Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed his men to deal decisively with members of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, caught with arms. Arase condemned the killing of a policeman during a protest involving the group on Monday. In a statement issued by the Force spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Tuesday,…
Father of wanted ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, has fled Gbaramatu Kingdom due to the invasion of the Nigerian military in search of his son. It was learnt that soldiers took over the palatial guesthouse of Tompolo on Monday and prevented those there leaving. Also, the movement of the paramount ruler…
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…