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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

NigerianEye: “Mexico 0-0 Nigeria: Goal keepers shine as match ends in scoreless draw” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Mexico 0-0 Nigeria: Goal keepers shine as match ends in scoreless draw” plus 29 more


Mexico 0-0 Nigeria: Goal keepers shine as match ends in scoreless draw

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:24 PM PST

Despite each team having scoring chances throughout, Mexico and Nigeria played to a 0-0 draw in front of a record crowd of 68,220 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The goalkeepers kept their...

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US freezes $458 million stolen by Nigeria dictator Abacha

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:30 PM PST

The United States said Wednesday it had ordered a freeze on $458 million in assets stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his accomplices and hidden in European accounts. The Justice...

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I ‘ve two kids If killed, life isn’t worth living for me – First Lady

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:30 PM PST

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday appealed to Nigerian youths to always put the nation first and embrace peace to foster development in the country. Jonathan said this while...

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I raped my daughter to get a job – Father

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:27 PM PST

A 42-year-old father, Pedro Anegbe, has told an Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court that a spirit asked him to rape his 15-year-old daughter to get a job. He said the voice ordred him to rape the girl...

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I don't know my real age - Obasanjo

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:25 PM PST

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has admitted publicly that he does not know his real age. Obasanjo, who spoke at an African Regional Summit organised as part of activities commemorating his 77th...

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Popular Fuji musician, Obesere arrested by the police for alleged rape

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PST

Popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya in his...

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Abacha's children blast Wole Soyinka

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:25 PM PST

The daughter of late dictator, Sani Abacha, Gumsu, has attacked Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, pointing out that she was a lover of books written by Soyinka at her younger age but now, she finds...

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Gunmen kill 16, burn 200 houses In Plateau

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PST

The orgy of violence in Plateau State continued on Tuesday with the killing of 16 people by gunmen in the Riyom Local Government Area. At least 200 houses were burnt in the mayhem which...

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Letter to Wole Soyinka: Ayo Sogunro replies Sadiq Abacha

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:27 PM PST

Following the Open Letter written by Sadiq Abacha which lashed Professor Wole Soyinka over his remarks on why he boycotted the Centenary celebrations which he called an insult to "share an award with...

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Re-inventing Igbo politics in Nigeria, By Femi Aribisala

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:26 PM PST

Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo are without a doubt, one of the most remarkable. So remarkable, indeed, that some have even traced their ancestry to biblical Israel, as the...

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Fashola accuses military personnel of land grabbing

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:23 PM PST

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday accused some military personnel in the state of acquiring land illegally, saying; "They acquire land without seeking the government's...

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Why Boko Haram has defied military might

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:06 PM PST

Boko Haram's enigmatic nature seems to be its staying power. As New York Times reports, the group has defied the military and it seems the people are on their own Africa's deadliest terror group,...

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Heart-Broken OAU student commits suicide beacuse of lover

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:56 PM PST

A 400-level Law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Ige Dipo, has committed suicide at his residence outside the campus of the university few days after his lover broke up with...

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International Friendly: Portugal tears Cameroon apart

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:39 PM PST

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to become Portugal's all-time leading goalscorer and inspire his nation to a 5-1 thrashing of Cameroon. The Real Madrid star was making his 110th international...

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Jonathan sacks Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:14 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. He has therefore directed one of the the 11 newly sworn in ministers, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, to take over from...

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Reps summon Anyim over N767m hotel bills

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:09 PM PST

The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, to explain his office's role in the N1.2bn fund spent by the Presidential...

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ALLEGED VIRGINITY TEST: Finger-in-private part Pastor arrested

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:20 PM PST

A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in the western Nigerian state of Ogun after the police were told he serially fingered a female member of his church to test her virginity. Identified as...

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10 days later, President Jonathan's cousin is still in kidnappers den

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:07 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan's septuagenarian cousin, Inengite Nitabai, is still languishing in kidnappers' den 10 days after he was whisked away by his assailants. Nitabai, a compound chief in...

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FG shuts five Federal Unity Schools in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:53 PM PST

Owing to the spate of Boko Haram attacks on schools in the North East, the Federal Government has shut down five Federal Unity Colleges in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. Supervising Minister of...

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Benzema shines as France defeat Netherlands in friendly

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:50 PM PST

A razor-sharp Karim Benzema led France to a stylish 2-0 home victory over fellow World Cup finalists the Netherlands in a friendly on Wednesday. The French were greatly helped by the miserable...

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South Africa thrashed 5-0 by Brazil

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PST

Neymar scored a hat-trick as Brazil ended a run of narrow victories over South Africa by cruising to a 5-0 triumph at Soccer City stadium in Soweto on Wednesday. Oscar opened the scoring on 10...

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Yahoo stops Facebook, Google sign-in credentials

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:39 PM PST

Yahoo on Wednesday confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google. The shift began with the Yahoo Sports...

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Prostitutes jailed 3 months for loitering in Lagos

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:22 PM PST

A Tinubu Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced two prostitutes to three months imprisonment each for loitering and disorderly conduct. The convicts are Blessing Esu, 28, and Rita Ume,...

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2 killed over N1000 in Abia

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:19 PM PST

Tragedy struck, last weekend, at Obegu Autonomous Community in Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of Abia State when two youths, Nkwachukwu Onyeukwu and Eze Kafor, lost their lives over...

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The Canonisation Of Terror By Wole Soyinka

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:07 PM PST

The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent Boko Harma atrocity in Yobe is most likely to have overwhelmed a tiny footnote to that outrage, small indeed,...

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APC urges FG to come clean on reasons for fuel scarcity

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:04 PM PST

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the ongoing debilitating fuel scarcity that has further compounded the pains...

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Women, men sit on train roof as fuel scarcity bites harder

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:55 PM PST

The Nigerian Railway Corporation's (NRC) Taskforce for arresting passengers who sit on the roof of train coaches were on Wednesday stunned to see women among such passengers. The defiant women...

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Jonathan swears-in new ministers

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:53 PM PST

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in 11 ministers and assigned them portfolios. During the ceremony which took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, the president...

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FG to reduce tariff on imported rice

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:50 PM PST

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday said the Federal Government was contemplating a downward review of tariff on importation of rice. Okonjo-Iweala, who disclosed this...

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Couple docked for allegedly fighting nude in public

Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:22 AM PST

A man and his wife were on Wednesday arraigned in an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court sitting at Isabo for allegedly fighting nude in public over alleged infidelity. The accused, Kehinde Soetan, 37, ...

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