The Warri and Port Harcourt refineries have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Ohi Alegbe, it was revealed that the Warri refinery would contribute 3.5 million litres of petrol…
By Njamanze FIdel Some politicians from the South-East geo-political zone on Tuesday extolled John Odigie Oyegun’s virtues and competencies, describing him as a brilliant strategist and inspiring leader. “Very few politicians get to change the political landscape of their state not to talk about the country. John Oyegun is such a politician,” the politicians said.…
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the Protocol Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said. The party in a statement issued Tuesday in Port Harcourt and signed by the Chairman,…
There is anxiety in the ancient town of Ife in Osun State over the reported demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Olubuse II. On Tuesday evening, news hit town that the first class monarch and the spiritual head of the Yoruba race, had passed away in a London hospital. But the Royal…
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria to Cameroon on an official visit to the neighbouring West African country. Buhari will meet with his counterpart in Cameroon to discuss security issues affecting the two countries. Top on the agenda, according to what our correspondent gathered, would be the issue of Boko Haram. They are expected to…
The Abia State House of Assembly has suspended one of its members, Abraham Oba. The lawmaker is in the Assembly under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, representing Aba Central. He was reportedly asked to stay away from proceedings in the hollowed chambers because he granted a press conference on Tuesday along…
Former Chief Security Officer to Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, is critically ill, Aproko247 can authoritatively report. Obuah was held recently by his employer, the Department of State Security, DSS, where he spent some days in their custody. He was invited on allegations bordering on oil bunkering while in the government of Jonathan. He was earlier…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it strongly supports President Muhammadu Buhari on his war on corruption. However, the party warned that due process must be followed in fighting the menace in the country. This was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in Abuja. Metuh…
The Nigeria Police Force has warned the general public not to fall victim of job fraudsters, who claim the Force is recruiting. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Police spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, the Force described the recruitment adverts are “fake.” “The attention of the Nigeria Police Management has been drawn to…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, is reportedly dead. The respected monarch joined his ancestors on Tuesday in a London hospital, we learnt. He was said to have been flown to the UK last week for treatment after he collapsed in Ife, Osun State. His health became a concern in 2013 after he spent…