President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday canvassed for global support for Nigeria in the area of renewable energy and said the country stands to benefit in terms of job creation and affordable power supply if well harnessed. Saraki also gave kudos to the United Kingdom parliament for collaborating with the nation’s legislative bodies…
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, appeared before a Senate Joint Committee for a public hearing on hike in electricity tariff in the country. The Senate organised the hearing, which is expected to last two days, to hear from the Minister why Nigerians had to pay more for…
The immediate past governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, has informed the Nigerian Senate on the need to register the Institute of Chartered Politicians. The former governor, who is now a member of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, made this known on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, on the floor of the Senate. Orji,…
Report reaching us confirms that the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja has been re-opened after it was sealed by the police some days ago. It was gathered that the Wadata Plaza of the opposition party was re-opened on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Aproko247 recalls that the PDP National Secretariat was…
One year after President Muhammadu Buhari took over power under the All Progressives Congress, APC, his tenure has been described as unfavourable, tortuous, rudderless and directionless. Assessing the speech of the President, which was read on Sunday May 29, 2016, the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said in a statement that…
Not too long ago, controversial Senator Ben Murray-Bruce disclosed that he was humiliated by security men attached to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Dinner with members of the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday night. He claimed the President’s security details prevented him from having a handshake with the President, which he attributed to…
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…