Justice Amiru Sanusi of an Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Minority Leader of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Solomon Afolabi Oluyori. The judge upturned an earlier judgement delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State. The lawmaker was dragged to court by one Yakubu Kayode,…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, on Friday, escaped death by the whiskers when the tyre of his Jeep suddenly burst, causing the vehicle to somersault three times, ending up in the bush. The accident happened along Ishiagu express road as Eze, presently…
A commercial $ex worker has reportedly murd@red a middle aged man in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The ugly incident took place on Saturday morning at Jarret area of the state capital. It was gathered by Aproko247 that the woman allegedly st@bbed the deceased, a farmer by profession, with a sharp object during an argument.…
No fewer than 45 drug suspects have been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Gombe State. The alleged criminals were arrested by the agency between January and March 2014. The Gombe State Commander of the NDLEA, Aliyu Adole, disclosed last Friday that his men also seized 20kg of cannabis from the suspects…
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has approved the immediate employment of 5000 teachers into public secondary schools in the state. The governor disclosed this last Thursday during a courtesy visit to his office in Uyo by the National President of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Michael Alogbe Olukoya. Akpabio emphasised that this gesture…
Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has apologised to Nigerians for the botched recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, which claimed the lives of about 20 applicants across the country. While answering questions from journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Moro noted that the exercise was intended to provide jobs for many Nigeria, irrespective of…
The country has never had it so bad since it gained independence from the British in 1960. The country has had experiences of military coups, civil war, down turn in economy, social problems and numerous other challenges. But the prevailing menace of the Boko Haram sect, amongst other challenges, appears to have overwhelmed the nation…
Bye-election held on Saturday in the Ilaje Ese-Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which conducted the poll yesterday. The Returning Officer of the Commission in charge of the election, Professor Babatunde Adeyemi of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, disclosed that the results…
Some suspects have been apprehended in connection with the killing of an elected women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State. On Saturday, March 29, 2014, the party in the state held its ward primaries and the deceased, Hadiza ‘Yarauta, emerged as the women leader in her ward, Morai, but was later…
The kidnapped son of prominent Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, Ebikeme, has been freed by his abductors. Ebikeme was released on Saturday night by those who kidnapped him. He was abducted on Wednesday and ransom of N50 million was later demanded by his captors for his release. However, it was not confirmed as at press time…