Pipelines belonging to Agip and Shell, two oil and gas multinationals, have been blown up by Niger Delta Avengers. The attacks reportedly took place in the early hours of Saturday, May 28, 2016, in Nembe, Bayelsa State. The Niger Delta Avengers group confirmed this via its Twitter handle. The group said, “At About 2:15am on…
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to change members of his cabinet who are mediocre, insensitive and inactive, especially the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The group gave this advice in a statement issued by its executive chairman, Debo Adeniran, which was made available to Aproko247. In…
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has commended efforts of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in curtailing the recent problem of fuel scarcity, diversion, hoarding and long queue at the filling stations across the nation. The commendation however came with a request by the NNPC seeking for more collaboration…
The Federal Government says it has agreed to re-engage persons from communities in the Niger Delta region to protect the oil pipelines. This, it said, is to find a lasting solution to the renewed militancy in the region. Also, the government promised to restructure the amnesty programme so as to address the critical issue of…
The onslaught of the newly formed militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on oil facilities in Delta State continued on Thursday night. The group disclosed via its official Twitter handle on Friday morning that it blew up another oil facility in Warri, Delta State. According to the NDA, the affected facility is the NNPC…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned to jettison any proposed plan to arrest his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. This was the stand of the Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, on Thursday. The group said with the ongoing probe of massive fraud and embezzlement alleged to have taken place under Jonathan’s administration, the Federal Government may want to…
Governors in Nigeria elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, May 26, 2016, paid a Benue State. The governors under the aegis of the APC Governors Forum, were led to Benue by their leader, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on a solidarity visit to their Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom.…
The Nigeria Police Force in its renewed determination to rid the society of crimes and all forms of criminality, has arrested five of the suspects involved in the midnight raid on Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on April 25, 2016. The suspects were reportedly apprehended by the IGP’s Intelligence Response…
On Thursday, members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Concerned Group led by Senator Ibrahim Mantu, met with the PDP National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the members of the Board of Trustees, BOT, at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja. During the meeting, issues concerning the party were discussed. Also in attendance were…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged that Nigeria will continue to meet all its obligations to the ECOWAS Commission. Receiving the new President of the Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza at the Presidential Villa, the President assured him that Nigeria will go on playing its leadership role in ECOWAS. The President told de Souza that…