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NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Another bomb blast hits Nyanya, Abuja...scores dead” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “BREAKING NEWS: Another bomb blast hits Nyanya, Abuja...scores dead” plus 29 more


BREAKING NEWS: Another bomb blast hits Nyanya, Abuja...scores dead

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:28 PM PDT

A fresh explosion has been reported in the Nyanya area of Abuja. Lifeless bodies at the spot the blast occuredResidents of the area say they heard the explosion on Thursday evening close to the...

Schoolgirls Abduction: 4 battalions mobilise for Sambisa forest

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:30 PM PDT

Seventeen days after 234 students of the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists and the public outcry that have continued to greet the alleged...

ABUJA BOMB BLAST: How it happened – NEMA

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT

Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Sanni Sidi disclosed that yesterday's bomb blast happened when a parked car with explosives exploded. Speaking with Journalists at...

Barber stabs graduate to death during Chelsea/Atletico match

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:31 PM PDT

When on Wednesday 29-year-old Saheed Badmus went to a viewing centre on Lamina Street, Egbe, Lagos State, to watch the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Chelsea Football Club and...

#BringBackOurGirls: We will march to Sambisa forest naked to rescue our children - Mothers

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:32 PM PDT

A mother of one of the abducted girls, who gave her name simply as Ajoke , speaking to the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, monitored in Kaduna on Thursday said the parents...

Orthopaedic hospital sacks two nurses for wearing hijab

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:40 PM PDT

Two female nurses of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi Lagos (NOHIL) have been sacked for wearing hijab while on duty. Members of Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit,...

Open letter to Boko Haram - Iyabo Obasanjo

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:35 PM PDT

Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has accused those in President Goodluck Jonathan's inner circle of being a hindrance to the resolution of the crisis posed by the Boko Haram insurgency. In an open letter to...

Nationwide protests for the release of abducted school girls

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:33 PM PDT

The non-release of over 200 abducted female pupils of the Government Girls' Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, topped the agenda of the Workers' Day celebrations across the country on...

The truth about 234 Chibok schoolgirls - Niran Adedokun

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:34 PM PDT

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" – Nelson Mandela Over and above every act of irresponsibility to the nation and others in...

#BringBackOurGirls: APC blasts Kema Chikwe's comments comments on kidnapped school girls

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:36 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is stupefied by the comments credited to PDP National Women Leader Kema Chikwe in which she expressed doubts about the abduction of over 200 school...

Kutigi denies extension of Conference by 6 weeks

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:59 PM PDT

Chairman, National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi Thursday reiterated that his leadership has no powers to extend the duration of the on- going national conference, just as he said that if it...

Vote for me, see wonders, Fayose tells Ekiti workers

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:53 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said there are better days ahead for workers, if he becomes the governor of the state. Fayose said this on...

Borno should continue with updates on abducted girls -DHQ

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:50 PM PDT

The Defence Headquarters has said henceforth, all enquiries on the abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, be directed to the Borno State Government. The Director of Defence...

Peter Okoye celebrates family reunion with Bentley GT 2014

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:48 PM PDT

One of the singing duo of P-square, Peter Okoye, who was recently reconciled with his brothers, Paul and Jude, has celebrated the reconciliation and reunion with a gift to pamper himself. The ...

Fire guts Kaduna dep gov’s bedroom

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:45 PM PDT

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga, on Thursday escaped death following fire in his bedroom at his official residence along Tafawa Balewa Way in the metropolis. At the...

Aregbesola will soon be jailed - Omisore

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:42 PM PDT

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, says Governor Rauf Aregbesola will soon be jailed. He said this in Osogbo on Thursday at a...

Brazil 2014: NFF, Keshi to release provisional list May 6

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:38 PM PDT

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi is expected to meet with the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation Tuesday, May 6 at the Glass House, Abuja. The meeting will dwell on the...

Westerhof arrives, speaks on Keshi, Ike Uche

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:31 PM PDT

Clemens Westerhof, arguably, Nigeria's best ever foreign coach, arrived the country Wednesday night and continued to speak on Nigeria's chances at the 2014 World Cup. He spoke on the qualities...

Aregbesola seeks foreign support against Boko Haram

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:28 PM PDT

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has called on security agencies in all African countries to rally round their Nigerian counterparts to win the war against the Boko Haram...

No going back on competency test, says Oshiomhole

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:24 PM PDT

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said the competency test for teachers will hold in the interest of the Edo child. Addressing workers at the May Day rally yesterday, the governor said he...

Photos: #BringBackOurGirls protest in Kaduna

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:21 PM PDT

Women in Kaduna state took to the streets today May 1st to demand the release of schoolgirls that were abducted from their hostel in Chibok, Borno state on April 15th.

FG not supporting northern govs’ development efforts – US

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:01 PM PDT

The United States has said that efforts being made by the northern state governments in addressing the Boko Haram's appeal in the region are not getting required support from the Federal...

Nigeria not a poor nation – Jonathan

Posted: 01 May 2014 06:32 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, faulted the World Bank report which placed Nigeria among the five poorest countries in the world, saying "the nation is not poor.'' Addressing workers at...

Confusion as fuel-laden tanker burst into flames in Lagos

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:16 AM PDT

A tanker laden with 33,000 litres of kerosene on Thursday caught fire, causing pandemonium in Lekki Phase 1, a highbrow estate in Lagos. According to fire fighters, although there was no casualty,...

Police arrest 7 suspected armed robbers in Lagos

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT

The police in Lagos arrested seven suspected armed robbers between April 24 and April 30. The command's Public Relations Officer, Mrs Ngozi Braide, made this known in an interview with the News...

Another Film industry icon passes on

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:07 AM PDT

Barely forty eight hours after the demise of one of the most important women filmmakers in Africa, Amaka Igwe, the industry has also lost an icon – Akin Oni (Sparks). While Amaka clearly excelled...

Adamu Attah, first Kwara civilian Governor dies

Posted: 01 May 2014 03:50 PM PDT

The first civilian Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Adamu Atah is dead. He was said to have died at Abuja on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that he could be buried today according to islamic...

Wash Pam, former deputy senate president is dead

Posted: 01 May 2014 03:50 PM PDT

A former Deputy Senate President, Senator John Wash Pam is dead. Wash Pam died at about 1.25 pm on Thursday at the National Hospital Abuja of complications arising from prostate cancer. He is...

JTF destroys 9 illegal refineries, impounds crude laden barge

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:44 AM PDT

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta said that it destroyed nine illegal refineries and impounded a barge laden with suspected stolen crude in multiple raids on oil thieves. A statement...

#BringBackOurGirls: Chris Brown, Keri Hilson others call on Nigerian govt. to rescue abducted schoolgirls

Posted: 01 May 2014 03:16 AM PDT

American music superstar, Chris Brown has joined thousands of others all over the world to demand for action from the Nigerian government to facilitate the release of 234 schoolgirls abducted from...

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