President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the Senate requesting the approval of the Service Chiefs he recently appointed. The Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday morning after going on recess some weeks ago. During their break, the President fired the Service Chiefs he inherited from the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan and appointed…
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, who is now a Senator in the National Assembly, is the new Senate Minority Leader. Akpabio emerged on Tuesday during the plenary. The Senate reconvened on Tuesday after a long break. Also, members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly elected other minority leaders. Senator Emmanuel…
An actor Nigeria, Okey Jazzy, has concluded arrangements to hold his wedding in September 2015, Aproko247 has learnt. Over the weekend, the actor travelled to Akabor-village, Ojoto in Anambra State to pay the bride price of his long-time lover, Annie Anaedum Ogochukwu, as tradition demands. He went along with few of his family members, friends…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the press conference organised by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday in Abuja, where it said the ruling party is losing direction and has become a “bad change”. PDP’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh, had addressed journalists on Sunday and said President Muhammadu Buhari disgraced Nigeria during his…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has thrown its weight behind the current probe of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mrs Gesila Khan, by the Department of State Security, DSS. The party in a statement by the state Chairman, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, berated the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for seeking to…
As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined my entire life; dusk to dawn, all year-round. The phones buzzed non-stop, my email was permanently active; my twitter account received tons of messages per second. The worst moments were those days when…
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as a “bad change” to the country. Addressing newsmen on Sunday at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, also said the APC-led Federal Government has no direction. Metuh said…
The crisis rocking the House of Representatives seems to be finally over going by the latest development reaching us. During a press conference held on Saturday in Abuja, spokesman of the camp loyal to Speaker of the House, Yakub Dogara, Abdulmumin Jibrin, disclosed that the two gladiators in the crisis, the Speaker and Femi Gbajabiamila,…
Steeped in Yoruba culture, Osun in South-west Nigeria is a state whose history, rich heritage and mesmerizing attractions make it a fascinating, unique and outstanding destination. The aura that oozes from the region carved out of Oyo state on 27th August, 1991 is one of tremendous appreciation for indigenous tradition mixed with a touch of…
No fewer than seven persons were killed in a chemical explosion at the Laminga Water Treatment Plant in Jos, Plateau State. According to the state’s Police Command spokesman, Emmanuel Abu, the victims died after an explosion at the Plateau Water Board treatment plant near the British America junction in the state capital on Saturday morning.…