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NigerianEye: “Multiple Bomb blasts in Jos, over 150 killed” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Multiple Bomb blasts in Jos, over 150 killed” plus 29 more


Multiple Bomb blasts in Jos, over 150 killed

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:26 PM PDT

Two bombs exploded in the central areas of Jos the Plateau state capital yesterday, killing over 150 people. NigerianEYE gathered that while the first bomb blast went off in the market, located at...

IN PICTURES: Jos Market Bombing (Viewer Discretion Is Advised)

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:37 PM PDT

Photos from the scene of  twin bombing of the Terminus market that killed  more than 150 people in Jos , Plateau state North central Nigeria yesterday. More photos below.....Viewer...

Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad contribute troops to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:39 PM PDT

     Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad  will  contribute one battalion of troops each to the international force set up to combat Boko Haram and...

Borno releases N150m to rehabilitate 53 Chibok girls who escaped, parents

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:42 PM PDT

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday said the initial doubt over the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls and the theory that the kidnap was staged managed by his government was as...

No reasonable Nigerian takes Asari Dokubo serious - Gusau

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:18 PM PDT

Special Adviser on Communications and spokesman, Isa Gusau yesterday said his boss, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State will not trade tacklers with a jester like ex -Niger Delta Militant...

Senate approves emergency rule extension in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:17 PM PDT

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously okayed President Goodluck Jonathan's request for the extension of   emergency rule in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Before giving the...

Russian billionaire to pay $4.5bn in world’s ‘most expensive divorce’

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:50 PM PDT

  Russian billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev may lose half his wealth after being ordered to pay his former wife $4.5 billion in a settlement dubbed the "most expensive divorce in history." Elena...

WORLD CUP: Keshi dismisses Argentina

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:51 PM PDT

Stephen Keshi said his focus at the moment is his opening World Cup match against Iran. Nigeria plays Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina, but most of the focus has been on the South American giants....

Police arrest ‘mad man’ with pistol, ammunition in Lagos

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:52 PM PDT

Operatives at the Anti‑Robbery section of the State Criminal Investigation Department ,SCID, Yaba, Lagos, are currently interrogating a 'mad man' in whose possession a double-barrel pistol and four...

Igbo leaders trace B’Haram to introduction of Sharia

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:54 PM PDT

Leaders of 13 Igbo socio-political groups on Tuesday blamed the emergence of the Boko Haram sect on the introduction of Sharia Law during the administration of former Governor Sani Yerima in Zamfara...

El-Rufai sues PDP, Metuh, demands N1.5bn

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:16 PM PDT

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has filed a N1.5bn libel suit before an Abuja High Court in Gudu, against the Peoples Democratic Party and its National...

Explore all options to free girls, Tinubu tells FG

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:55 PM PDT

A former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has said the Federal Government must explore all options to bring back the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist Boko Haram sect....

EFCC shut PDP governorship aspirant’s office

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:56 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sealed the proposed campaign office of the Peoples Democratic Party's governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Mr. Kayode Amusan. The anti-graft...

We’ll defend ourselves against El-Rufai’s suit -PDP

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:17 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party has said it is ready to defend itself against the court case instituted against it by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The...

PDP promises good leadership to Nigerians

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:57 PM PDT

The PDP National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladepo, said the party would continue to provide good leadership to the people in spite of intimidation and blackmail from the opposition. Speaking to newsmen...

IG orders security audit of boarding schools nationwide

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:58 PM PDT

Following the threat by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to attack two boarding schools in Makurdi, Benue State, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered a security audit...

Another court restrains FRSC from invalidating driving licence

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:59 PM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declared that it was unconstitutional for the Federal Road Safety Corps to invalidate driving licences and other vehicle documents which had yet to...

We’ve not chosen Lagos gov candidate – APC

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:01 PM PDT

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday refuted speculations that it had chosen former Accountant-General of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, as its candidate for the 2015...

Pandemonium as hoodlums take over Lagos Street

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:03 PM PDT

Gun reports tore through the sky on Tuesday afternoon after some hoodlums took over Jones Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos State. As of 3.30pm when our correspondent left the area, residents could be seen...

LASU lecturers begin indefinite strike

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:04 PM PDT

Finally, lecturers of the Lagos State University, Ojo on Tuesday commenced an industrial action, which they said was "total, comprehensive and indefinite". Addressing journalists in Lagos, the...

LASTMA, task force officials clash over right to control traffic in Lagos

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:05 PM PDT

Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and men of the Federal Task Force in Lagos clashed in various parts of the state over a disagreement on who was authorised to control traffic...

Why Reps extended emergency rule -Tambuwal

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:10 PM PDT

     The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, said on Tuesday that the House extended the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States to give legal...

Jonathan insincere in anti-terror fight –APC

Posted: 20 May 2014 10:11 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of being insincere in its war against the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. This was contained in the communiqué read on...

Court declines jurisdiction in suit against Jonathan over suspension

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined jurisdiction in a suit filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido, challenging the powers of President Goodluck Jonathan...

N3bn spent on school feeding programme -Aregbesola

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT

Osun State Government spends more than N3bn annually on its home-grown elementary school feeding programme launched by the Federal Government in 2005, Gov. Rauf Aregbesola has said. Aregbesola made...

Two arrested over Kano suicide car bomb

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:53 AM PDT

Two men have been arrested in connection with a suicide car bombing in the northern Nigerian city of Kano that killed four, police said on Tuesday. "Two suspects are now in custody in connection...

Vanished Without a Trace: Where are Nigeria’s “276″ Missing Schoolgirls?

Posted: 20 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT

By Richard Spiropoulos As we honor and pay tribute to mothers across the country in celebration of Mother's Day, the lamentations of distraught mothers, sisters and daughters in the west African...

Ciara & Future Welcome First Child Together

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:47 AM PDT

Ciara and her fiancé Future welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, in the early hours of today.  Ciara has been gushing about her pregnancy non-stop since announcing the news in...

OAU students protest fee hike, block Abuja highway

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:43 AM PDT

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have blocked the Ife-Abuja highway to protest against the new fee regime in the institution. The placard-carrying protesters chanted...

Court orders Pistorius to undergo 30-day mental tests

Posted: 20 May 2014 08:31 AM PDT

South African Olympic and Paralympic track star, Oscar Pistorius, was ordered on Tuesday to undergo a month of psychiatric tests. The test, according to the court, is to find out whether he was...

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