Outspoken Nigerian federal lawmaker, Ben Murray-Bruce, got what he never bargained for on Monday, May 30, 2016. The Senator from Bayelsa State disclosed that men of the Department of State Security, DSS, prevented him from having a hand shake with President Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, the President threw a Presidential Dinner in Abuja. He used…
A Presidential Inter-Agency Committee on recovery of loans granted to commercial banks and corporate organizations by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has been set up by the Federal Government. This was revealed in a statement made available to the media on Monday by Salihu Othman Isah, spokesman of the Attorney General of the Federation…
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night, hosted a Presidential Dinner at Aso Rock in Abuja. The dinner, according to what Aproko247 gathered, was in honour of members of the National Assembly. In attendance also at the dinner were chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, John Oyegun and…
The much awaited Ogoni clean-up is expected to be launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, June 2, 2016. This information was disclosed by the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, when she visited Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of the state to inspect an oil spill clean-up demonstration this weekend. She noted that Buhari…
There was pandemonium in Onitsha, Anambra State on Monday, May 30, 2016, when pro-Biafra protesters clashed with soldiers. During the chaos, several persons were reportedly feared killed, including a military personnel. Trouble started when men of the Nigerian Army tried to stop members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Onitsha, from celebrating 50th…
By Mene Lube While Nigerians were celebrating their Democracy Day, the special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme was busy in the creeks finding a lasting solution to the recent attacks on the nation’s oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region. After…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has declared President Muhammadu Buhari an honourary son of the Niger Delta, saying that he has in only one year in office demonstrated his great love for the region and determination to fast-track its development. The party in a statement issued in Port Harcourt to mark the…
By Mene Lube In an effort to finding a lasting solution to the recent unrest in the Niger Delta region, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigedier General (Rtd) P.T. Boroh has engaged ex militant leaders from around the region. A meeting…
The just concluded Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday declared the just concluded Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency bye-election inconclusive due to cancellation of votes as a result of over voting. The Constituency Returning Officer of the election, Wilfred Uji of Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, made this known while the announcing the outcome of the…
At least four persons were killed from an explosion from an IED at a military checkpoint in Biu town, Borno State. Among those killed from the incident was a soldier. It was gathered that the explosion occurred on Sunday at about 8.15am after a tricycle, known as ‘Keke NAPEP’ unknowingly stepped on an Improvise Explosive…