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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

NigerianEye: “'Please don’t sack Oduah' - Igbo group begs Jonathan” plus 26 more

NigerianEye: “'Please don’t sack Oduah' - Igbo group begs Jonathan” plus 26 more


'Please don’t sack Oduah' - Igbo group begs Jonathan

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:41 PM PST

An appeal has gone to President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore calls to sack the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, unless her culpability in the bullet proof cars saga was established. A...

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APC set to take over House of Reps

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:39 PM PST

The the All Progressives Congress in the House of Representatives has shared out the leadership positions in the House to its members as part of plans to assume full control of the legislature in the...

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PDP national chairman, Bamanga Tukur to know fate Jan. 8

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:36 PM PST

There were indications on Tuesday that the fate of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, would be determined during the party's National Executive Committee...

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Expect better things in 2014 - Oshiomole

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:33 PM PST

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has urged the residents to expect brighter days and better things in the New Year than they experienced last year. In a New Year message by his Chief Press...

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APC chief asks Obasanjo to quit politics

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:31 PM PST

A leader of the All Progressives Party in Lagos State, Chief Ayo Akande, said on Tuesday that it was time for former President Olusegun Obasanjo to quit partisan politics and become an elder...

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Jonathan: From wasted expectation to heightened hope

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:28 PM PST

A year ago, President Goodluck Jonathan unfolded his 2013 plan. Today, he has unfolded another plan for this year. But, what has happened between then and now? The challenge is marrying expectation...

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Tragedy strikes in Lagos, as fire razes three buildings

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:26 PM PST

Tragedy struck at Ijesa area of Lagos, as fire razed three buildings, with over 70 people displaced However, barely 24 hours after the disaster, the state governor, Babatunde Fashola ordered that the...

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Obasanjo, Jonathan must reconcile to save Nigeria – Prophet

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:21 PM PST

The General Overseer of the Worldwide International Miracle Centre, Prophet Francis Ekpenkhio, has said that the current cold war between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck...

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Tinubu to Nigerians: All hope is not lost

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:20 PM PST

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country's future. He said the progressives are poised to transform it into a...

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Jonathan signed single tenure agreement – Nyako

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:16 PM PST

Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako on Tuesday said that despite several denials, President Goodluck Jonathan signed a document agreeing to serve for a single term. Nyako said this in an interview...

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Pastor, 15 others held for printing fake naira notes

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:11 PM PST

A self-styled pastor was yesterday paraded along with 15 others for allegedly printing and circulating fake naira notes. Kogi State Director of State Security Service (SSS) Mike Fubara, who paraded...

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Happy New Year, Welcome to 2014

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:39 PM PST

It's new year already in Nigeria. In Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Abuja, the skies are illuminated by festive fireworks after the clock struck twelve to usher in 2014. The 2013 year was rich...

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It will be impossible for APC to win the 2015 presidency - PDP

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 05:19 PM PST

Despite its dwindling political fortunes in the north-west zone, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party boasted on Tuesday that it would be impossible for the All Progressive Congress to win...

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Jonathan plans 18-hr power supply daily in 2014

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 05:10 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan gave yesterday an insight into his focus this year. Jonathan said his administration was working to make Nigerians enjoy a minimum of 18 hours electricity supply...

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Read President Jonathan's New Year message to the nation

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:57 AM PST

I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the year 2014 which promises to be a momentous one for our country for several reasons, including the fact that it is also the year of our great...

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Australia, Japan, Hongkong welcome 2014 with dazzling fireworks

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:30 PM PST

Sydney has kicked off New Year celebrations with a dazzling fireworks spectacular, the first in a wave of pyrotechnics to usher in 2014 from Hong Kong to Dubai. Seven tonnes of explosives lit up...

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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, joins twitter

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:52 AM PST

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Tuesday joined millions of people who are on the social media network, Twitter. Dangote's twitter account, @AlikoDangote, got an automatic verification from...

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131 Nigerian deportees from S’Arabia arrive in Abuja

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:43 AM PST

The last batch of Nigerians being repatriated from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Director, Consular and...

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Man sets self ablaze in Abuja few hours before New Year

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:38 AM PST

Less than 24 hours to the New Year, a middle-aged man has committed suicide by setting himself ablaze at his Gwarimpa residence in Abuja on Tuesday. Though details of the incident was sketchy at...

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Amaechi lied about making me deputy speaker - Austin Opara

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:30 AM PST

A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Austin Opara, has described as untrue, a claim credited to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State that he (the governor) made him a...

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Brig. Johnson Olawunmi appointed as new boss of NYSC

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST

The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In a statement issued in Abuja and signed by Sen....

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Patience Jonathan seeks women’s support for husband

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:45 AM PST

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday sought the support and partnership of the Nigerian women for the rebirth and transformation of a new and improved Nigeria in 2014. She also...

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APC's new year message for Nigerians...

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured Nigerians of its readiness and determination to make the necessary sacrifices to reverse the prevailing gloomy situation in the country and bring about...

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Canadian government designates Boko Haram terrorist organisation

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST

Following the United States designation of Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation, the Canadian government, Monday, listed the outlawed group a terrorist organisation under the country's Criminal...

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The harrowing story of African footballers in Indonesia

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 06:25 AM PST

It was the dream of sporting glory that drew talented Cameroonian striker Salomon Bengondo to Indonesia — but his story ended in poverty, illness and an untimely death, in a country failing to pay...

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Jonathan reduces Aso Rock’s billion naira feeding bill by N494 million

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 11:44 AM PST

With the economy in a bind and a growing public anger over his administration's management of the economy, President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a rare decision to spend less on food and consumables...

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Iheanacho’s Manchester City move back on track

Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:43 AM PST

Kelechi Iheanacho's transfer to Manchester City is back on track after it looked like it had collapsed over a delayed payment. MTNFootball.com reveals that agents working on the move to the EPL...

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