About three traditional rulers from Ogun State were spotted recently to have knelt to take a group picture with President Muhammadu Buhari. Also in the piece of photograph was the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, who was flanked by other monarchs from the state. Buhari was in the state on Monday and Tuesday to celebrate Ogun…
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, the suit filed by the Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, against the Comptroller- General of Nigerian Customs Service and eight others would be heard. Aproko247 gathered that the case would come up for hearing at the Federal High Court Ikoyi, Lagos by 9am. NUJ sued…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has sent a Save Our Souls (SOS) message to the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, alleging that there is plan to assassinate some of its leaders in the state by Friday, February 5, 2016. The party, which recently its bid to unseat governor Nyesom Wike…
By Fidel Njamanze Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Tuesday described the Supreme Court judgement that confirmed the victory of the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, at the election as brilliant and straightforward. He also said Okowa’s victory at the apex court was well deserved as “it is the will of…
Appeals filed against the governors of Delta, Oyo and Yobe States by their opponents in the April 2015 gubernatorial elections have been dismissed by the Supreme Court, Aproko247 has learnt. The court on Tuesday at different rulings threw out the cases filed against the governors and their elections upheld by the apex court. The governors…
Fortune has smiled on the young and brilliant car designer from Sokoto State, Bashir Aliyu. This is because the state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Tuesday awarded him a scholarship to study automotive design in the United States of America. Aliyu became a social media sensation when his designed car driven to school got the…
The trial of the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for an alleged diversion of funds meant for the purchase of arms to fight terrorism in the country was again frustrated on Tuesday. Dasuki is standing trial before Justice Peter Affen of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, alongside his…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, says the incessant foreign trips embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari since his assumption of office on May 29, 2016, is already yielding positive results. Shehu, who addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday, rubbished claims by some Nigerians that the…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State will on Wednesday know if he will still remain the state’s number one citizen or not. This is because the Supreme Court will give its verdict on the governorship election appeal between him (Udom) and his opponent at the poll, Umana Umana. Udom contested in the election under…
Nigerian rapper, Olamide, had a rare privilege of meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at an event held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Buhari was a special guest at the Ogun at 40 celebrations. The state is marking 40 years of its creation in 1976. The music star was reportedly introduced to the President by…