Saturday, 10 October 2015

NigerianEye: “Former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha dies of hypertension” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha dies of hypertension” plus 29 more


Former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha dies of hypertension

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:16 PM PDT

A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has died of hypertension. Former State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Ebitimi Agary, confirmed this to our correspondent...

Interview: Enyeama opens up more on full details of his rift with Coach, Sunday Oliseh

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:16 PM PDT

Former Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama has been in the news following his rift with Coach Sunday Oliseh. Enyeama announced his resignation from the national team via the social platform. In...

Plane crash in Adamawa State

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:16 PM PDT

An Aircraft, NAF 801, belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, has crashed in Hong, Adamawa State. The Director, Defence Information, Col. Abubakar Rabe, confirmed this to Channels Television. The...

Buhari sacks his Presidential liaison Officer, Nura Rimi, few months after his appointment

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:22 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked his Presidential liaison Officer, Nura Rimi, few months after he was appointed into the post. No reason was given for the president's decision which has also...

Chibok girls alive; Many impregnated, carrying VVF, other diseases – Escapee Chibok girl reveals

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:17 PM PDT

There were indications weekend that many of the 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted in April 2014, are alive and holed up in the Lake Chad region of the North-East epicentre...

' Publish your assets first, before asking ministerial nominees to do the same' - CACOL tells Nigerian lawmakers

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:05 PM PDT

Following the decision by the Senate to screen only ministerial nominees who have declared their assets, an anti-corruption group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has urged the principal...

‘Missing’ NYSC member found

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:02 PM PDT

The National Youth Service Corps has said it would begin to sanction corps members who abscond from the location of their national service. The NYSC issued the threat in reaction to the case of a...

EBOLA: 15 quarantined suspects released from University of Calabar Teaching Hospital

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 07:56 PM PDT

Authorities of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on Saturday released the 15 persons that were quarantined following an Ebola Virus Disease scare after the death of a patient. The...

Angry woman dumps six-month-old baby on waste site

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 07:53 PM PDT

An angry housewife, Annabel Owhoghovo, of Owohelogbo community Isoko axis in Delta State, on Friday, allegedly dumped her six-month-old baby at a dump site after having a quarrel with her...

EFCC begins probe of ministerial nominees

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 07:51 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Monday begin investigations into petitions written against President Muhammadu Buhari's 21 ministerial nominees. It was gathered that a decision...

Bomb scare in Abuja

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:21 PM PDT

There was panic among residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday over reports of a bomb blast. The speculation, which started late in the evening, made residents jittery as the...

Buratai warns soldiers against fraternising with politicians

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 03:48 PM PDT

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Turkur Buratai, in Lagos on Saturday warned officers and men of the Nigerian Army against fraternising with politicians. Buratai gave the warning while addressing...

Saraki assures of dilligent screening of miniterial nominees

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 02:17 PM PDT

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has assured that the 8th Senate would put Nigeria first and also carry out a dilligent work regarding screening of the ministerial nominees by next...

Boko Haram bombs Lake Chad, kills 37

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 02:08 PM PDT

Three explosions blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed 37 people Saturday in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, security sources said. Another 52 people were reportedly...

Diezani Alison-Madueke suffers from breast cancer – Lawyer

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 02:02 PM PDT

Ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is under investigation over allegations of bribery and money laundering, has breast cancer and will undergo surgery in Britain, her...

Alamieyeseigha’s Death is a personal loss to me – Governor Dickson

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 02:00 PM PDT

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has confirmed the sudden death of the former governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, describing it as a personal loss to him, the government and...

Enough of the theatrics, go to court - Amaechi tells Wike

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 01:58 PM PDT

Former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has described the panel constituted by his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike to probe his administration as a silly and sickening distraction saying that...

Tinubu not under security watch – Presidency

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 01:56 PM PDT

The Presidency on Saturday said there is no iota of truth in a media report that a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is under security watch over alleged plot...

DSS ordered to influence judgments of election tribunals – PDP

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 01:54 PM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Department of State Services of "hijacking" election petition tribunals. It said the security outfit had been asked to...

APC govt completely bereft of ideas – PDP

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:57 AM PDT

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has again lampooned the All Progressives Congress, APC led government, saying it was now clear to Nigerians that the administration was...

In 2013 a prophecy was made that I will be vice president of Nigeria, but I didn’t take it seriously - Osinbajo

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:57 AM PDT

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Christians to reciprocate Christ's sacrifice on the cross by being righteous and worshipping him. Osinbajo made the call on Friday night at the Pan African...

Veteran sports journalist, Felix Okugbe dies after battle with cancer

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:57 AM PDT

Veteran on-air personality, Felix Okugbe, is dead. The Mundial Sports International boss was reported to have died in the wee hours of today, October 10, 2015. According to reliable sources,...

Recruitment: NIS warns public against fraudsters

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:52 AM PDT

The Nigeria Immigration Service has warned members of the public to beware of activities fraudsters. This is contained in a statement issued by the NIS spokesperson, Mr. Ekpedeme King, on Saturday...

1000-year-old rock crushes mother, children to death in Ogun

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:50 AM PDT

Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, Ogun state after four persons, including mother, two children and a grandchild were crushed to death by over 1000 years old rock that tipped off its base and rammed...

Banker steals employer’s N79 million

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:45 AM PDT

A senior staff with the United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, Anslem Ekenna, 36,has been arrested by the police from the Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, drawing the sum of N79m from...

Issa Hayatou “delighted” at assuming FIFA command

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:41 AM PDT

Issa Hayatou says he is "delighted" to step up to become acting FIFA president following Sepp Blatter's suspension. The 69-year-old Cameroonian head of the Confederation of African Football has...

NAHCON transports 36,000 pilgrims back to Nigeria

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:39 AM PDT

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Saturday said it had so far transported 36,269 pilgrims from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, back to Nigeria. The commission had transported more than 66,000...

Military in massive hunt for vandals, criminals

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 09:34 AM PDT

There is heavy presence of Nigerian military personnel in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, as they intensify massive hunt for vandals and criminals that have invaded the area in recent...

I deserve ministerial nomination - Lai Mohammed

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 08:20 PM PDT

The ministerial nominee from Kwara state and the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed insisted that he deserved the ministerial nomination from Kwara state which nobody,or group...

North Korea showcases new ‘nuclear’ long-range missile

Posted: 10 Oct 2015 06:30 AM PDT

North Korea on Saturday showed off what it said were long-range ballistic missiles carrying miniaturised nuclear warheads, its latest claim to the sophisticated technology which state television said...

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