The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will conclude the cancelled Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in selected areas in five Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. This information was disclosed on Tuesday afternoon by the Commission. The Area Councils affected are Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Abuja…
Troops of 152 and 155 Task Force Battalions at Operation LAFIYA DOLE in conjunction with troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) from Cameroon, conducted a massive joint clearance operation of suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, April 11, 2016 along Nigeria-Cameroon borders. The unprecedented clearance operation swept through over 10 suspected Boko Haram terrorists…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to seek the face of God for forgiveness. The party, reacting to a press statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, accusing the APC of sponsoring groups to raise frivolous petitions against PDP members…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the official opening ceremony of the Business Forum on China/Nigeria Production Capacity Cooperation in Beijing, China. The Nigerian leader is in the Asian country for a state visit. He left for the country on Sunday night and arrived China the next day. Buhari, at the forum, met with Chairman…
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Okwesilieze Nwodo, has debunked reports that he has dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Nwodo stated that as a founding member of the former ruling party, if he is to leave the party, he would go through the necessary steps to do…
The Nigerian Senate has called on Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to tender his resignation over the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail project. In a statement issued on Monday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the upper chamber of the National Assembly also fumed at the way the executive…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday, April 11, 2016, won the first leg of his case against the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Economic Community for West African States, ECOWAS, court. The retired army officer is challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December by the Department of…
The fuel scarcity ‘palava’ seems to be no respecter of anyone, even those who have vowed to stay solidly behind President Muhammadu Buhari. A vehicle brand with ‘I Stand With Buhari’, was recently spotted refilling the car with fuel apparently purchased from a black marketer due to scarcity of the product in the past weeks.…
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…