The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, says there is no new court judgement restraining it from imposing fines on traffic offenders caught by its men. The agency was reacting to a trending post on social media that Federal High Court recently ruled that the FRSC cannot impose fines on motorist, saying that an appeal court…
The Nigerian Army says not less than 22 soldiers were injured during an attack by Boko Haram terrorists at Kareto in northern Borno State. On Monday, the army came under a serious attack from the insurgents, but the Nigerian troops engaged them in a fierce gun battle. Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka…
Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has ordered the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, to appear before it on Thursday, April 21, 2016, at 2pm. The directive was given to the tribunal judge on Monday shortly after he announced that the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the…
Former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamoiwei Dudafa, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, in Lagos. Dudafa was apprehended on Monday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos upon his arrival from abroad. He was said to have been handed over to the Economic…
The signing of the 2016 budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari may be delayed again if latest revelations are anything to go by. This is because the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, and his team have reportedly found about 386 strange additions worth N12.6 billion in the ministry’s budget proposals, which were believed to…
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has advocated for a strengthened strategic partnership between Nigeria and the Republic of Korea in the maritime industry. He pointed out that the two countries stand to derive mutual benefits from such relationship. Dakuku made this point during a courtesy visit by…
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Umar Danladi, on Monday disclosed that the trial of embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will now hold every day. At the resumption of the proceedings on Monday, April 18, 2016, Justice Danladi said this move is to fast track the trial and bring it to conclusion…
Personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been challenged to brace up for the security challenges ahead by improving on their combat readiness and weapon handling. This was the remark of the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, during the Nigerian Army annual range classification exercise at the 177 Guards Battalion Range…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some youths loyal to the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday morning, stormed venue of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, to show support to him. The Senate President appeared before the tribunal on Monday for the resumption of his trial by Justice Umar Danladi. It was…
Reports reaching us confirm that Nigerian forces are currently engaging members of the deadly terrorists group, Boko Haram in Borno State. According to the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the gallant soldiers are in a fierce battle with the insurgents in Kareto in Northern Borno. Usman disclosed on Monday morning that,…