Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has maintained that Nigerians living abroad will not vote in 2015 when the next general elections hold in the country. The INEC boss stated this at a three-day National Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform held in Abuja on Wednesday. Jega, represented by INEC Commissioner,…
Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Wednesday, explained why he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, to join the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. According to Shekarau, he made the political switch on January 29, 2014 due to ‘injustice’ at the APC. The founding member of the APC, after a meeting of stakeholders…
Manchester City continued their fine form on Wednesday night as they defeated Tottenham at home by 5-1 in a Barclays Premium League match. The win also shot City to the top of the League table ahead of Arsenal, after playing a 2-2 draw against Southampton on Tuesday night. Spurs were reduced to 10 men when…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has set up a three-man committee to compile a comprehensive list of atrocities committed by the state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, since he assumed the office in February 2013. The three-man panel is headed by Chief Andy Nweye, with Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze as Secretary…
Daughter of billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga, Bella Adenuga-Disu, will be having her second child any moment from now, Aproko247 has reliably learnt. Gist whispered to us by some roving birds has it that Bella, who is the Globacom boss’ favourite child, will soon put to bed in the United States of America, where she is…
Information just reaching our news desk confirms that the 320 Boko Haram suspects apprehended by the Rivers State Police Command three days ago have regained freedom. Recall that few days ago, some Northerners, believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists group, were reportedly arrested by the police in the Rivers State. They…
Gunmen on Monday night stormed Amodu Street, off Akala Street, Mushin, Lagos State, killing an eight-month pregnant woman, Musili Bello, and her 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Olowu. Punch Metro learnt that a commercial motorcycle rider, identified simply as Baba Monday, was also shot to death in the operation which was said to have lasted for about…
On Wednesday morning, 11 Senators of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Senate President, according to Lai Mohammed, was formally written to on the development. As part of our effort to update our readers, we have now gotten hold of the list of the 11 defecting Senators. They…
Must Lai Mohammed lie to be relevant in the All Progressives Congress (APC)? Even when other discerning members of his party make public statements that are devoid of the bias that has been his lot, he declares the opposite as the spokesman of a party that is trying to win the hearts of Nigerians. An…
Aproko247 has learnt that 11 Senators elected under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, at the National Assembly have defected to the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. This news was confirmed by the interim National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed, in a press statement. He stated that the affected…