Ogun State coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Coordinator, OPC, Alhaji Adesina Musedik Jimoh, has stressed that Otunba Gani Adams remains the “only authentic leader” of the Yoruba interest group. In a statement signed by him and obtained by Aproko247 further reiterated that there is “no vacancy in OPC.” Jimoh, reacting to a news…
The Department of Petroleum Resources has sealed off four filling stations in Akwa Ibom State for selling premium motor spirit (PMS) above the federal government approved price of N86.50. DPR has also fined Jobina filling station located in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital the sum of N1 million for selling petroleum product after DPR…
Real Madrid defeated their arch-rival in La Liga, Barcalona, 2-1 in a not-too-classy El-Classico match played on Saturday night at the Camp Nou. Sergio Ramos saw a second yellow card six minutes from time, which left the Spain’s capital giants end the encounter with 10 men. Gerard Pique put Barca ahead in the second half,…
The Katsina State field office of Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Friday disclosed that about 450,000 litres of fuel supplied to the state were diverted insisting that diversion of the product remained the major challenge. Addressing newsmen during the routine monitoring exercise, the DPR operations controller for Katsina Field Office, Mohammed Aminu Sani said…
The Nigerian Army says troops of 155 Task Force Battalion, 21 Brigade, Nigerian Army on Thursday, March 31, 2016, during clearance operations, gunned down nine suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Wulwuta village in Bama local government area of Borno State. A statement issued Saturday by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday had talks with Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in various professions in the United States of America, USA. The President, at a meeting with them in Washington DC, promised to move Nigeria forward as quickly as possible. Buhari further disclosed to them that his administration is fully committed to correcting…
Twelve days after terrorists attacked Brussels Airport in the capital of Belgium, it is set to be reopened for flights on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Three persons linked to the terrorist group called Islamic State, ISIS, bombed the busy airport, which forced the Belgian government to shut it down. The suicide bombing affected the airport’s…
A woman in Congo has been accused of hacking her husband to death just 16 days after the exchanged marital vow. A relation of the deceased took to Facebook to disclose this alleged act. However, details of the report are still sketchy. It was learnt that the couple got married on March 11, 2016, and…
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have announced the re-opening of the Maimalari Cantonment Mammy Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, three years after it was shut down. The market was initially closed due to deadly activities of Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri. At the launch of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Investment Initiatives for Barracks…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has been suspended by his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Sylva was punished by his party for alleged anti-party activity. The former governor was the flag bearer of the APC in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State, which was won by candidate of the Peoples Democratic…