On Tuesday, the Senate screened 10 ministerial nominees sent to red chambers by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. Immediately after members of the upper legislative chambers returned from a closed-session on Tuesday morning, they commenced the exercise, which lasted over five hours. Kayode Fayemi and Abdulrahman Dambazau were among the nominees quizzed with the longest…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, says he has not been served a suit reportedly filed by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed. It was reported that Mohammed approved a Lagos High Court in Ikeja seeking N500 million as damages for an alleged defamation of his…
Former governor of Ekiti State and also a ministerial nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari, Kayode Fayemi, has finally debunked rumour that he acquired beds in the Government House in Ado-Ekiti for N50 million. Shortly after handing over to the incumbent governor of the state, Ayo Fayose, in October 2014, Fayemi came under heavy criticisms over…
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), has informed his men that he will not condone corruption in the service. Ali made this known during a familiarization visit to Customs formations and stakeholders in Lagos on Monday. The retired military officer urged his men to sit up because his tenure is…
The Senate, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, confirmed that a ministerial nominee, Amina Mohammed, would be screened as a nominee from Gombe State, not Kaduna. There had been controversies over the true state of origin of Amina and there were moves to disqualify her. Petitions were received from some indigenes of Kaduna State, who kicked…
According to reports reaching us, military officers are in a gun battle with suspected terrorists at Inike axis in Okene local government area of Kogi State. It was gathered that some members of the insurgents first opened fire at the soldiers after sighting the officers, who retaliated. However, this magazine could not confirm the number…
Ten ministerial nominees will be screened on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, by the Senate, according to the order of proceedings released. Among these nominees are National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed and former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi. Also to be grilled today are Audu Ogbe, Amina Ibrahim Mohammed…
Contrary to the belief that Heritage Bank Limited would mesmerize the banking industry following its acquisition of Enterprise Bank Plc, the opposite is what is set to happen. Information available to Aproko247 revealed that Heritage Bank Plc is rather set to bring retrogression to the industry, as it is set to sack thousands of its…