A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Arch. Musa Muhammad Sada, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, his involvement in the alleged N23.29bn poll bribery scandal. Sada is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency. During investigation, Sada…
The EFCC, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, arraigned the duo of Air Vice Marshal Saliu Atawodi (rtd), a former chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Safety, PICOMSS, one Rabiu Hassan and his company, Hypertech Nigeria Limited, before Justice U. P. Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on a three-…
An ex-Chief of Air Staff is presently battling with an alleged fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. He is trying hard to clear his name of the fraud accusation. Aproko247 gathered that the suspect, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd), was brought before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly called petrol has now been increased from the official N86 per litre. The product will henceforth now go for N145 per litre, Aproko247 has learnt. This is because the Federal Government has finally put an end to the fuel subsidy regime. It would be recalled that last…
Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Monday Igbuya on Tuesday described the elected chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta State Chapter as “a man of huge ability and a politician of conviction and integrity.” Speaking with journalists after the party’s congress in Asaba, Igbuya praised Barrister Kingsley Esiso for his “intelligence, hard work,…
Many Niger Delta militants were killed on Tuesday during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers in Bayelsa state, spokesman of Operation Pulo Shield, the joint force in the region, Isa Ado, has disclosed. Ado stated that a combined team of suspected militants and sea pirates, attacked his men in Foropa, a community in Southern Ijaw…
The state congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held in Ekiti, Ogun and Anambra all ended in confusion on Tuesday. In Ogun, three chairmen emerged from the Kashamu Buruji, Ladi Adebutu and Dimeji Bankole factions. While the Kashamu-led group held its congress at the party secretariat, the Adebutu group held theirs inside the amphitheatre…
Niger Delta militants have vowed to go on with their attacks on oil facilities in their region despite an order by President Muhammadu Buhari to the military to clamp down on the new faceless Avengers’ group. On Tuesday, the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, declared that the bombing of pipelines in the Niger Delta would…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Greater Together New Media Team, GTNMT, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, for demonstrating extraordinary and sincere commitment to the development of Nigeria, and in particular, the Niger Delta region by insisting that the Lagos-Calabar Rail project be captured in the 2016 Budget in spite…
The trial of spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was adjourned on Monday after Justice Ishaq Bello of FCT High Court in Abuja, said he could no longer see clearly. He informed counsels of both the prosecution and defence that he was seeing shadows and that he could no longer go on with the…