Prior to the June 12, 1993 election presumably won by Chief MKO Abiola, nobody knew who the National Co-ordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams was. Infact, OPC was formed as a consequence of the perceived injustice meted to the Yorubas after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election by former…
Aproko247 has learnt that a Nigerian actor, Solomon Akiyesi, was recently blessed with car and cash gifts by a popular Abuja-based man of God, Bro Joshua Iginla, whose ministry has been expanding to other African countries lately. We gathered that Akiyesi got a brand new Toyota Sequoia SUV and a cash gift of N550,000 from…
The management of Lagos State University, LASU, has directed the closure of the institution. This order was made on Monday by authorities of the school. According to a statement issued by a representative of the institution, students and employees of LASU are directed to leave the school premises on Monday, March 23, 2015. This decision…
The World Water Day has become a phenomena event, celebrated by the world over because of the importance of water in our society. World Water Day is celebrated annually on the 22nd of March, with this year theme being ‘water and sustainable development’. It is a day to make a difference, a day to remind…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The defection of erstwhile Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Engr. Tele Ikuru, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been described as good riddance to bad rubbish by the Rivers APC. In a statement he issued on Sunday in Port Harcourt shortly after Ikuru announced his…
By: Kayode Odunaro No doubt political violence is a regular but avoidable part of our partisan politics as a result of inability of some politicians to abide by the basic tenets of democratic practice. The incidence of violence is heightened during electoral campaigns when some political candidates for various offices face each other in a…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to jettison its plans to post military officers to polling stations across the country for the March 28 and April 11, 2015 general elections. Justice Ibrahim Buba ruled that the use of military for the polls is “unconstitutional and undemocratic.” Some Nigerians, especially…
The family of former Nigeria’s civilian President, Shehu Shagari, has reacted to a death rumour trailing the 90-year-old man, who recently celebrated his birthday. On Sunday, there were rumours that the ex-president was dead. But in a statement issued on Sunday afternoon by the Shehu Shagari Foundation, it was pointed out that Shehu Shagari is…
Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His action is coming nearly a week to the presidential election in Nigeria. Ikuru left the ruling party in Rivers State along with his supporters.…
Aproko247 has learnt that the Governor Theodore Orji-led Abia State government has removed a Director of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ASOPADEC, Christian Onuoha, over the death of an 11-year-old girl, who was r@ped to death recently. Onuoha is the Director of Administration representing the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in…