The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs nominated by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, after they passed their screening at the Senate. The new service chiefs were screened by the Senate Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force. During plenary on Thursday, the red chamber adopted the report of its…
Justice Bolaji Yussuf of the Federal High Court 3, Ring road, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, declared theatre arts guru, Comrade Victor Ashaolu, as the duly elected President of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, ANTP. The ruling finally ended the four-year leadership tussle between Ashaolu and Dele Odule, a veteran actor. Ashaolu had…
The Senate, on Thursday, refused to acknowledge the notice of defection brought on the floor by Senator Bukola Saraki. The former governor of Kwara State raised a Point of Order under the Senate Standing Order 15, which stipulates that a matter of privilege shall be given urgent attention by the Senate. The Senator was seeking…
Two men accused of vandalising petroleum pipelines in Plateau State have been jailed for 25 years. They were sentenced by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the state capital. The two suspects were brought before Justice Ambrose Allagoa by the Plateau State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, on a…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has maintained that Nigerians living abroad will not vote in 2015 when the next general elections hold in the country. The INEC boss stated this at a three-day National Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform held in Abuja on Wednesday. Jega, represented by INEC Commissioner,…
Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Wednesday, explained why he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, to join the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. According to Shekarau, he made the political switch on January 29, 2014 due to ‘injustice’ at the APC. The founding member of the APC, after a meeting of stakeholders…
Manchester City continued their fine form on Wednesday night as they defeated Tottenham at home by 5-1 in a Barclays Premium League match. The win also shot City to the top of the League table ahead of Arsenal, after playing a 2-2 draw against Southampton on Tuesday night. Spurs were reduced to 10 men when…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has set up a three-man committee to compile a comprehensive list of atrocities committed by the state Commissioner of Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu, since he assumed the office in February 2013. The three-man panel is headed by Chief Andy Nweye, with Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze as Secretary…
Daughter of billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga, Bella Adenuga-Disu, will be having her second child any moment from now, Aproko247 has reliably learnt. Gist whispered to us by some roving birds has it that Bella, who is the Globacom boss’ favourite child, will soon put to bed in the United States of America, where she is…
Information just reaching our news desk confirms that the 320 Boko Haram suspects apprehended by the Rivers State Police Command three days ago have regained freedom. Recall that few days ago, some Northerners, believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists group, were reportedly arrested by the police in the Rivers State. They…