NigerianEye: “REVEALED: Negotiator involved in bid to free abducted schoolgirls” plus 27 more

REVEALED: Negotiator involved in bid to free abducted schoolgirls
#BringBackOurGirls: Tears flow as Mothers protest abduction of 234 school girls
REVEALED: Jonathan plans to sack more 'arrogant' aides
IN PICTURES: #BringBackOurGirls Oby Ezekwesili leads protest in Abuja over missing school girls
FG extends confab by six weeks
National Conference: Yoruba delegates reject North’s document
Memo: I wasn’t grilled by police, says Nyako
We can publish names, pictures of victims, says Borno
Fayose planning to burn his office, then blame us - APC
FIFA probes match-fixing allegation against Nigeria
Lagos Island issues shoot- on-sight order on hoodlums
We cannot use heavy power attack because we will kill the school girls, we will free them - Chief of Defence Staff Staff
Atletico beat Chelsea, set up all-Madrid final
Kidnapped Girls: Nigerians should please pray for us - Military
Nigerian man arrested for defrauding American lady of N56 million via dating website
How Nigeria is romancing terrorism, By Dele Agekameh
Release names, pictures of abducted girls - PDP
14yr old girl kills another 14yr old girl after Facebook fight over a boy
Spanish police arrest Dani Alves banana thrower suspect
A government’s cluelessness, information blackout and our missing schoolgirls - Garba Shehu
Okonjo-Iweala faces contempt charges over statutory transfers
Pregnant road sweeper crushed to death by tanker driver
Senator raises the alarm over Boko Haram’s Taraba base
Al Mustapha sues Islamic preacher for ‘defamation’
150 S’Africans in Nigeria vote in country’s elections
Chinese PM leads 129- member delegation to Nigeria
Abducted students: Senate raises committee to meet Jonathan
Nigeria wants civil war averted in Ukraine

REVEALED: Negotiator involved in bid to free abducted schoolgirls

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:37 PM PDT

A hostage negotiator has moved to broker a deal between the government and Boko Haram for the safe release of the more than 200 girls abducted by insurgents from their hostel in Chibok, Borno...

#BringBackOurGirls: Tears flow as Mothers protest abduction of 234 school girls

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:38 PM PDT

Aggrieved mothers and other indigenes of Chibok, Borno State, today in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, staged a protest to demand the immediate rescue or release of the more than 200 secondary school girls...

REVEALED: Jonathan plans to sack more 'arrogant' aides

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:39 PM PDT

More aides of President Goodluck Jonathan who are considered to be arrogant and not adding value to his second term ambition may soon be sacked. Already, the President and the National Chairman of...

IN PICTURES: #BringBackOurGirls Oby Ezekwesili leads protest in Abuja over missing school girls

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:40 PM PDT

About 1,000 Nigerians today stormed the gate of the National Assembly, protesting government complacency in securing the release of more than 200 female pupils of Federal Government Girls Secondary...

FG extends confab by six weeks

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:48 PM PDT

The Federal Government has extended the duration of the National Conference by six weeks. Under the new arrangement, the conference will now end on July 31 instead of the earlier June 19 when the...

National Conference: Yoruba delegates reject North’s document

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:44 PM PDT

Yoruba young delegates from the South-West on Tuesday rejected an "offensive document" circulated by their northern counterparts. The delegates expressed dismay about the document titled, 'Issues...

Memo: I wasn’t grilled by police, says Nyako

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:36 PM PDT

The governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Wednesday decried what he said were attempts by a faceless group to cause friction between his administration and the police. Nyako also said news...

We can publish names, pictures of victims, says Borno

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:33 PM PDT

The Borno State government yesterday said it would publish the names and pictures of the abducted girls, if permitted. Governor Kashim Shettima spoke yesterday in reaction to a statement by the...

Fayose planning to burn his office, then blame us - APC

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:28 PM PDT

Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation has alleged that former governor, Ayo Fayose is planning to set part of his office ablaze and blame same on the supporter of the All Progressives Congress. The...

FIFA probes match-fixing allegation against Nigeria

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:24 PM PDT

The world football governing body FIFA has started investigation into a recent allegation that the Super Eagles' 2010 World Cup qualifying matches were rigged for them. The spokesperson for the...

