Category: National/Politics

PDP Suspends Proposed National Conference

Activities linked to the yet-to-be inaugurated committee on the proposed National Conference of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been halted by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. A statement issued by the National Secretary of the PDP, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, disclosed that this decision is to enable room for further consultations by…

EFCC Arraigns 4 Over N1.2b Pension Scam

eff Four suspects were arraigned on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Federal High Court, Gudu, Abuja, on a 29-count charge bordering on conspiracy, and collecting by false pretence. The accused were brought before Justice Abubakar Talba by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over their alleged involvement in the N1.2 billion pension fraud.…

Osun Lecturers Storm Assembly Over Unpaid Salaries

Members of the Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Owned Tertiary Institutions, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest at the Osun State House of Assembly over the non-payment of their salaries for eight months. The frustrated dons, armed with placards with various inscriptions, urged the lawmakers to compel the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola,…

Amaechi Is Clean & Spotless, Rivers APC Insists

amaechi Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stressed that the immediate past governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, is clean and untainted by corruption, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to disregard efforts by the state governor, Nyesom Wike to tarnish Amaechi’s image. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday by…

7 Children Killed In Yola IDP Camp Bombing

No fewer than seven children were reportedly feared dead on Friday morning when a suicide bomber attacked an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Yola, Adamawa State. Aproko247 gathered that several other persons at the camp were seriously injured at the incident, which came as shock to many. The IDP camp was set up to…

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…