On Wednesday, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly protested against Senator Dino Melaye for insulting the former Lagos State First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, at an executive session of the Senate last week. The legislators stormed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja, to register their displeasure over Melaye’s action.…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has fired the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin was axed on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. No cogent reason was given for the action. Recall that Jibrin, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from Kano State, had serious disagreements with his…
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has been nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari for the chairmanship position of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Also, the President forwarded the name of Nsima Ekere to the Senate to be considered as Managing Director of the Commission. At the moment, former Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, is…
Ebireri Henry Ovie Key stakeholders in the Nigerian State on Wednesday rejected the progressive dehumanization of those that contributed to the unity, stability and growth of the country and also complained about the unethicalness in the reports of the Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces. At a meeting of top…
Partner of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, WBFA, PharmAccess Foundation, has been commended for the 2016 Financial Times/International Finance Corporation Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development: Maternal & Infant Health. PharmAccess Foundation works in a public-private partnership with the Kwara State Health Insurance Program; the private insurer, Hygeia Community Health Care; and the Health…
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has instructed her lawyers to file a suit against the governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. Last month, the governor claimed Aisha Buhari was the person implicated in the Halliburton corruption scandal, but the President’s wife denied being the one. She thereafter demanded an apology from Fayose or be…
Former Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Sace A Dumba, was on Wednesday grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Aproko247 gathered that the former deputy Speaker was questioned at the Gombe zonal office of the Commission over his alleged role in the sharing of N500 million to…
An alleged supplier of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, to the terrorists group called Boko Haram has been apprehended by operatives of the Quick Reinforcement Force, QRF, of 251 Battalion, 7 Div Gar on routine checks. The gallant soldiers stopped a truck loaded with 25 jerry cans of petrol and other goods cleverly covered and concealed…
Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Sanusi Garba Rikiji, has been arrested by officials of the Department of State Service, DSS, in the state. Also apprehended by the secret police were the deputy speaker of the Assembly, Muhammad Abubakar Gumi; the majority leader, Isah Abdulmumini and the chief whip, Abdullahi Dansadau. It was…
Some students of the Niger Delta University students recently took to the streets to demonstrate the closure of their school. Students of the institution in Bayelsa State blocked some roads in their area to kick against the strike embark upon by their lecturers. Lecturers of the school stayed away from work after government failed to…