A suit filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking the extradition of Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States of America, USA, where he is wanted for drugs related offences, has been dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The application was filed on behalf of the FG by the immediate past Attorney…
Aproko247 has learnt that two suicide bombers were on Wednesday morning killed by explosives they strapped to their bodies. They were killed before they could reach their final targets at a village in the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident was the second in three days in the area. It was further…
As part of efforts to cut down the cost of running governance, the Osun State Government has announced a 50 per cent slash in salaries and allowances of political office holders in the state. Osun State has been in the news lately over its inability to pay salaries of workers in the state for seven…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has cleared former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of charges of corruption leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, in her ruling on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted the former spokesman to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo of the N100 million money laundering accusation…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has extended deadline for registration of the Bank Verification Number, BVN, it introduced in 2014. The BVN was introduced by the country’s chief bank to curb the rate of fraud in the financial institution in Nigeria. Tuesday, June 30, 2015 was earlier fixed for account holders to obtain their…
A vocational training programme set up by a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Saka Fafunmi representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1, has graduated over 1000 students. The graduands went through vocational training in various skills under his sponsorship and the best graduating students were rewarded. At an event held recently at the African Church…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the pursuit of a special status for Lagos will be one of the legislative agenda of the 8th Lagos Assembly. The speaker promised that in doing this the Assembly will work hand-in-hand with fellow lawmakers at the National Assembly to ensure the…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has formally bowed out of office. His tenure as the head of the country’s electoral umpire ends today, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. It would be recalled that few days before the postponed February 14, 2015 presidential poll, it was rumoured that he would be…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to name his Chief of Staff contrary to what is being speculated in a section of the online media. There were reports on Monday that the President had appointed Hamid Ibrahim Ali, as his Chief of Staff. Ali was the Military Administrator of Kaduna State…
Spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has said his boss is doing everything possible to select the best hands in the land to work with him in the next four years. Speaking with TVC News on Monday evening, Adesina said Buhari will announce his team when he is ready. “It is the prerogative of…