A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has gone back to school to pursue a programme in Law. Chidoka, who was a Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, before his appointment as Minister by former president Goodluck Jonathan, was among those matriculated by Baze University in Abuja on Saturday. Baze University is…
Month: March 2016
$1m Cash Found in Badeh’s N1.1b Abuja Mansion
According to a report by Punch, not less than $1 million cash was found in the Abuja property of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The said amount was reportedly discovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, when his house at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja,…
Lagos Kidnap: 12 Of Us Planned It—Suspect
Leader of the gang that abducted three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos last Monday, Emmanuel Arigidi, has explained how they planned and carried out the operation. Arigidi told journalists on Sunday in Alausa, Ikeja, that 12 of them were involved in the abduction. According to him, the operation was planned at…
Wike Plans To Bribe Ogonis With Blood Money—Rivers APC
By Nwaorgu Faustinus Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said its attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, SSG, Kenneth Kobani, that the Rivers State Government will pay compensation to some families in Ogoni over the recent crisis in the area. The APC in a…
Gory Photos: James Ocholi's Accident Scene
It was a dark Sunday for the family of Ocholi because they lost one of their illustrious sons to a road mishap in Kaduna. James Ocholi, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, lost his life in a fatal auto accident alongside his son. Here are pictures from the scene of the accident courtesy…
10-Man United Crash At West Brom
Manchester United suffered their first loss in Hawthorns on Sunday by a lone goal scored by Rondon in a Barclays Premier League match. The loss pushes United down the table below West Ham United. Juan Mata received a second yellow of the match for a challenge on Darren Fletcher 26 minutes into the match at…
Meet Abductors of Lagos School Girls
Aproko247 has learnt that at least three persons have been apprehended in connection with the abduction of three students of a seminary school in Lagos State. One Monday, February 29, 2016, unknown gunmen stormed Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu and kidnapped three female students of the school. But in the early hours of…
Lagos Won’t Tolerate Kidnapping—Ambode
On Sunday, March 6, 2016, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, led a team of security operatives to rescue the three students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu kidnapped by gunmen on Monday, February 29, 2016. The news of the freedom of the victims soothed their parents and family members…
Labour Minister James Ocholi, Son Die in Auto Crash
Reports reaching us indicate that Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi (SAN), is dead. According to what we gathered, Ocholi’s vehicle was involved in an auto accident on Sunday afternoon. The unfortunate incident reportedly took place along the Kaduna/Abuja highway. One of the occupants of the vehicle he was in, his son,…
Gunmen Beheads APC Chieftain In Rivers
A top member of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Franklin Obiwas, has reportedly been killed by some unknown gunmen. Obiwas is said to be a chieftain of the opposition party in the state, especially in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, where he is said to be very prominent. Reports further…