Atiku backs US, UK intervention on abducted girls Posted: 09 May 2014 03:48 PM PDT A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he is in support of the offer of military support from the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and others to free the abducted... |
I will not sleep until abducted girls are rescued says Jonathan Posted: 09 May 2014 01:50 PM PDT President Goodluck Jonathan says he will "not sleep" or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, are rescued. He stated this at a world... |
Gunmen kill two in Taraba Posted: 09 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT Gunmen on Friday attacked Kano-Kambarawa Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State and killed two persons. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Taraba command, Joseph Kwajion,... |
VIDEO: We won't stop until they bring back our girls - Genevieve Nnaji Posted: 09 May 2014 03:34 PM PDT Popular Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji was interviwed by CNN on Friday evening. In this short interview she talked about the missing Chibok girls, and did state that Nigerians will not stop... |
Dangote to crash cement prices Posted: 09 May 2014 03:04 PM PDT The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote said that nine million tonnes of cement have been released into the market to stem the escalating cost of the product. Dangote, who disclosed... |
We will probe Chibok raid warnings ‘ignored’ by Army – Maku Posted: 09 May 2014 02:34 PM PDT Minister Of Information, Mr Labaran Maku said on Friday that Federal Government will investigate the Amnesty International report which indicated that the Nigeria's military had advance warning of an... |
Hunt for Nigerian schoolgirls ‘challenging,’ US says Posted: 09 May 2014 02:22 PM PDT US experts arriving in Nigeria to help hunt for more than 200 abducted schoolgirls face a "challenging" task and it's too early to say if they can find them, officials warned Friday. Seven... |
Mandela widow calls on Nigerian government to find girls Posted: 09 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel has broken the customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community to do more to find the 200-plus schoolgirls kidnapped by... |
Police debunk rumour of Boko Haram kidnap in Lagos Posted: 09 May 2014 01:58 PM PDT DSP Ngozi Braide, Lagos State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, has said that the rumour about activities of Boko Haram members in some parts of the state on Friday was false. Braide said... |
#BringBackOurGirls: US specialist team arrive Nigeria, set to start search for missing Chibok girls Posted: 09 May 2014 09:01 AM PDT US experts have arrived in Nigeria to help rescue more than 200 schoolgirls being held hostage by Boko Haram Islamists, an embassy spokeswoman told AFP on Friday. "They are here…the team is on the... |
Nigerian Army ignored warning of Boko Haram kidnap of Chibok girls 4 hours earlier – Amnesty Int'l Posted: 09 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT Nigeria's military had advanced warning of the April 14 attack by Boko Haram that led to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls but failed to take immediate action, Amnesty International said... |
U.S Marine Corps trains Nigerian soldiers in amphibious warfare Posted: 09 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT The U.S Marine Corps Africa, on Friday completed a three-week training for 100 Nigerian soldiers in amphibious and riverine warfare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training which... |
IN PICTURES: #BringBackOurGirls Protest In London Posted: 09 May 2014 09:05 AM PDT Civil society activists, British MPs, Diaspora religious and cultural groups converged on the Nigerian Embassy in London Friday to stage a rally tas part of the increasing global movement to put... |
#BringBackOurGirls: Borno Governor declares 3-day fasting to seek divine intervention to rescue Chibok girls Posted: 09 May 2014 09:04 AM PDT Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Friday declared three days of prayers and fasting to seek divine intervention to rescue the more than 200 school girls abducted by insurgents in Chibok. The governor... |
Clinton Blasts Jonathan Over Corruption Posted: 09 May 2014 09:05 AM PDT Mrs. Hillary Clinton, the former US Secretary of State, has lambasted President Goodluck Jonathan over corruption in Nigeria and the reckless squandering of the nation's oil wealth. While speaking... |
IN PICTURES: Brave Nigerians protest in Maiduguri Posted: 09 May 2014 08:58 AM PDT A group of brave women and men on Friday staged a rally in Maiduguri, the besieged capital of Borno State, to demand the return of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants on April 15. The... |
Woman attacks ex-husband’s genitals with liquid substance Posted: 09 May 2014 08:47 AM PDT An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Friday remanded a 35 year-old woman, Fausat Yakub, in prison for allegedly attacking her ex-husband, Tunde Idris, with a dangerous liquid substance. The prosecutor,... |
WORLD CUP: Why i picked Yobo, Osaze - Keshi Posted: 09 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi is a legend of Nigerian football. With playing spells at ACB, New Nigeria Bank, Africa Sports, Lokeren, Anderlecht, Strasbourg, Molenbeek and Sacramento ... |
Chimamanda accuses Nigerian Government of “denial,” over Half of a Yellow Sun Posted: 09 May 2014 08:21 AM PDT The author of Half of Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Adichie, has accused Nigeria of denial in relation to the events of the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War. Ms. Adichie, in an article... |
Chibok Schoolgirls: Nigerian Government warns against spreading falsehood Posted: 09 May 2014 08:07 AM PDT Following the widespread distribution on various online news sites (Not NigerianEye) of a video allegedly showing one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls buried to her neck and stoned to death at... |
#BringBackOurGirls: Shekau, just being stupid and satanic – Sound Sultan Posted: 09 May 2014 07:28 AM PDT Some of the nation's leading entertainers, on Friday joined in the call for the release of the school girls that were abducted from their school over three weeks ago by Boko Haram. The abduction of... |
Boko Haram atrocities punishable under international law - ICC Posted: 09 May 2014 06:25 AM PDT An International Criminal Court prosecutor has condemned the recent abduction of 234 Nigerian schoolgirls by extremist Islamic group, Boko Haram. Fatou Bensouda said crimes by the sect, fall within... |
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