The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to a report by Punch on Saturday that during his tenure, the Government House in Uyo, was used a ‘slaughter slab’ for girls. Akpabio, who is now a Senator, made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Anietie Ekong. The…
Many chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were absent at the presentation of three books written in honour of immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola. The occasion was held in Lagos on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Some of the top members of the APC many would have expected to grace the occasion…
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have disclosed that Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar will lead an offensive against members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram in its ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ codename. The insurgents have had a field day for a long time, carrying out several deadly activities in the north east region of the…
*The Looting Inside Gov Ahmed’s Govt Reports reaching us from Kwara State seem not to be a very palatable one. As you read this piece, residents of Kwara have resorted to God to save them from the grip of their governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, who they fear might run the state aground. According to a report…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus An interest group has lashed out at the Deputy of Chief of Staff to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Mrs Ebizi Brown, over her recent comments on prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, last week. In a statement…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has been vindicated in the corruption allegation levelled against him by his successor, Nyesom Wike, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said on Sunday. Rivers APC made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, in Port Harcourt. The party said…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condoled with the government and people of Borno State over the death of their deputy governor, Zannah Umar Mustapha, on Saturday morning in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. In a statement issued on Saturday night in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the Acting National Chairman of…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that the Oba of Egbeda in Alimosho local council area of Lagos State, Oba Samson Alade Balogun, has passed on. The monarch reportedly breathed his last on Friday, August 14, 2015, we were informed by a source in the palace. He was said to have “joined his ancestors” on his way…
The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, has died, Aproko247 has learnt. Mustapha was said to have passed on in Yola in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday, August 15, 2015. He was reportedly sleeping inside a guest room in the Government House in Adamawa, where he had gone to represent…
A report by Punch has revealed how some governors and their aides have turned Government Houses into Sodom and Gomorrah. Below is the story by the newspaper. More than serving as a place to entertain and accommodate visitors of their respective state governments, many Government Guest Houses and Lodges have become grounds where all sorts…