Lagos Island issues shoot- on-sight order on hoodlums

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:17 PM PDT

The Security Council, Lagos Island East Council Development Area, has ordered a shoot-on-sight order to the police on people found carrying guns and other weapons capable of inflicting injuries on...

We cannot use heavy power attack because we will kill the school girls, we will free them - Chief of Defence Staff Staff

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 03:37 PM PDT

Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, has said the military was avoiding the use of heavy power attacks on the abductors of school girls in Chibok, Borno, for the sake of the girls'...

Atletico beat Chelsea, set up all-Madrid final

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Atletico Madrid set up a Champions League final against city rivals Real Madrid after coming from behind to win 3-1 at Chelsea in their semi-final second leg on Wednesday. After a 0-0 draw in the...

Kidnapped Girls: Nigerians should please pray for us - Military

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:38 AM PDT

The military has urged Nigerians to pray for a successful outcome in their efforts to free the remaining 230 girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. Chris Olukolade,...

Nigerian man arrested for defrauding American lady of N56 million via dating website

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:39 AM PDT

The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, has arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly operating an internet fraud syndicate that specializes in defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women who are in...

How Nigeria is romancing terrorism, By Dele Agekameh

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:40 AM PDT

In recent times, Nigeria has been bedeviled by all sorts of vices and problems so much that when the country is trying to solve one, another one or so many other new problems tumble in. The rapidity...

Release names, pictures of abducted girls - PDP

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:40 AM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the authorities of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, to release the names and pictures of the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko...

14yr old girl kills another 14yr old girl after Facebook fight over a boy

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:06 AM PDT

A 14-year-old Chicago girl accused of killing another girl in a dispute over a boy tried unsuccessfully to fire a gun before someone fixed it for her and handed it back to her so she could open fire,...

Spanish police arrest Dani Alves banana thrower suspect

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:43 AM PDT

Spanish police say they have arrested a spectator suspected of throwing a banana at Barcelona's Brazilian footballer Dani Alves last weekend. The racist incident took place as the player was about...

A government’s cluelessness, information blackout and our missing schoolgirls - Garba Shehu

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:24 AM PDT

I am sure many of our readers still remember the story of Julie Ward, the 28-year old British wildlife photographer who was killed in Kenya in 1988. Julie went missing on a lonely photography...

Okonjo-Iweala faces contempt charges over statutory transfers

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:11 AM PDT

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is facing contempt charges for disobeying a judgment on statutory transfers delivered at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in respect of a suit...

Pregnant road sweeper crushed to death by tanker driver

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:49 AM PDT

A pregnant road sweeper working with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been crushed to death. The deceased identified as Mrs. Kikelomo Bamidele was crushed at Ojota, Lagos,...

Senator raises the alarm over Boko Haram’s Taraba base

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:35 AM PDT

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha from Taraba state on Wednesday, raised a fresh alarm on the floor of the senate that a strange helicopter had been dropping strange armed personnel and equipment in the Dakar...

Al Mustapha sues Islamic preacher for ‘defamation’

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:12 AM PDT

Former Chief Security Officer to the Late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Wednesday dragged a Kaduna based Islamic preacher, Sheikh Sanusi Khalil before the Upper Shariah Court, Daura...

150 S’Africans in Nigeria vote in country’s elections

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:05 AM PDT

About 150 South Africans on Wednesday cast their votes in Nigeria ahead of their national and provincial elections slated for May 7. Consul-General of South African High Commission, Mokgethi...

Chinese PM leads 129- member delegation to Nigeria

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT

The Chinese Premier, Mr. Li Keqiang, will be leading a high powered 129-member delegation to Nigeria on a three day visit. The visit is slated for May 6-8. The Premier, who will be visiting...

Abducted students: Senate raises committee to meet Jonathan

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 08:56 AM PDT

The Senate has constituted a 22-man committee to meet President Goodluck Jonathan over the abducted 234 female students in Borno State. Senate President, David Mark, would lead 21 other Senators to...

Nigeria wants civil war averted in Ukraine

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 04:38 AM PDT

Nigeria has warned that a civil war in Ukraine can destabilise the international community and wants all concerned parties to resort to dialogue to resolve the conflict. Nigeria's Permanent...