Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has been berated over his comments in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Monday, June 13, 2015, that he proposed the scrapping of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State because the money used to acquire the land was too much. Amaechi was lambasted…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja who on May 26, 2016 dismissed his preliminary objection in a suit filed by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe. Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe had alleged that Buhari was unqualified to aspire to the Office of the President of the…
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, threatened to expel any student that wears unauthorised cloths to any public schools in the state. This came after some students of the Baptist High School in Adeeke, Iwo, wore church garments to school on Tuesday. Osun State has been plunged in educational crisis after a court authorised…
A team of local vigilante in Damboa led by Sarkin Yaki Ali Gwoza intercepted some persons along Njaba road, south of Damboa town while on patrol. During preliminary interrogation, they confessed that they were Boko Haram terrorists group members that were compelled to join the insurgency against their will and that they were on…
Senior Pastor of Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos, Poju Oyemade, has joined others celebrating Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. Odukoya is the Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos. The husband of late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya turned 60 on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Oyemade, in his birthday message to the man of God, described him…
Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Regiment personnel have commenced Rappelling Refresher Exercise on Friday in Kaduna. The 8-day exercise is code-named ‘Exercise Rockfall’ and the objective is to sharpen the professional skills of rappellers in the NAF for operational efficiency through training and retraining. A total of 31 airmen and an officer are participating in the…
Not less than four persons were feared dead on Tuesday when members of the dreadful Boko Haram terrorists group attacked a village in Borno State. It was learnt that the terrorists stormed Kutuva village on six motorcycles, killing four people in the process and also abducted four women from the village. According to what we…
Another report just reaching us shows that some of the protesting pensioners in Imo State have slumped. It was disclosed to Aproko247 that the victims went to the ground while asking Governor Rochas Okorocha to pay their pension arrears up to 26 months. Medical personnel, as we gathered, have quickly moved in to attend to…
Report reaching Aproko247 has it that some pensioners in Imo State have taken to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to stage a peaceful demonstration over the non payment of their pension arrears for about 26 months by the state government. The angry retired workers called on the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to immediately…
Popular Fuji musician, Saheed Osupa, has returned to school, Aproko247 has reliably learnt. The Fuji maestro, according to what our reporter gathered, has been admitted into the prestigious University of Ibadan, Oyo State. He was among other students matriculated on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, by the school authorities. It was learnt that Osupa, fondly called…