Saturday 6 February 2016

NigerianEye: “Borno residents flee as Boko Haram attack villages” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “Borno residents flee as Boko Haram attack villages” plus 28 more

Borno residents flee as Boko Haram attack villages

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 09:34 PM PST

Residents of Mairi and Malari have begun fleeing to Borno State capital, Maiduguri as Boko Haram insurgents laid siege to their villages. The insurgents were said to have attacked Mairi and Malari...

I’ll reclaim my Super Eagles shirt — Moses

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 09:13 PM PST

Super Eagles striker Victor Moses has revealed that it was injury that forced him out of the national team. Moses on loan at West Ham from Chelsea, was key to the Super Eagles winning the 2013...

Two feared dead as boat capsizes in Lagos

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 09:10 PM PST

Two people are feared dead yesterday, when a boat capsized in Badagry, Lagos State. The tragedy came barely one week after a boat capsized in Ijede, Ikorodu where seven deaths were recorded and ten...

LUTH doctors protest unpaid salaries

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 09:05 PM PST

Doctors at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, yesterday, protested unpaid salaries and what they described as "discriminatory tax policy". At a press conference, the doctors, under the...

Troops comb Arepo creek for Lagos pipeline vandals

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 09:03 PM PST

The Defence Headquarters on Saturday said that troops deployed under the Special Task Force, Operation Awase, were combing the bush for a group of vandals who engaged the men of the task force in a...

Sellers of rat killers smile to the bank as Lassa fever spreads

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:58 PM PST

As the fear of Lassa fever spreads across states, business has continued to boom for sellers of rat killers. Rats are known to be hosts of the Lassa virus. The virus is contracted through the...

Lassa Fever: Ogun puts 110 under watch

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:53 PM PST

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said the number of the primary contacts with the first index case of Lassa fever in the state, a 28- year- old lady, has increased...

Police beef up security around doctors in Rivers

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:50 PM PST

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Musa Kimo, said on Saturday that the Command had beefed up security around medical doctors to check their abduction by kidnappers. Kimo also denied the...

Electricity tariff: Civil groups to join Labour’s Monday protest

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:49 PM PST

Civil Society Groups and activists have mobilised for the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress over the recent 45 per cent increment of electricity tariff by...

Buhari replies Fayose - 'My trips are not frivolous'

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:47 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that contrary to the claims by critics of his incessant foreign trips, none of the trips he had made so far can be said to be frivolous. He said there were always...

LAGOS: Stranded bride forced to trek to her wedding due to vehicular restrictions

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:45 PM PST

A bride was forced to trek to the venue of her wedding yesterday following the vehicular restrictions as Lagos kicked off t maiden edition of the international Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. A...

National Assembly to go ahead with the purchase of exotics for its members

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:40 PM PST

The Senate and the House of Representatives on Saturday said they would go ahead with the purchase of exotics for its members. Members of both chambers of the National Assembly, who spoke to our...

China set to invest $60 Billion in Nigeria

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 08:35 PM PST

The People's Republic of China has said it will invest $60bn in Nigeria. Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Qin Jian, who said this in a statement commemorating the 45th...

Nigeria should forget about Chibok girls, why bringing them back is dangerous – Victim

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 12:59 PM PST

A victim of Boko haram insurgents currently taking refuge in Jos, the Plateau state capital has warned the federal government against the idea of bringing back Chibok girls into the country. She...

Niger Deltans condemn US govt over murder of Nigerian

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 12:57 PM PST

The people of the Niger Delta have condemned the non-trial of an American citizen who allegedly murdered his Nigerian wife, Mrs. Doris Anasesia Lambert (nee Oaikhena), in Houston, Texas. A...

Boko Haram raids two Borno communities, kills four

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 12:50 PM PST

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Friday raided two villages, Mairi and Malari in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno, killing four persons and razing houses in the communities. The News Agency...

2016 Budget: FG to sanction officials over controversial provisions

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 12:47 PM PST

The Federal Government is almost concluding arrangements to sanction some top officials for their alleged attempt to sabotage efforts aimed at making the 2016 Budget truly people-oriented. A...

Ex-Senate President, Ken Nnamani, dumps PDP

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 07:11 AM PST

A former President of the Nigerian Senate, Ken Nnamani, has announced his departure from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, a political platform to which be belonged since 1999, and which, in...

Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City: Foxes have 13 games left to win the title

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 07:12 AM PST

Leicester City strengthened their status as Premier League challengers as the league-leaders stormed to a shock 3-1 victory against Manchester City on Saturday. The Foxes made a bright start to the...

Watch Video: Mahrez’s stunning goal against Man City

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 07:06 AM PST

Watch Mahrez's stunning goal against Man City below... Video: Daily Motion

Anyone saying Chibok girls will return is telling lies - Obasanjo

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 06:59 AM PST

Despite efforts and assurances by the Federal Government that it would rescue the abducted Chobok girls alive, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised doubts on their possible return. Mr...

Septuagenarian completes Lagos marathon

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 07:31 AM PST

A 68-year-old woman, Abiola Oshodi-Adeniyibada, who took part and completed the 42km Lagos City Marathon on Saturday, has commended the sponsors and organisers of the event. Oshodi-Adeniyibada told...

Man Utd hold talks with Jose Mourinho

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 03:45 AM PST

Manchester United have held talks with representatives of ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho,BBC reports. The 53-year-old Portuguese, who was sacked by the Blues in December, is increasingly hopeful...

REVEALED: Lagos State Road Traffic Law - Violations + Penalties, Jail terms

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 03:27 AM PST

The Lagos State Government on Friday inaugurated the Special Offences (Mobile) Court to summarily deal with growing cases of traffic and environmental abuses in the state with the view to bring...

Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum wins Lagos Marathon 2016

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 03:16 AM PST

Abraham Kiptum of Kenya beat other top marathoners across the world to win the first Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Saturday at a time of two hours, 16 minutes and 21 seconds (2:16:21). Halima...

Lassa Fever kill over 100 in Nigeria

Posted: 06 Feb 2016 03:05 AM PST

A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare up of the virus, according to data from the nation's health authorities released...

Nigerian student killed in Malaysia crash

Posted: 05 Feb 2016 10:03 PM PST

A Nigerian and an Egyptian student were killed while another was injured in an accident at Jalan Mahameru, Malaysia yesterday. The trio was travelling by road when the driver was believed to have...

Court sends judge to prison for alleged fraud

Posted: 05 Feb 2016 10:00 PM PST

A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe State yesterday remanded an area court judge, Umar Y. Gwani, for alleged fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which filed the case,...

Nigerians seeking asylum abroad are insincere, says Buhari

Posted: 05 Feb 2016 09:57 PM PST

President Muhammadu Buhari believes that Nigerians seeking asylum in Europe are doing so mainly for economic reasons and not because they are in danger as they often claim. He therefore asked those...
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