News report reaching us from Kano confirms that 26 lawmakers of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kano State House of Assembly, have decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The legislators joined the APC on Monday. The move came barely 24 hours after former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar formally defected from PDP…
Police Corporal Aniyem Chiyem, who was videotaped asking for dollar bribe from a motorist in Lagos, has been arrested, a police source in Lagos has informed Aproko247. The cop was picked up on Monday after the police authorities directed that the erring officer be arrested and disciplined for putting the Force into shame. His act…
Banks are known for trust, honesty and confidentiality, which is why customers entrust funds to them. But when the safety of depositors’ money and financial details is in doubt due to the custodian’s unprofessional and fraudulent practices, customers loose funds unceremoniously. One financial institution that has proven to be a safe haven for fraudulent officials…
A 25-year old lady has cried out over an alleged assault by a Lagos-based businessman. According to the lady, named Funmi (other name withheld) the incident occurred on Thursday January 23, 2014 at about 2pm. Funmi said that a woman, whose name was later discovered to be Obey Ibeh Okpareke, had hit her official car…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Davies Ikanya, has disclosed that nine state governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will join its fold before the end of March 2014. He stated further that more Senators would also defect to the opposition party along with the governors.…
Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has formally announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The Adamawa State-born politician announced this on Sunday via a press statement personally signed by him. The Turaki Adamawa disclosed in the statement that he was resigning from the PDP to…
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday night, shot dead a radical Islamic scholar in the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State. Sheikh Muhamman Awwal ‘Albani Zaria’ was assassinated on his way home from an event he attended in Zaria. One of his wives, who was with him at the time of the incident, was also…
Following numerous online media reports on Saturday claiming newly-wed Tiwa Savage was pregnant, the singer has come out to debunk the reports. She categorically disclosed that she isn’t pregnant as widely reported. The pregnancy rumour emanated from a post Tiwa put on her Instagram page on Saturday stating that, “on a date with my boyfriend…
Federal University of Technology Minna, FUT Minna, has taken a step beyond the reach of other Nigerian higher education institutions by putting its academic services and on-campus on the electronic devices of members of staff and students through a new innovation software called Phinnx. FUTMinna adopted the Phinnx web system, which is targeted at computerizing…
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha was in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital penultimate Friday in continuation of his peace and unity advocacy tour of the country. He was taken up in an interview session with a group of journalists. Tribune’s Assistant Editor, Saliu Gbadamisi, was there. Excerpts: Since your recent discharge and acquittal, you have been going…