**Meets Saudi Officials Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, said he had a meeting with Saudi authorities to request a transparent probe into the unfortunate incident in Mina, Saudi Arabia last month that led to the death of more than 740 pilgrims. Sanusi, addressing pilgrims during a visit to South-South and South-East camps in Mecca,…
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, sealed the residence of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The anti-graft agency locked the property of the woman regarded as one of the most powerful persons during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan after its raided her house in Abuja. It…
Several persons were said to have been killed on Friday night at a popular market in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. According to reports, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect detonated improvised explosive devices at a market in Kuje, near a police station in the area. Many other persons were said to have…
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, NCA, has apprehended five persons in London on Friday in connection with bribery and corruption. The NCA’s International Corruption Unit confirmed on its website that five people were arrested in “London for suspected bribery and money laundering offences.” However, the agency did not disclose identities of the suspects, but Premium…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has chided governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, saying what he could not do was perfected by an ex-military officer. Sylva, who spoke after he emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary for the Bayelsa election in December 2015, said politicians still have a…
Customers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, who were overbilled by the company for electricity consumed by them, have started to get a refund of their money, the Managing Director of AEDC, Neil Croucher, has disclosed. Croucher made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Thursday.…
A monarch in Kogi State has been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in the state, Aproko247 has learnt. The victim, His Royal Highness Adebisi Obademi, is the paramount ruler of Apaa Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was said to have been seized by the hoodlums, who were reportedly masked, at…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, were captured smiling at each other on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at an event organised to mark the country’s Independence Day celebration. Before now, there had been reports that the President and Saraki had not been on speaking terms. Some speculated that Buhari is still angry…
The senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Adeola, has predicted a brighter future for Nigeria and Nigerians as the nation celebrates its 55th independence anniversary. The lawmaker said that in spite of daunting challenges at present and a chequered past, Nigeria has survived as a nation, adding that the new administration of President Muhammudu Buhari is…
The much awaited ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari was finally sent to the Senate on Wednesday evening. This was after the upper chamber had closed for the day and week and to resume next Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The lawmakers would have sat on Thursday, October 1, 2015, but for the public holiday declared…