Reports reaching us show that a bomb blast occurred on Friday morning at an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp warehouse in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. No casualty was confirmed by our reporter as at the time of filing in this report. It is believed that members of Boko Haram may have carried out the…
Category: National/Politics
Buhari Removes FCT Revenue Chairman, Others
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Chairmen of the FCT Internal Revenue Service, Secondary Education and Universal Basic Education Boards (UBEB); Ari Isa Mohammed, Moroof Akinwande and Usman Ningi respectively. Notice of the sack of the three board chairmen was contained in a letter with reference (NO. SGF.19/S.81/T1/97) sent to the FCT…
Nigeria Needs More Refineries—NNPC Boss
**Kaduna Refinery Begins Production December Production of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol is scheduled to commence at the Kaduna Refinery by December 2015, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu. The NNPC boss, during…
NSCDC Lists Fake Facebook Accounts
In its efforts to keep the general public aware of activities of fraudsters on social media platforms using the identities of its top personnel, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has posted links of fake accounts used for these acts. In a statement issued on Thursday and made available to Aproko247, the Corps…
Wike Plans To Borrow N10b To Bribe Judges–APC Alleges
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the state governor, Nyesom Wike has planned to get N10 billion from Zenith Bank to bribe judges at the elections petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. APC said the governor has already commenced negotiations with the bank. This was made known in a…
BREAKING: PDP Postpones Kogi Guber Primary
Aproko247 has learnt that the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended the Kogi State governorship primary earlier fixed for Thursday, September 10, 2015. A statement issued on Wednesday by National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, disclosed that the reason for the postponement is due to “some logistic…
Army Raids Boko Haram Camps (Photos)
The three month deadline given to the Nigerian troops by President Muhammadu Buhari to get rid of Boko Haram terrorist group from the Nigerian soil seems to be on point The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, disclosed that troops are already “clearing Boko Haram enclaves along axis of advance from Bitta to Tokumbere, Borno State.” The…
UNILAG First Class Student Electrocuted To Death
Tragedy was let loose on Tuesday evening at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, when a female student was electrocuted by a high tension cable. It was said that the victim, identified as Oluchi Anekwe, a 300 level first class student of Accounting, was returning from her boyfriend’s place when the incident occurred. According to…
Civil Servant Declared Wanted Over N36 Fraud
An employee of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Joseph Tony Ogah, has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over an alleged fraud. Ogah was accused of defrauding the Federal Government of N36.2 million, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by spokesperson of the…
Arrest Anyone Inciting Violence—Police IG
Men of the Nigeria Police have been directed to henceforth arrest anyone found inciting violence in any part of the country. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Force spokesperson, Bisi Kolawole, disclosed that this order came from the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, following “recent activities of members of the Movement…