An interest group called the Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has commended Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for accepting responsibility for the paternity of his Igbo son, Jack Musa Ngonadi Gowon, after about 48 years of denial, abandonment, victimization and slander. Gowon had in a signed statement two weeks ago, accepted paternity over…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has questioned the release of aides of Governor Nyesom Wike who were arrested for alleged malpractices and violence during the State and National Assembly rerun elections recently. The party asked why security agencies freed the suspects. Also, the Rivers APC raised eyebrows about the release of Wike’s…
Personnel of the Nigerian Army have dealt a huge blow on members of the dreadful terrorists group called Boko Haram. Also, more than a dozen persons held hostage by the sect were rescued by the Nigerian troops fighting the insurgents in Borno State. Troops of the 151 Task Force Battalion, 21 Brigade further cleared remnants…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against remarks made by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on the lingering petrol scarcity in the country. Kachikwu had said last week that Nigerians may have to bear the hardship for two more months because he was not a magician that can…
The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has described the purported new video released by leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau as fake. In a statement issued on Thursday, the DHQ urged Nigerians not to believe the video clips because it “could be another ploy or antics of the terrorists to keep our innocent citizen off their current…
In furtherance of efforts to make the North East safe and secure from the nefarious and criminal activities of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of newly inducted 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade, in conjunction with Army Headquarters Strike Group (AHQ SG) and the Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF), carried out a spectacular clearance…
No fewer than 180 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists group have been rescued alive by the Nigerian Army, Aproko247 has learnt. A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman disclosed on Thursday that the hostages were freed from the insurgents’ den during military operations. This is in…
Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators in the present National Assembly have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately release the outstanding results in the Rivers State re-run elections particularly results that were collated from polling units, wards, Local Government Areas in their possession. This was part of the resolutions…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has assured Nigerians that the lingering petrol scarcity would soon be a thing of the past. The Corporation made this assurance via a statement released on its verified Twitter and Facebook pages on Thursday morning. NNPC said it is working tirelessly to take the queues off the petrol stations…
Nigerians may have to suffer a little bit longer if comments by the Federal Government on the lingering fuel scarcity are anything to take serious. This is because the government has categorically emphasised that Nigerians may continue in the anguish of petrol dearth at least for the next two months. Minister of State for Petroleum,…