Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies for the rescue of former Minister, Iyabo Anisulowo. Amosun received Anisulowo on Tuesday night at the Government House in Ibara, Abeokuta, shortly after she was rescued from her abductors. The governor thanked the President for his support and also appreciated security…
The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned armed herdsmen carrying out deadly attacks in across the country to desists or meet their waterloo in Ekiti State. Fayose, while speaking at a function in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, said he has informed his people to poison water cattle belonging to the rampaging herdsmen. The…
Special Assistant on Media to the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, Anietie Ekong, says the former governor of Akwa Ibom State has no hand in his purported posters campaigning for presidency in 2016. Ekong, in a press release, also disclosed that Akpabio has no intention to contest in the Aso Rock job in about three…
The Nigerian Armed Forces has been assured of more commitment in its quest to totally eradicate the threat posed by the Boko Haram Terrorists in the North East of Nigeria. This assurance was given by the United Kingdom, which also promised to partner with relevant agencies to rehabilitate the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who were…
According to SaharaReporters, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu Command, has been removed from office. This, we learnt, is in connection with the attack on Nimbo community by Fulani herdsmen last Monday. It was gathered that Ekechukwu has been replaced by the police authorities with CP Emmanuel Ojukwu. It will be recalled that the head of…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed security agencies across the country to henceforth deal decisively with any herdsmen that attack innocent Nigerians. Buhari made this known when he received the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. He said his administration is prepared to deal decisively and…
The Kwara State government has reacted to allegations that it paid the sum of N500 million to counsel to the former state governor, Bukola Saraki, Kanu Agabi. Saraki, who is now the Senate President, is standing trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja for allegedly not declaring all his assets while he…
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, members of the Edo State House of Assembly, EDHA, impeached their Speaker, Victor Eboror. It was not clear why the man was removed from office, but close watchers of political happenings in the state said they saw it coming and were not surprised that the lawmaker was sacked from the…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, was not presented in court on Tuesday by Federal Government. Dasuki was meant to stand trial before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of corruption and misappropriation of money earmarked for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram levelled against him by the…
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has been sacked, Aproko247 has been reliably informed. Our source in Edo State disclosed to us that the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Festus Ebea, was also impeached. It was learnt that both members of the hollowed chamber were impeached on Tuesday. It is however…