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.…
The recently rejected Gender Equality Bill will be reintroduced to the Senate, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has hinted. It would be recalled that on Tuesday, the bill did not scale through the second reading and was thrown out by members of the red chamber. This did not go down well with many Nigerians, who…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has highlighted about 25 sins allegedly committed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and two of its members. The members of the party alleged to have committed the 25 offences are former president Goodluck Jonathan and governor Nyesom Wike of River State. APC, in a statement…
A last minute flaw has been detected in the 2016 Appropriation Bill, which might dent a huge blow on its planned passage on March 17, 2016 (today). According to reports, the National Assembly found out that the budget has about 25 fresh errors. Also, about N37 billion Items would have to be removed from the…
Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukar Yusuf Buratai, has donated two Land Cruiser Ambulances to the Nigeria Defence Academy to help improve the standard of medical services in the Academy. This is in line with his vision to have a professional and responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional roles. The Chief of…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State does not deserve the votes of the electorate in Rivers South West Senatorial Zone in the rerun State and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold across the State on Saturday, March 19, 2016, the Rivers APC has said. The party in a statement issued Tuesday in…
Dr Dakuku Adolphus Peterside has assumed duty as the Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Aproko247 has learnt. Dakuku resumed his new office on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. He arrived the NIMASA head office on 4, Burma Road, Apapa and immediately went into a closed door meeting with members of…
The joint Senate and House of Representatives committees set up by the National Assembly on Tuesday to investigate the alleged invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly has arrived the state capital, Ado-Ekiti. The committee, which is on a fact finding mission and led by Senator Muhammed Shaba Lafiaji, arrived their base in Ado-Ekiti…
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday struck out a bill seeking to place a man and woman on equal level in marriage as well in the family setting. The document tagged Gender Equality Bill was not passed by majority of the senior lawmakers. Senators Rufai Ahmed, Adamu Aliero and Emmanuel…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea and he is on his way to Nigeria. Buhari left the country with members of his entourage, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Hajia Khadija Ibrahim; Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello; Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan Ali; and National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno,…