In Nigeria, most governors, after serving their tenures, which are mostly two terms of four years each, retire to the Senate. But the incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will not toe that path like his ‘senior’ colleagues. Fayose, addressing newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said he has no…
Nigerians have been assured by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the former state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, will deliver as the Minister of Transport. The party, in a statement issued by the media aide to the state chairman of the APC, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said the former…
No fewer than 53 students graduated from the University of Ibadan, UI, with first class degrees on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State. This was from the total number of 2,362 students graduated by the premier university in Nigeria. Prof Emilolorun Ayelari, the Ag. Vice-Chancellor of UI, who spoke at the 67th Foundation Day and Convocation…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged the newly constituted members of cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari to take the country’s economy very serious. The country’s major opposition party made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesman, Olisa Metuh, shortly after the President allotted portfolios to his ministers. PDP said the…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned portfolios to 36 Ministers, who he will work with hopefully in the next four years to deliver the campaign promises of his party made ahead of his election on March 28, 2015. At the ceremony held in Abuja, the country’s seat of power, the President urged the appointees to…
The Nigerian Contingent of the African Union Standby Force (ASF) consisting of 41 officers and soldiers arrived the country on Tuesday after a two weeks intensive training in Peace-Keeping at the South African Army Combat Training Centre in Lohatlan. Receiving the contingent on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, Commodore Uche Onyia explained that…
Following the removal of over 15 permanent secretaries on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of those to take over the vacant positions. According to a statement issued by the President’s spokesman in Abuja on Tuesday night, Buhari has confirmed the appointment of 18 persons to take charge of the posts. Femi Adesina,…
Former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has been granted bail by Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Suswam was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegation of looting about N3.1billion, being proceeds of shares owned by the Benue State government and Benue Investment and Property…
Not less than 15 Permanent Secretaries have been relieved of their duties by President Muhammadu Buhari, Aproko247 has learnt. It was further learnt that the President ordered the mass retirement of permanent secretaries on Tuesday after a meeting with them in Abuja. At the said meeting were also Chief of Staff to the President, Abba…
The supposed founder of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, retired Justice Eze Ozobu, has criticized the hate speeches and incitement to aggression as being portrayed by persons under the guise of Radio Biafra. Speaking with Rev Obinna Aklukwe, Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, who sought his views as part of the group’s…