President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed security agencies across the country to henceforth deal decisively with any herdsmen that attack innocent Nigerians. Buhari made this known when he received the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. He said his administration is prepared to deal decisively and…
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, members of the Edo State House of Assembly, EDHA, impeached their Speaker, Victor Eboror. It was not clear why the man was removed from office, but close watchers of political happenings in the state said they saw it coming and were not surprised that the lawmaker was sacked from the…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, was not presented in court on Tuesday by Federal Government. Dasuki was meant to stand trial before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of corruption and misappropriation of money earmarked for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram levelled against him by the…
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has been sacked, Aproko247 has been reliably informed. Our source in Edo State disclosed to us that the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Festus Ebea, was also impeached. It was learnt that both members of the hollowed chamber were impeached on Tuesday. It is however…
Soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists in the north eastern part of Nigeria have rescued an aged man held captives by the group. The elderly man identified as Mallam Ibrahim Matuk, regained his freedom thanks to the Nigerian forces. It was gathered that the man, who is 80 years old, was rescued at Shaltimari village, Borno…
More than 800,000 Nigerians applied for the advertised 10,000 jobs vacant in the Nigeria Police Force. This information was disclosed by the Police Service Commission, PSC, on Monday, May 2, 2016, in Abuja. A statement issued by Head, Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, revealed that as at 1pm on Monday, about…
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Hamzat Ahmadu, has been reported dead. The deceased was said to have breathed his last at the age of 92 at a private hospital in Lagos on Sunday. Late Ahmadu, who was also the Walin Sokoto, served as Personal Secretary to two Nigerian military leaders: Aguiyi Ironsi…
Nigerian forces fighting insurgents have stormed a factory believed to be where Boko Haram makes explosives it uses to carry out deadly attacks in the north east. A statement by the Army authorities disclosed that gallant troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on Friday, April 30, April 2016, raided the factory…
The Nigerian Army says members of the deadly Boko Haram group now resort to hiding in fox holes in order to escape the onslaught launched on them by the Federal Government. Troops have been clearing remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in all villages and towns in the north east in compliance with the military high…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo last week was at the family house of the late Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Rafiu Bakare Adeyefa Jafojo. The Otta farmer was precisely at the Ikeja, Lagos residence of the deceased on Thursday, April 28, 2016. He was accompanied to the place by his friend, Oyewole Fasawe and one of…