Category: National/Politics

Buhari Not Ill—Adesina Insists

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has maintained that his boss is not ill as being reported in the media. Adesina, while speaking on Political Platform on RayPower FM on Monday, June 6, 2016, explained that going abroad to treat an ear infection does not mean the President is…

Group Urges Igbos To Observe 3-Day Prayer

A foremost Igbo umbrella of religious leaders, the General Assembly of all Igbo Christian Organizations and Ministers, GAAICOM, has appealed to all “Igbo Hebrews to return home to observe what it called a ‘3 Day Walk into the Presence of God’. According to the group in a statement made available to Aproko247, the 3-day exercise…

Buhari Condemns Kano Killing

President Muhammadu Buhari has described as sad and regrettable the developments that led to the killing of Mrs Bridget Agbahime, an Igbo market woman in Kano by some Muslim extremists for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. Buhari, in a statement issued by one of his spokesmen, Femi Adesina, condoled with the husband of the deceased,…

Low Generation Cause Of Poor Power Supply—Benin DISCO

Benin Electricity Distribution Plc. (BEDC) has attributed the degenerating level of electricity supply to its customers in its operational areas of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti States to low power generation received from the national grid occasioned by gas shortage due to pipeline vandalism. This was disclosed last Friday by the company’s chief head, Edo…

FG Releases Details Of Cash Recovered From Looters

The Federal Government has released an interim report on the assets and funds recovered from looters since the inception of the present President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. In a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the FG explained that it made “cash recoveries totalling N78,325,354,631.82 (Seventy eight…

Saraki Speaks On Woman Beheaded In Kano

Bukola Saraki Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the recent beheading of a Christian woman in Kano by some Islamic fundamentalists. Few days ago, some youths in Kano killed a woman and cut off her head, parading it on the streets of the ancient city. The victim was alleged to have blasphemed Prophet Mohammed,…