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NigerianEye: “Africa’s Biggest Economy: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “Africa’s Biggest Economy: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala” plus 28 more


Africa’s Biggest Economy: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:55 PM PDT

Those upbraiding her say it amounts to vainglory for Nigeria to lay claim to having an economy that is bigger than South Africa's when all indices point to the contrary. They argued that the reality...

Nigerian military plotting to eliminate Muslims - JNI

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:55 PM PDT

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar-led Jama'atu Nasril Islam on Monday in Kaduna State raised the alarm that the Nigerian military are out to wipe out the entire muslims in the name of...

Stop Linking Military to Boko Haram – Borno Governor

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:55 PM PDT

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has described the recent allegation that the Nigerian Armed Forces were supporting the outlawed Boko Haram sect as unfair. He described the comment made...

Why ASUP Strike persists – Nigerian Government

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:54 PM PDT

The Federal Government said the refusal of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, to accept the payment of their N40 billion emolument in two instalments is responsible for the lingering...

Delta paid N500m ransom to free Clark’s son - MEND

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:51 PM PDT

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has said contrary to the claim that no ransom was paid for the release of Ebikeme Clark, the son of Ijaw National Leader, the sum of N500m was...

NURTW member stabs friend to death over N800

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:48 PM PDT

A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lateef Jimoh, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing to death his 33-year-old friend, Nurudeen Adio, over N800. The incident...

Overland aircraft makes air return due to cracked windshield – NAMA

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:45 PM PDT

A domestic flight 1170, operated by Overland Airline with ATR-42 aircraft enroute Abuja from Ibadan, diverted to Lagos on Sunday following a reported cracked windshield. This is contained in a...

I’m not boasting, my privileged background is a statement of fact, says Doyin Okupe

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:43 PM PDT

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has insisted that his claim of having been born rich was a statement of fact and that he was not merely boasting about...

My governorship bid not do-or-die - Omisore

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:35 PM PDT

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that he is not desperate about becoming the governor of the state. Omisore said this in a...

PDP ward congress: One dies, seven arrested in Kwara

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:30 PM PDT

One person was feared dead while two people were wounded during the ward congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State...

AFRICA'S BIGGEST ECONOMY: Why i will not celebrate - Jonathan

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:19 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he will not celebrate the recent feat of the country as the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world. He said, although, the feat calls for celebration...

Jonathan sacks NNPC company secretary

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:15 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday relieved the Coordinator, Legal Services and Company Secretary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Anthony Madichie, of his appointment. No...

How Arisekola-Alao’s son, others allegedly obtained N1.1bn subsidy payment — EFCC

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:13 PM PDT

A prosecution witness, Mr Effa Okim, on Monday told an Ikeja High Court how an oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, allegedly conspired with others to commit N1.1 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Okim, an...

INEC working on new salary structure for staff — Jega

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:12 PM PDT

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday in Abuja said the commission was working on new salary structure for its members of staff. Jega, who...

Federal Government to pay families of Apo killing N10m each

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:10 PM PDT

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has awarded N10 million against Federal Government as compensation to each family of the eight victims of Sept. 20, 2013 killing in Apo, Abuja. Chidi...

Court sentences 27-year-old man to life imprisonment for attempted armed robbery

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:06 PM PDT

An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Olayinka Ayeni, to life imprisonment for assaulting a lady while attempting to snatch her handbag in Meiran area of Lagos. The News...

2007 election results embarrassed me, says Jonathan

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:04 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said the results of the 2007 presidential election that produced the late President Umar Yar'Adua as the President embarrassed him in the international community...

2015: PDP promises free technical assistance to APC

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:03 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed readiness to offer free technical assistance to the All Progressive Congress (APC) on how to organise itself in a democratic setting. This is...

First Lady doesn’t meddle in PDP affairs — Media Asst

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:58 PM PDT

The Media Assistant to the First Lady, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, on Monday debunked the story that Mrs Jonathan had nominated three governors for the 2015 general elections. According to a statement...

Egypt court sentences four gays to prison

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Acourt in Egypt sentenced four men to up to eight years in prison on Monday for practicing homosexuality, a judicial official said. Prosecutors had accused the men of holding "deviant parties" and...

Bomb scare in Minna

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:53 PM PDT

Activities at the Niger State Abdulkareem Lafene Secretariat in Tunga, area of Minna, were grounded for hours Monday following the sighting of an object suspected to be bomb purportedly planted at...

Pistorius takes stand, apologises to Steenkamp family

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:49 PM PDT

A tearful Oscar Pistorius on Monday began his testimony by apologising to the Steenkamp family for all that happened. "There hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that I haven't thought...

Crack in Benue peace committee on Fulani -Tiv crisis

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:44 PM PDT

A  traditional  ruler in  Benue, Chief Daniel Abomtse has described the Brig-Gen. Atom Kpera led Peace committee  on Tiv -Fulani crisis, as nothing but a waste of time and...

Man hits 4-year old Nigerian to death in Abidjan

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:38 PM PDT

A four-year old Nigerian, Kennedy Nwariwe, has been hit to death by a man suspected to be insane in Portbouet, a sub-urban settlement of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire's economic capital. The victim's...

Jonathan hails Mark at 66

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:36 PM PDT

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday extolled what he called the patriotic dedication of the President of the Senate, David Mark, to national unity, peace and progress. In a letter written to...

Law school student commits suicide

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:24 PM PDT

A 30-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Abuja, Auwal Haruna, allegedly committed suicide on Monday by hanging himself on the ceiling fan in his hotel room in Takum. The state Police...

Ghana reports first suspected Ebola case

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:13 PM PDT

Ghana's health authorities have announced the first suspected case of the deadly Ebola disease at the country's second biggest hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi. The...

REVEALED: Military chiefs aiding Boko Haram - Soldier

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:07 PM PDT

A soldier has claimed that he witnessed incidents that suggested some military chiefs work with Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. The soldier told the Voice of America Hausa Service how...

Tinubu’s wife donates $20,000 to Nigerian students in UK

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:38 AM PDT

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has donated $20,000 (about N3.2 million) as take-off fund to assist Nigerian students in various universities in the...

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