Motorists to get speed limiting device – FRSC

The Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Adegoke Adetunji, has said motorists in the country are expected to get a speed limiting device in their vehicles from next year.The device, which he called speed limiter, would control excessive speeding by motorists, since it would regulate the speed of each vehicle.Adetunji said this on Wednesday at the motor park enlightenment campaign on ‘Safety on the road during the ember months...

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APC has no meaningful programme for Nigeria - PDP

The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday challenged the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC to a debate where achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan led government would form the discourse.According to PDP, the APC which is the main opposition has no meaningful programme for Nigeria.The leadership of the party also insisted that all the forthcoming general elections must hold in the crisis ridden...

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Nigerians in Ghana prisons cry out for help

His name in Igbo language means “Lord bless me”. But today Chigozie is certainly not feeling blessed as he is one of the numerous Nigerians currently serving various jail terms in Ghanaian prisons.He was arrested at the airport in Ghana while trying to smuggle Marijuana to Hong Kong and was subsequently sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Chigozie’s health is said to have deteriorated, allegedly due to the poor condition of the prison. They (inmates)...

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Boko Haram bombs 5 soldiers, 30 hunters

No fewer than 35 people, including five military personnel and a local hunter, were said to have been killed by a bomb explosion yesterday morning around Mararaba-Mubi area of Adamawa State.An eyewitness told newsmen in Yola, the state capital, that a combined team of the military and hunters were on routine patrol of the area following their successful recapture of Mubi town when the bomb planted by the insurgents exploded, killing 35 of them...

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Nigeria's Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke Elected First OPEC Female President

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been elected the first female president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).Alison-Madueke was elected President of OPEC Thursday at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria.She replaces former President of OPEC, Libyan Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman Atahar Al-Ahirish.She was before her election this morning the...

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Why we can’t sack Keshi — NFF

The leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation have admitted that their hands are tied where Stephen Keshi’s tenure as coach of the Eagles is concerned.Nigerians are calling for the resignation of Keshi following his failure to qualify Nigeria for next year’s AFCON defence of the title he won in 2013.'But the Edo born coach still wants to remain as coach.He is yet to be offered a new deal and the NFF have been silent on his future, a situation...

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PICTURES: China opens 100-bed Ebola treatment center in Liberia

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaks at the opening ceremony of the Ebola treatment center in Monrovia on Nov. 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Jiang Heng) Chinese soldiers stand at attention at the opening ceremony of the Ebola treatment center in Monrovia on Nov. 25, 2014.(Xinhua/Jiang Heng) This photo taken on Nov. 25, 2014 shows the Ebola treatment center built by China in Monrovia.(Xinhua/Jiang Heng...

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Sierra Leone Ebola burial teams dump bodies in street

Burial workers in eastern Sierra Leone were sacked Tuesday after snatching Ebola victims from a mortuary and dumping their bodies in the street in a pay dispute.The workers, who were on a one-day strike over non-payment of risk allowances, left at least a dozen corpses around the public hospital in the city of Kenema, once one of the epicentres of the epidemic.“I am disappointed that they displayed the bodies because of the quest for money,” Paul...

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44-year old woman who was barren for 18 years gives birth to quadruplets

A 44-year old woman, Mrs Clara Dominique, who has been looking for a child for 18 years, was delivered of quadruplets last Saturday in Benin, the Edo State capital.The quadruplets comprise three girls and a boy.They were delivered at the Graceland Medical Centre in the ancient city.Mrs. Clara said she got married in 1996, adding that it was God’s grace that kept her and her husband throughout the years of childlessness.The happy mother said she...

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Nigerian Man Sentenced To Death For Drug Trafficking

A 35 year old Nigerian man was sentenced to death today November 25th by a Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 251.66 gm of methapethamine.Abuchi Ngwoke, was arrested in May 2012 at a Malaysian airport. He had swallowed the drugs.Abuchi Ngwoke, 35, was found guilty by Justice Datuk Zulkifli Bakar, of committing the offence at Melaka General Hospital between 5 am on May 23 and 2.50 pm on May 25, 2012.The judge said the defence had failed to...

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Two Female suicide bombers in hijab hit Maiduguri market, kill 67

At least 67 people were feared dead and about 98 others seriously injured yesterday when two female suicide bombers hit a popular Monday market along One-Way Road, Chalarams, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.Over 30 shops and 25 vehicles were also destroyed.The explosion, whose sound was heard across the metropolis, occurred at about 11:11am.It went off at a place that has huge concentration of people buying and selling.NigerianEye gathered...

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