Sunday, 22 April 2018

NigerianEye: “Fresh massacre in Benue, Zamfara...61 people killed” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Fresh massacre in Benue, Zamfara...61 people killed” plus 29 more


Fresh massacre in Benue, Zamfara...61 people killed

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:38 PM PDT

In what is becoming a weekly sordid ritual, 61 persons were, over the weekend, killed in separate dastardly incidents in Benue and Zamfara States. Whereas 31persons, mostly women and children, lost...

No going back on same-sex law, Reps vow

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:43 PM PDT

The House of Representatives has lashed out at the United Kingdom for daring to ask Nigeria to review its same-sex law by allowing men to marry men and women to marry women. British Prime...

Fulani Herdsmen Kill 10 In Fresh Benue Attack

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:00 PM PDT

At least 10 residents were killed when suspected armed herdsmen invaded Saghev Ward in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The state government confirmed the attack and the casualty figure...

President Buhari Returns To Abuja From London

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 04:58 PM PDT

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after his visit to the United Kingdom, where he held bilateral talks on Nigeria – British relations and also participated in the Commonwealth Heads of...

Stolen Mace: Police search for eight suspects

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:07 PM PDT

The Police are still working round the clock to arrest the eight men who, on Wednesday, stormed the Senate chamber and ran away with the mace. The suspects were allegedly brought to Abuja from Delta...

How Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez won 30th Copa del Rey

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 04:57 PM PDT

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez inspired Barcelona to what will surely be the first part of a domestic double this season as they thrashed Sevilla 5-0 on Saturday to win the Copa del Rey. Messi had...

Masqueraders Attack Church In Anambra

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 04:23 PM PDT

The Anambra Police Command says it has arrested three masqueraders for allegedly disrupting a church programme on Friday night at Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police...

Man. United Dump Tottenham To Reach FA Final

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 01:11 PM PDT

Ander Herrera's winner sent Manchester United into a record-equalling 20th FA Cup final and condemned Tottenham to their eighth successive defeat at this stage of the competition. Spurs started at...

World hails North Korea’s nuclear test halt

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 01:01 PM PDT

North Korea's announcement that it is halting nuclear and missile tests has received a broad international welcome. Leader Kim Jong-un said further tests were not needed, as the North had...

UN to Cameroon: Stop turning back Nigerian refugees fleeing from Boko Haram

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Cameroonian authorities not to send Nigerian refugees back to the Boko Haram violence they fled from. Nigerian refugees and...

US orders emergency inspection of engines used by Arik, Air Peace

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 08:44 AM PDT

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), US airspace regulatory agency, has directed airlines with the same engines as the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 to carry out a thorough inspection of the...

Fire guts Kaduna electoral commission headquarters — weeks before LG poll

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 08:32 AM PDT

The headquarters of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) was on Saturday gutted by fire. The inferno was said to have been noticed on the two-storey building located along...

BREAKING: Suspected herdsmen kill ten in Benue communities in fresh attack

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:50 AM PDT

Suspected Fulani herdsmen between Friday and early hours of  Saturday invaded six communities in Saghev council ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State where ten persons have been...

El-Rufai declared missing in Kaduna

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:42 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has declared the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, missing. The party said El-Riufai was declared missing due to his alleged lack of adherence to...

Obasanjo’s third force is ‘no force’ — we know the major political parties -Fayose

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:39 AM PDT

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, has described the third force movement proposed by former president Olusegun Obasanjo as "no force". The former president had called for a coalition that would...

‘Lazy Nigerian youths’: APC chieftain, Igbokwe gives 10 reasons Buhari’s remark is true

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:20 AM PDT

Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has thrown his weight behind the statement allegedly made by President Muhammadu Buhari that a lot Nigerian youths prefer to sit and...

Snatching of Nigerian senate mace a blessing – Senator Ibrahim

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:19 AM PDT

Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina South Senatorial District, has said the mace snatching incident at the Senate was a blessing in disguise.  He said the invasion of the Senate by thugs has...

Military has turned Nnamdi Kanu, parents into ghosts – Family

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:17 AM PDT

Family of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu has expressed anger and worry over the conflicting reports concerning his whereabouts. The family, speaking through Prince...

Security challenges loom over President Buhari’s re-election bid

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT

Muhammadu Buhari's pledge to end Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria played a large part in his 2015 presidential election victory. With elections approaching next year and...

Mohamed Salah equals Premier League record as West Brom fightback to hold Liverpool

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 06:56 AM PDT

Mohamed Salah scored his 31st Premier League goal, equalling the record for the most goals in a 38-game season in the history of the competition, but a late strike from Salomon Rondon helped...

Troops repels Boko Haram attack in Borno

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 06:50 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a...

Arsene Wenger was sacked - Ian Wright

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 06:46 AM PDT

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has insisted Arsene Wenger must have been sacked as he cannot believe his old boss would have walked away from his post. Wenger announced Friday his intention to...

Troops repel Boko Haram attack in Gamboru, Borno

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:47 AM PDT

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala in Borno. Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a...

Mace theft: Senate orders security officials to block Omo-Agege from chamber

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:44 AM PDT

The Senate has directed security agencies to prevent the suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from further gaining entrance into its chamber. Omo-Agege, who was last week suspended by the Senate for...

Sex-for-mark: Female student to appear before OAU panel Tuesday

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 05:41 AM PDT

The alleged victim of sexual harassment by a lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife, Ms. Monica Osagie, has been summoned to appear before the...

Europa League trophy recovered after being stolen

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:42 AM PDT

Authorities in Mexico say the Europa League trophy has been recovered after it was briefly stolen in the central city of Leon. The Guanajuato state prosecutor's office confirmed on Twitter, that...

Pinnick gives reason for Super Eagles’ game against Congo,

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:31 AM PDT

President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has said that the Super Eagles want to "humble" their Congolese counterparts in their upcoming friendly next month. Nigeria will...

Mourinho admits Guardiola will win Premier League title next season

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:30 AM PDT

Jose Mourinho has claimed Manchester United's title chances next season depend on rivals Manchester City. Mourinho admits it will be "almost impossible" to stop Pep Guardiola's side, if they repeat...

Sex-for-marks girl Monica Osagie speaks

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:26 AM PDT

Miss Monica Osagie, the student at the centre of a sex-for-mark scandal rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has denied shunning an invitation by the panel probing her audio tapes of her...

‘Don’t send Nigerian refugees back to Boko Haram violence’, UN urges Cameroon

Posted: 21 Apr 2018 03:21 AM PDT

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Cameroonian authority not to send Nigerian refugees back to the Boko Haram violence they fled from. Despite warnings,...

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