The International Islamic Conference on Peace and Security has been declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari. The IIC is taking place at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Declaring the occasion open on Thursday, March 17, 2016, the President highlighted the importance of peace in the society. At the event, Executive Secretary, World Muslim League, Saudi…
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that it lost an officer and a soldier in an attack on troops of 2 Brigade on Thursday morning. A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be sea pirates had attacked the troops at about 11am while they (troops) were on patrol along the waterways in the general area of…
Aproko247 has learnt that the Ekiti State House of Assembly member earlier reported to have died in the custody of the Department of State Service, is alive. Moments ago, it was reported in a section of the online media that Afolabi Akanni, a member of Ekiti Assembly in the detention of the country’s secret police,…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has been taken over by the National Assembly. This followed the agreement of the Senate on Thursday with the House of Representatives’ resolutions on the report of the delegation to Kogi State on the illegal removal of its Speaker. The takeover is due to crisis rocking the Kogi Assembly.…
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Yola, Adamawa State showed their good sides to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state. The rescue officials were at the Federal Medical Centre in Yola, where they donated their blood to IDPs admitted at the hospital. The gesture was welcomed by the beneficiary as they…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received letters of credence from Ambassador designates of four countries. Buhari got the letters from Ambassador designates of Bulgaria, Australia, Sierra Leone and Iceland at the State House in Abuja. The individual ambassadors are: Vesselin Blagoer Delcher of the Republic of Bulgaria to Nigeria, Paul Lehmann the High Commissioner-designate of…
Reports reaching us show that a Major in the Nigerian Army (name withheld) has been feared dead in a clash with unknown gunmen in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State. The Army officer was reportedly killed alongside three soldiers on Thursday afternoon. Details of the killing remain sketchy at the time of reporting.…
Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to resist any attempt to force a state of emergency on Rivers State because of the increase in the rate of violence in the South-South state. The party, in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, alleged that the violence is…
Clears Terrorists’ Camp The Nigerian military has continued to record success in its fight against terrorism in the country. A feat was recorded this week with the recovery of a Nigerian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) earlier captured by members of Boko Haram terrorists group during an attack on Buni Yadi on July 9, 2015.…
The electricity problem facing Nigeria may soon be a thing of the past if indications from the Federal Government are anything to go by. Nigerians have always asked the government to source for alternative source of power as it is done in other climes. The Muhammadu Buhari-led administration seems to be looking in that direction.…