Police in Ogun State have apprehended a fleeing member of the dreadful Boko Haram group from the northeast Nigeria. The suspect was said to have been nabbed by security forces in Mowe area of the state, a town very close to Lagos. Parading the suspect on Monday at the headquarters of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery…
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Pictures From Public Hearing On Social Media Bill
On Monday, March 7, 2016, a public hearing was held to debate the Frivolous Petition Bill, also called the Social Media Bill. There have been hues and cries over the bill based on fears that it is being sponsored to tame social media in Nigeria. But the Senate had severally said that the bill is…
Senate Holds Hearing On Social Media Bill
A public hearing on Frivolous Petition Bill has been organised by the Nigerian Senate. The bill is also fondly referred to as the Social Media Bill. The upper chamber of the National Assembly put up the public hearing to engage different stakeholders in debating and making clarification concerning the Bill. The hearing, Aproko247 learnt, is…
Justice Laminkara Cleared As Rivers Chief Judge
The Rivers State House of Assembly has reportedly okayed Justice Iyayi Laminkara as Chief Judge of the state. It was reported that the Assembly session was presided over by the Speaker, Dobotorudima Adams, and nine other lawmakers. The latest development may spur another controversy between the Judiciary and Legislature in the state. There were issues…
BREAKING: Badeh Sent To Kuje Prison
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has been ordered to be remanded in Kuje prison. Badeh was arraigned in court on Monday morning by the Federal Government based on corruption charges. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday remanded him in prison, pending hearing of his application for bail.…
CCT Trial: Saraki Accused Of Bribing Journalists
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been accused of giving bribes to reporters who cover the judiciary ahead of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, which begins on Friday, March 11, 2016. A popular online platform, SaharaReporters, said the Senate President gave out the sum of N50,000 each to journalists through one of…
Buhari Mourns Ocholi
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, on Sunday as untimely, regretting that Nigeria has lost a key component of the change agenda. Buhari, who expressed shock and sadness at the death the Minister, his wife and son in a car crash, said Ocholi was “an accomplished…
Ex-Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, Returns To School
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has gone back to school to pursue a programme in Law. Chidoka, who was a Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, before his appointment as Minister by former president Goodluck Jonathan, was among those matriculated by Baze University in Abuja on Saturday. Baze University is…
$1m Cash Found in Badeh’s N1.1b Abuja Mansion
According to a report by Punch, not less than $1 million cash was found in the Abuja property of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The said amount was reportedly discovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, when his house at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja,…
Wike Plans To Bribe Ogonis With Blood Money—Rivers APC
By Nwaorgu Faustinus Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said its attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, SSG, Kenneth Kobani, that the Rivers State Government will pay compensation to some families in Ogoni over the recent crisis in the area. The APC in a…