Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has written to the Chinese government to withdraw the $2 billion loan it promised to give to Nigeria. Fayose, in his letter addressed to the President of China, Xi Jinping, said Nigerians are totally against the loan. The letter, dated April 12, 2016, with reference number EK/GOV/28/10, noted that…
…….Calls For Regional Approach To Development During a keynote address at the 1st annual Enugu Investment Summit, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu, presented a compelling case for a sub-regional approach to economic development for Eastern Nigeria. In doing so, he also pledged to invest more steadily…
Members of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, campaigners were shocked to be denied access into Aso Rock in Abuja during their planned demonstration on Thursday. The group had attempted to go into the Presidential Villa to protest the abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014. However, the…
The Nigerian Army have announced the commencement of recruitment into the Force and have called on interested Nigerians to apply. The Army, through their Facebook account, announced this development. “This is to inform the general public and all interested qualified Nigerians that recruitment into Nigerian Army has commenced. All to note that the online application…
Some angry youths in Nasarawa State recently vented their frustration on a member of the state House of Assembly. The victim, Yahaya Rilwanu, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Awe-South state constituency, was accused of not keeping to the promises he made to them during his campaign tours. Trouble reportedly…
The suspension and removal of the council chairman of Oredo local government area of Edo State, Osaro Obazee, has been upturned by a court in Benin, the state capital. Aproko247 reliably gathered that Justice Esohe Ikponmwen of High Court 2, Benin City, set aside the suspension, which many loyalists of Obazee described as illegal. At…
Police in Abuja have been accused of attempting to shield a woman of evading justice over the death of a motorcycle rider on April 5, 2016. In a press statement issued by the Bikers Community in Abuja, they called on the attention of “all media houses, well-meaning Nigerians and the international community to the series…
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, taken the Federal Government to a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking for N3 billion as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention. Counsel to Zakzaky, Festus Okoye, disclosed in a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna that apart from the money, his client went…
The Group Executive Director Upstream of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Bello Rabiu, says about $1.8 billion is used every three months to bring Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol, into the country. Rabiu made this disclosure on Wednesday while speaking with State House Correspondents in Abuja. The NNPC top shot explained that…
Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the Chairmanship election held in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, Mustapha Adamu, has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The result was announced on Wednesday by the electoral umpire after the poll was held under peaceful atmosphere. Declaring Adamu winner of the election,…