Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Rivers State staged a protest on Friday morning, demanding for the payment of their allowances. The aggrieved Corpers, at the orientation camp in Nonwa Gbam Tai area of the state, claimed the government has refused to pay them their allowances. The protesting Corps members barricaded the…
BREAKING: 3rd Military Jet Crashes In Yola
A military helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Yola, Adamawa State, reports reaching us say. This is the third jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force that have crashed within a month. The latest crash occurred in Damare, near the Federal University of Technology in Yola. Aproko247 is yet to get…
Taraba Acting Governor Sacked
A Supreme Court judgement delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta has removed the acting governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, from office. The court order the immediate swearing-in of a former deputy governor of the state, Abubakar Danladi, as the new acting governor. Danladi contested the governorship election as running mate to ailing Dantata Suntai, who…
Niger PDP To Punish Lawmaker Over Attack On Senate President
Niger State governor, Babaginda Aliyu, has noted that Abdullahi Degechi Usman Cheche, a members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, from the state in the House of Representatives will be disciplined for his alleged attack on Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday inside the green chamber. Mark had gone to the lower chamber to have…
Security Personnel Withdrawn From Ekiti Speaker, Deputy
Following the removal of Adewale Omirin as Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly by few members of the Assembly on Thursday, the Police and Department of State Security have withdrawn their personnel from the security teams of the embattled Speaker. Seven members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, out of the 26 members of the…
Buhari Flags-Off N7b Campaign Fund-Raising Initiative
An initiative to raise close to N7 billion to fund the campaign of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambition has started. The amount is to be raised from an estimated 70 million party supporters and admirers. They will be expected to donate a minimum amount of N100 each towards the actualisation of the dream. Buhari is a…
45 Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Attack In Borno
45 Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Attack In Borno No fewer than 45 souls were lost in a new attack on a Borno village on Wednesday. Suspected members of Boko Haram struck the village in the state. The insurgents invaded Azaya Kura community at about 12 noon on Wednesday, reports said. Azaya Kura village is…
Mark Orders Closure Of National Assembly
Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday, announced the closure of the National Assembly with immediate effect. This followed the crisis that broke out at the Assembly on Thursday morning when the Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and some other lawmakers were denied access into the Assembly complex. Mark is the Chairman of the…
Ekiti Gets New Speaker
The drama and intrigues in Ekiti State took a new twist on Thursday when a new Speaker emerged for the Ekiti State House of Assembly. A member of the Assembly from Ikole local council area of the state, Joseph Dele Olugbemi was announced the new Speaker of the Assembly. Olugbemi is reportedly one of the…
BREAKING: Tambuwal 'Detained' By SSS
Some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have prevented Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, from gaining access into the chamber of the House, where his colleagues are meeting today. Tambuwal was reportedly held by the security agents. He is being kept in a room in the National Assembly complex, reports further…