Wednesday, 2 December 2015

NigerianEye: “Pro-Biafra protests turn bloody, 9 killed” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “Pro-Biafra protests turn bloody, 9 killed” plus 28 more


Pro-Biafra protests turn bloody, 9 killed

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:47 PM PST

The Pro-Biafra protests turned bloody, yesterday, as the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) killed nine of the protesters and injured 18 in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State. Irked by the...

Buhari leaves for South Africa today

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:33 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja for South Africa today to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg where he will ask China's President Xi Jinping to...

Nigerian Senate proposes 2-year jail for offenders of abusive statements on social media

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:34 PM PST

A bill seeking a two-year jail term for any person who makes allegation or publishes any statement or petition in the newspaper, radio or medium of whatever description against another person,...

We can confidently announce that fuel scarcity will end in a few days – Lai Mohammed

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:34 PM PST

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the current fuel scarcity in the country will be over in a matter of days, following the approval of the subsidy payment...

Why I collected N2.1 bn from ex-NSA Dasuki – Dokpesi

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:35 PM PST

Raymond Dokpesi, founder of Daar Communication, owners of Ray Power radio network and Africa Independent Television, has said the money he received from the office of the National Security Adviser...

Kachikwu Replaces Diezani As OPEC President

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:45 PM PST

The minister of state for petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachiukwu, has replaced Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke as the conference president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Speculations...

Wanted ‘Potential’ Child Suicide Bomber Arrested In IDP Camp

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:44 PM PST

The youngest face on the photograph of 100-wanted Boko Haram suspect, Master Usman Modu Tella, 11 years old, was yesterday arrested by soldiers in one of the camps for the Internally Displaced...

Sokoto Must Look Beyond Oil To Survive – Tambuwal

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:41 PM PST

Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that Sokoto as a state must diversify its revenue sources in order to achieve its dreams. The governor stated this while speaking at a two-day...

Man treks from Abuja to Osun for Ooni of Ife

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:37 PM PST

Mohammed Isah, a phone accessory dealer, has started a solidarity trek to Osun State to congratulate the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Isah began the journey yesterday from the Federal Capital...

Okonjo-Iweala denies role in arms deals

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:35 PM PST

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has requested the Federal Government to call Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole to order over what she called efforts to link her name to the...

Escaped Jos lion killed

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:33 PM PST

A lion which escaped early Wednesday from a wild life park in Jos, Plateau State, has been killed. An official of the Plateau State Ministry of Tourism, in charge of the park, Abdullahi Abe, told...

Senate to Buhari: Don’t restart rice importation

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:32 PM PST

The senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Nigeria Customs to suspend the lifting of ban on the importation rice through the land borders. In October, the Comptroller-General of...

Man scales airport fence, attempts to jump onto taxing aircraft

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:31 PM PST

The security staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Wednesday apprehended one Olushola Alabibu who attempted to stow away in a taxing aircraft on the tarmac of the airport in...

Yuletide: Lagos to arrest sellers, users of banger/knockouts, fireworks

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:30 PM PST

As the Yuletide activities kicks off nationwide, Lagos State Government, through the state Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has urged parents and guardians to warn their children and wards to...

Falae testifies against abductors

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:29 PM PST

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday appeared in court as a star witness to testify against his suspected kidnappers. Chief Falae, while testifying...

Rivers suspends overseas scholarships for students

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:29 PM PST

Rivers State Government has suspended its overseas scholarships for students of the state origin in foreign universities, saying it will only pay the tuition fees for those in final...

We have no hand in APC crisis — PDP

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:27 PM PST

The Kogi State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, has rubbished insinuations in some quarters that the party was behind the crisis bedeviling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...

3 women docked for stealing one-week-old baby

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:27 PM PST

Three women, Nkechi Obi, Patience Nwogbo and Ogechi Njoku, were yesterday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly stealing a week-old baby. Obi, 25, Nwogbo, 58 and Njoku, 45,...

EFCC secures order to keep Dokpesi

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:25 PM PST

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to free the Chairman of Daar Communications Pls, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, after meeting his bail conditions. One of the conditions was for the...

PDP advises members to be vigilant during Bayelsa governorship election

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:25 PM PST

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja called on its members in Bayelsa to remain vigilant, focused and fearless throughout the election the State's governorship election of Dec....

Governor Obiano's reaction to Onitsha pro-Biafran protests

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:24 PM PST

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has finally reacted to the outcome of Wednesday's protest by pro-Biafra groups, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)...

DSS moves Dasuki to EFCC’s Headquarters

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:23 PM PST

The Department of State Services (DSS) has moved the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki to the Headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Dasuki...

‎Police begin prosecution of 137 pro-Biafran protesters

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:19 PM PST

As pro-Biafran protests continue to swell in some parts of the South-east, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has disclosed that no fewer than 137 of such protesters have been...

MASSOB,IPOB deny setting Onitsha Central Mosque ablaze

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:18 PM PST

Following ground swell protests at Ontisha, Anambra State and other states of the south-east geopolitical zone staged by members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,...

Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:17 PM PST

The Cameroon army claimed Wednesday to have dealt a major blow to Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists, killing around 100 fighters and freeing 900 hostages in a three-day operation last week. The claim,...

Nigerian Troops in pursuit of escaping Boko Haram terrorists in North East – Army

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:14 PM PST

The Nigerian Army has said that its troops are pursuing escaping terrorists and also moving to further block any incursion by the terrorists in the North East. This is contained in a statement issued...

Gary Neville named Valencia coach

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:13 PM PST

England coach and Manchester United legend Gary Neville has been named Valencia boss for the rest of the season, the Spanish side announced on Wednesday. "Valencia have reached an agreement with...

I will discipline, dismiss, jail corrupt officers – Customs C-G

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:13 PM PST

Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller -General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday warned that he would either discipline, dismiss or jail any officer found guilty of corrupt practices....

Brother kills sister for voting in Pakistan

Posted: 02 Dec 2015 09:11 PM PST

An angry brother shot his elder sister dead because she voted in Pakistani local elections after he had forbidden her to do so, police said Wednesday. The murder occurred in the town of Taxila 25...

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