris Saint-Germain held ten-time titleholders Real Madrid to a...

NUPENG calls off strike

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:04 PM PDT

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers , NUPENG Wednesday called off its strike that had crippled fuel supply to the state and its environs A communiqué by the State Chairman, Trade...

Biafra radio boss, Nnamdi Kanu denied access to lawyer

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:02 PM PDT

The Magistrate'S Court,Wuse 11, sitting in Abuja, has refused to release Nnamdi Kanu, Radio Biafra Director as he is yet to meet the bail conditions. In a telephone interview, Wednesday, his...

Governor Mimiko unveils new Shoprite outlet in Akure

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 03:58 PM PDT

Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Wednesday unveiled the Shoprite outlet in Akure, the state capital, where he reiterated his administration's commitment to providing enabling environment...

Nigeria needs women like HID Awolowo – Aisha Buhari

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 03:36 PM PDT

Wife of President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, Wednesday, said Nigeria needs good and honest women like the late HID Awolowo. The Nigerian first lFady who was in Ikenne, the hometown of Awolowo to pay...

Naira depreciates against dollar at parallel market

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 03:34 PM PDT

The naira on Wednesday depreciated against the dollar, after making a rebound on Monday at the parallel market. The currency lost N1 to the dollar as it exchanged for N225 against N224 it exchanged...

Buhari appoints Winifred Oyo-Ita as Head of Service

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:45 AM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the appointment of Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, as the acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. A statement by the Director of Press and Public...

Wike condemns MASSOB agitators’ protests in Rivers

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:38 AM PDT

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has warned that his administration would not tolerate a repeat of the protest embarked upon by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Members and...

Lai Mohammed’s N500m suit: Court orders processes be served on Metuh

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:36 AM PDT

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Wednesday ordered the service of all processes including the motion for interlocutory injunction on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,...

AIB probes Arik aircraft’s wing-tip brush

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 06:14 AM PDT

The Accident Investigation Bureau said it had begun investigation of Tuesday's wing-tip brush by two Boeing 737-800NG belonging to Arik Air at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The AIB's...

Lagos donates N50 million each to Adamawa, Borno, Yobe

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 10:29 PM PDT

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday donated N50m each to the North Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe in order to cater for the Internally Displaced Persons in the region. The state...

Tribunal rejects application to adjourn Saraki’s trial indefinitely

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:22 AM PDT

Tribunal rejects application to adjourn Saraki's trial indefinitely The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, this morning, failed to persuade the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja to grant...

Saudi summons Czech envoy over ‘Satanic Verses’

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:16 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia has summoned the Czech ambassador over a new translation of British writer Salman Rushdie's controversial book "Satanic Verses", official media said Friday. The kingdom wanted to...

Scores trapped as building collapses in Lagos Island

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:18 AM PDT

Many feared trapped as three storey building collapses at Odunfa Street, Lagos Island. The building reportedly collapsed at about 8:40am, with some of the workers trapped underneath. The General...

Will these Forty-One Promises from the APC Manifesto Ever Be fulfilled?, by Tony Osborg

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:25 AM PDT

Now that it seem like we are going to have a complete Federal Government with ministers, it is important that we begin to look at critical issues and promises that were made during the campaign by...

80 senators accompany Saraki to Code of Conduct Tribunal

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 04:20 AM PDT

Fresh reports reaching NigerianEye has it that about 80 senators have accompanied Senate President, Bukola Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu was...

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