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…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration would do everything possible to protect children from “violence, child-labour, child-trafficking, forced marriages and other related offences.” He made this known in his Children’s Day message to the nation on Thursday. Buhari noted that “our children and youth have a very significant role to play in ensuring…
Twelve officers of Air Rank comprising 10 Air Vice Marshals, AVM, and two Air Commodores, Air Cdre, have been redeployed by authorities of the Nigerian Air Force. Aproko247 gathered that those affected by the new deployment include AVMs Auwal Muhammed as Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command (AOC TAC) Makurdi; Emmanuel Agwungwu as Air Officer…
At the 51st Annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank, AfDB, African philanthropist Tony Elumelu, urged the private sector to tackle unemployment among African youths on the continent. Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and pan-African investment company Heirs Holdings, said during a panel session at the event…
A tank farm belonging to leading oil and gas company, Chevron, has been destroyed by the new militant group, the Niger Delta Avenger. The group disclosed on Thursday, May 26, 2016, via it Twitter handle, @NDAvengers, that it blew up the facility because the company failed to listen to its (NDA) instructions. According to the…
The appointment of Mohammed Lawan Buba as Chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has been announced by the Federal Government. Buba’s appointment was disclosed in Abuna on Wednesday by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, after a meeting with leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to review…
Repentant members of Boko Haram terrorists wishing to surrender to the Nigerian government can still do so, the Nigerian Army says. This assurance was given on Wednesday by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, , while speaking in Maiduguri, Borno State. The army commander, who was at the foundation laying ceremony of the Nigerian Army…
Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun, will appear before the House of Representatives on Thursday (today) to answer questions on diversification of the economy. She will be expected to address the lawmakers at the sectoral debates on the executive’s commitment to the government’s diversification policy. Her appearance on Thursday is in continuation of the programme,…
Director Generals for the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture have been appointed. The appointments were disclosed on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, by the Federal Government via a statement issued in Abuja by Segun Adeyemi, SA to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The six Executive Officers and their…
The Edo State Government says it has withdrawn the letter earlier issued approving the new Oba of Benin. The state government, in a retraction signed by the Secretary to State Government, Julius Ihonvbere, on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, explained that the earlier letter was issued in error. Ihonvbere noted that, “In deference to the revered…