Four ministerial nominees cleared by the Senate some days ago have been sworn-in as Ministers by President Goodluck Jonathan. President Jonathan performed the ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja and also announced their portfolios. They are Ibrahim Shekarau as Minister of Education, Abdul Bulama as Minister of Science and Technology, Stephen Oru as Minister of Niger…
Month: July 2014
APC Will Win Osun Guber Election—Lagos Dep Speaker, Musibau Taiwo
Says It’s Insulting Comparing Jonathan With Obama, Mandela, Others The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Musibau Kolawole Taiwo is not discouraged by the outcome of the Governorship Election in Ekiti State, he believes his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is still a party to beat with a potential to…
Popular Comedian’s Wife In Adultery Mess, Pregnant For Boss
This is not the best of time for a popular Nigerian comedian, who has done well for himself in the comic industry to the extent of having a programme on television. His marriage is in trouble and according to reports, it is as good as over because the matter is already in court. The woman…
Buhari Shuns Council Of States Meeting In Abuja
Former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, is not among the past Nigerian leaders currently present at the National Council of States meeting holding inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is the second in 2014. President Goodluck Jonathan is the chairman of the meeting, which is attended by his Vice, former heads of state, the…
Nyako Impeachment: Panel Holds Sitting Despite Public Holiday
Forces behind the impeachment move against the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, seem to be bent on removing him at all cost. Despite a public holiday declared by the state government on Tuesday, the seven-man panel constituted on Monday by the acting Chief Justice of the state, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, has gone ahead to…
How Policeman Attached To Wema Bank Shot Man In Lagos
Policemen, as Nigerians have been made to believe by the Nigeria Police Force, are meant to be citizens’ friends, but in reality, they have mostly become enemies. There are many cases of extra-judicial killings by these ‘men in black’, as police officers are sometimes called by Nigerians, due to the colour of their uniform. It…
UNCOVERED: Real Reasons Gov Fashola, Derin Disu Fell Out
Derin Braithwaite Disu, the famous society lady and the Special Adviser on Central Business Districts to Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has resigned her appointment. Sources disclosed that, although Disu had conveyed her decision to resign last May through a letter, her exit became official after one month. Disu, who was once chairman of Lagos…
You Don’t Behave Like A Mother—Fans Blast Omotola
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is one of the $exy women in Nollywood, as the movie industry in Nigeria is commonly called. She is also an actress many people look up to because of the intelligence she puts in her job as an actress. Also, she has been able to weather the storm in her marriage despite the…
Soldiers On Rampage In Lagos, Burn BRT Buses
A pix from the rampage Reports reaching our desk confirms that some officers of the Nigerian Army in Lagos have taken over the popular and busy Ikorodu Road. This followed the death of an army officer who was purportedly killed on Friday morning at Palmgrove area of the road by a BRT bus. The deceased…
2015: Ihedioha, Araraume, Others Plot Okorocha's Fall in Imo
Ahead of the 2015 governorship election in Imo State, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, is said to be plotting to sack the incumbent governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, from power. Sources disclosed to Aproko247 that the youthful politician, who is widely believed to have thrown his hat…