The protest embarked on by students of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Rivers State on Monday morning has turned violent, Aproko247 has learnt. It was gathered that one of the policemen drafted to quell the demonstration allegedly shot one of the protesting students. According to what was disclosed to us, the victim is a…
President Muhammadu Buhari is already in the People’s Republic of China for a State Visit to the country. Buhari touched down China on Monday, April 11, 2016, after he departed the Nanmdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 7:30pm on Sunday, April 10, 2016. The Nigerian President was welcomed to China by the Assistant Minister of…
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Land Transport, Gbenga Ashafa, has reacted to controversies surrounding the Lagos-Calabar rail project that was allegedly removed from the 2016 budget passed by the National Assembly. Ashafa confirmed that the project was not in the initial budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the lawmakers, but noted that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has left the shores of Nigeria for a visit to China. The Nigerian leader left the Nanmdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 7:30pm on Sunday, April 10, 2016. He will be expected to return to the country next week. While in China, Buhari will seal some bilateral deals with the Asian country.…
The Federal Government says it has identified four ways to revamp Nigeria’s economy and make it one of the best in the world. This was made known by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, at a special programme organized by the Lagos Business School recently. According to Adeosun, the four economic plans the government…
Students of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Rivers State, have closed down the school over increase in their tuition fee. The aggrieved students block major roads leading to their institution to kick against the increase by their school management. Also, academic activities in the higher institution of learning have been brought to a halt…
A top member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Kawu Baraje, has hit hard on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Baraje, an ally of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Sunday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, also the hometown of Saraki, that the party’s performance since taking office almost a…
Governor Ayodele Fayose has kicked against plans by the Federal Government to increase Value Added Tax, VAT, from the current five per cent to 10 per cent, describing it as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, who he said are suffering from the bad economic policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress,…
Armed to the teeth security men on Monday manned the entrance of the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, commonly called the Glass House to prevent entry. This followed the leadership crisis rocking the football governing body in Nigeria, which may force FIFA to ban Nigeria from football activities. Last week, a court in…
A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State, Rotimi Obadofin, has been reported dead. Obadofin was said to have died on Thursday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, from a ruptured appendix. The deceased contested the governorship ticket of APC in last year’s election but lost the ticket to, Abubakar…