The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has annulled the suspension of the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, by the Anambra State chapter of the party. In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja by National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Victor Kwon, it was maintained that the party at the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointments of Secretary to the Federal Government, SFG, and his Chief of Staff. While Engr Babachir David Lawal was named the SFG, Abba Kyari was announced as the Chief Of Staff. This brings to end speculations linking one of the former governors of Rivers and Lagos States; Rotimi Amaechi…
Aproko247 has learnt that Biafra FM signals is now live in Lagos, though in some parts of the state, according to what our reporter gathered. The news of the radio station signal was disclosed by the agitator of a Biafra nation Nmadi Kalu, who took to his social media account to announce it. “CHK 89.1…
A member of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Yobe State, Justice Audu Bako, has kicked the bucket. The judge was said to have died on Wednesday at about 2pm at the Primus Hospital in Karu, a suburb in Abuja, after a brief illness. Justice Bako is a member of the three-man panel hearing petition…
Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe has continued his verbal attack with the governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, who he described as a “garage boy” that should be at the “motor park” rather than the Government House. Reacting to Oshiomhole’s attack on him, the Niger Delta elder statesman said the governor…
Former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has played down speculations that the household of the ruling party in Lagos State is in shambles. This follows the alleged division between loyalists of the immediate past governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola and the incumbent governor,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has approved the request by the Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, to give financial cushion to 27 state governments battling to meet their fiscal obligations, including payment of salaries of their workers. The National Executive Council, NEC, had met on Monday, June 29, 2015 and requested for a way out…
The Offshore Processing Agreement, OPA, and crude swap deals for refined oil products between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and oil marketers have been terminated by the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina. The statement said, “Mr President has approved the cancellation…
The newly appointed Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, has finally resumed office, though in an acting capacity. The former Lagos Inland Revenue Service, LIRS, boss was appointed few days ago by President Muhammadu Buhari to take over from Sunday Ogungbesan. Resuming office at the Abuja headquarters of the agency,…
Reports reaching us show that an employee of Arik Air was recently arrested at the Heathrow Airport in London, England by the United Kingdom Border Force for being in possession of items suspected to be banned substance. Aproko247 learnt that the employee of the airline, a male cabin crew member, was apprehended on Monday night…