Day: February 20, 2014

The ousted controversial Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that he would challenge the Federal Government’s action when he returns to the country. Sanusi was suspended from office on Thursday by President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged ‘financial recklessness’. The former CBN boss was directed to hand over to the…

Balat Goes Home Next Thursday

Late Senator Isaiah Balat would be buried next week Thursday, Aproko247 has learnt. The former Minister of Works died on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. It was gathered that the late lawmaker will be buried at his hometown in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. He was…

Jonathan Fires Sanusi

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement released in Abuja on Thursday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, ordered the controversial chief banker to hand over to the most senior CBN Deputy Governor, “Dr Sarah…

“You will in coming days see your refinery bombed,” wanted leader of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened in a new video released on Wednesday. Shekau, in a 28-minute video, vowed to attack Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. He said in Hausa language, “Niger Delta, you are in trouble.” The Boko…

Presidential Snub: Olubadan Rages

Prominent Yoruba monarch, Samuel Odulana Odugade, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, has expressed his anger for being neglected by President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited Oyo State last weekend. Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State. The President paid a courtesy visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III on Saturday, but failed to…