Justice Grace Onyeabo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out a case brought before her by the Muslim Student Society of Nigeria, MSSN, challenging the ban on the use of religious veil commonly used by female Muslims called Hijab, in public primary and secondary schools in the state. After the state…
The Nigerian government has sealed a major deal with members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram. The two parties agreed a ceasefire after a meeting between representatives of both the Nigerian government and the Islamist sect. Both parties met on Friday to discuss ways of putting an end to terror attacks in North East…
Former Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Sam Ode, has obtained the governorship nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Local Government Affairs is hoping to be the gubernatorial candidate of his party in Benue State in 2015. It was learnt that Ode picked his…
The Federal Government and Boko Haram are negotiating the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped over six months ago in Borno State by the group. The female students were abducted by the insurgents at their dormitories at Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014. They were seized during their…
Several hundreds of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, fighters in Kobane town of Syria have been killed by air strikes coordinated by the United States of America, USA, Aproko247 has gathered. For about two days now, the US has led close to 50 air strikes in the Kurdish town of Kobane…
Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, has announced his desire to run in the 2015 Presidential election in Nigeria. The politician declared his ambition at an event held in that respect at the Eagles Square, Abuja, on Wednesday. The occasion attracted mammoth crowd at the venue and was also attended by four governors of…
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, held a meeting with his Cameroonian counterpart, Lieutenant General Meka Rene Claude, on Wednesday to discuss ways of tackling terrorism at the borders of the two West African neighbour-countries. The meeting was held at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Ideas and modalities on areas of…
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has relieved Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi of his duties in the team and has announced the appointment of Shaibu Amodu as the Caretaker Coach of the Nigerian national football team. Keshi, who has been out of contract since returning from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where…
Ahead of the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, prominent indigene of the state, Prince Tonye Princewill, has declared his intention to contest as governor of the state in the 2015 polls. The politician made known his desire for the elated position on Wednesday. In a statement made available to Aproko247 by his media team,…
Following a directive by President Goodluck Jonathan that any member of his administration nursing a political ambition ahead of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria should resign from office on or before Monday, October 20, 2014, seven members of his cabinet have quit office. On Wednesday, seven Ministers in Jonathan’s cabinet resigned their appointments to…