Aproko247 has reliably learnt that the management of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze and the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, are exploring the possibilities of partnership to boost the security and bring peace to the campus. The Corps, led by the State Commandant, Abdullahi Salau, was…
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CCT: Saraki Left Stranded For Almost 2 Hours
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was kept waiting on Tuesday afternoon at the resumption of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Aproko247 gathered that Chairman of the CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, resumed late today, after he gave Saraki’s team two hours, from 10am to 12noon, to verify documents with banks. However, when…
Wike Funded Reps C’ttee On Army Visit To Rivers—APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has alleged that the House of Representatives Committee on Army’s visit to the state was bankrolled by Governor Nyesom Wike. Rivers APC said it came to this conclusion having painstakingly observed and reviewed the visit and justifiably concluded that the entire exercise was contrived Wike for the…
GOC Convoy Attacked In Bama, One Soldier Killed
Not less than a soldier was killed on Tuesday when the convoy of Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu, was attacked by suspected members of Boko Haram group. It was disclosed by the Nigerian Army that the unfortunate incident occurred at about 8:30am on Tuesday in Bama, Borno…
Troops Restore Calm To Kareto After Terrorists Attack
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that peace has been restored to the Kareto town of Borno State after Boko Haram members invaded the community on Monday morning. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman, he said troops were able to repel the insurgents and took control of the place.…
My Trial Won’t Affect Senate—Saraki
Members of the upper chamber of the national Assembly have been advised to stay off the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is undergoing trial for alleged false declaration of assets. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, told the Senators accompanying their leader to the place to…
Customs Seizes Petrol Tanker With Smuggled Clothings
Officers of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, have confiscated a petrol truck filled with bales of smuggled second hand clothings. The heavy duty vehicle was seized by the Customs on Sunday, April 3, 2016, along the Gasau road in Zamfara State. It was learnt that the tanker was carrying 100 bales of the smuggled clothings…
ICPC Probes Governor For Diverting Bailout Funds
Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Allied Offences Commission, ICPC, Ekpo Nta, has disclosed that the commission was investigating a state governor for alleged diversion of bailout funds meant for the payment of workers’ salaries. Nta made this known when he received students of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, who were…
Economy Will Boom In 2018—Emefiele
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has predicted that the economy would experience a boom by the end of 2018 just as he hinted of a hike in interest rate by May 2016 at the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, of the Apex Bank, following the inflation rate that has galloped to…
NSCDC Destroys 700 Drums Of Illegally Refined Diesel
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Friday destroyed over 700 drums of illegally refined automotive gas oil popularly known as diesel. The men of the NSCDC, Rivers State Command, had after being tipped off, stormed an illegal warehouse used in storing refined AGO in large quantities in Ogbogoro community, Obio/Akpor…