President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is to remove the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, from office this Wednesday, Daily Trust reports. The move is to install a Military Administrator in the state to end the incessant attacks by members of the Boko Haram group. In recent time, there have been consistent invasion of villages in Borno…
Preamble Writing on the educational revolution in Rivers State, South-South region of Nigeria, gives me a lot of joy as it is an area very familiar to me as a close monitor of events in the state since Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi came into office as Executive Governor of Rivers State in November 2007.…
Executive Chairman of Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos State, Ayodele Adewale, on Wednesday, put smiles on the faces of some students under the council. The former student union leader distributed not less than 300 JAMB forms to some youths in the area. The council boss charged the beneficiaries to study hard in order…
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has inspected a housing site in Agbowa, Ikorodu, a suburb of the metropolis. At a ceremony held on Thursday, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitments in providing affordable housing schemes for residents of the state. Fashola told newsmen, after the event, that he is more committed than ever before to…
Nigerian governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, will on Monday, February 24, 2014, converge in Abuja to discuss the suspension of Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday. A statement issued on Friday by the Director General of NGF, Asishana Okauru, disclosed…
An Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death for his involvement in the death of his wife, Titilayo. Arowolo was accused of killing his wife in June 2011 at their Isolo residence in Lagos during an argument. The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu, ruled that the convict should be…
The ousted controversial Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that he would challenge the Federal Government’s action when he returns to the country. Sanusi was suspended from office on Thursday by President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged ‘financial recklessness’. The former CBN boss was directed to hand over to the…
Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to unleash terror on President Goodluck Jonathan and some other leaders. The fugitive made this known in his latest video released on Wednesday. He described Jonathan and the others as infidels because they believe in democracy. Shekau said Jonathan, Queen Elizabeth of England, Ban Ki Moon (UN…
Late Senator Isaiah Balat would be buried next week Thursday, Aproko247 has learnt. The former Minister of Works died on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. It was gathered that the late lawmaker will be buried at his hometown in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. He was…
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement released in Abuja on Thursday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, ordered the controversial chief banker to hand over to the most senior CBN Deputy Governor, “Dr Sarah…