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…
The council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have recorded some problems, which majority of the voters are not happy about. Aproko247 gathered that three of the major flaws recorded so far are low voters’ turnout, card reader failure and late arrival of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who are to…
Former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus will get the sum of N10 million from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The money is compensation granted the PDP chieftain by the court for his unlawful arrest and detention by the anti-money laundering agency. Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High…
Former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kure was picked by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday for allegedly receiving a N600m contract from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. Punch said an impeccable source disclosed to it that Kure has since been…
Special Adviser on Media to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Yusuph Olaniyonu, has insisted that his boss will not bow to pressure to resign from office. Olaniyonu informed Premium Times in a text message on Friday that only the court can remove Saraki and that is when he is found guilty of allegations levelled against…
What could have caused several loss of lives on Friday, April 8, 2016, was averted by gallant men of the Nigerian military fighting insurgents in Borno State. News reaching us confirms that troops intercepted suicide bombers in the early hours of Friday, thereby averting another bloodbath. It was gathered that at about 4am, soldiers of…
Former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Smart Adeyemi, has called it quit with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyemi contested the Kogi West Senatorial District election in 2015 under the PDP and lost to candidate of the APC, Dino Melaye. He had been in the Senate…
President Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday, April 8, 2016, not present at the emergency Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Reason for his absence was not disclosed to State House correspondents. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, took his place and presided over the meeting. It was learnt that details…
Authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, have closed the institution following a protest by students over poor electricity and water supplies. The school ordered students to vacate their hostels latest on Friday morning and urged parents to recall their wards home. On Thursday, April 7, 2016, students of the school expressed their grievances…