President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his four-day visit to the United States of America. Buhari touched down at the Nnamdi Akikwe Airport in Abuja in the early hours of Thursday and was received by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. He departed the US on Wednesday night through the Joint Base Andrews Airport in…
ipeline According to a report by The Cable, scores of persons have lost their lives in a pipeline explosion that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in Arepo, Ogun State. The reputable platform relied on information given to it by a source for its report. “Well over 100 people” involved in vandalisation pipelines and…
Former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to ex-president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, has been released by the Department of State Security, DSS, Aproko247 has learnt. Obuah was freed by his employer on Wednesday afternoon after spending some days in their custody. Until on Tuesday, his detention became controversial, after it was rumoured that he had…
The Imo State Election Tribunal has struck out a petition filed against the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, by former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha. Ihedioha contested the Imo State governorship election with Okorocha on April 11, 2015, which was won by the latter. He ran for the position under the platform…
Suspected members of Boko Haram, on Tuesday, invaded the hometown of Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, burning down some houses, including the family home of the army general. Reuters reported that Buratai was not in his hometown when the insurgents attacked. The Boko Haram invasion comes barely two days after…
Former security aide to Goodluck Jonathan, the immediate past President of Nigeria, Gordon Obuah, has addressed the media to put to rest speculations that he has died in the custody of the Department of State Security, DSS. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon, Obuah said there is nothing wrong with him and stressed that…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday (today) meet with Nigerians living in the United States of America, USA. This is part of his visit to the President Barak Obama-led country. On Monday, the Nigerian leader met his US counterpart, where they both assured each other of their cooperation in tackling terrorism and corruption. It is…
Aproko247 has been exclusively informed by a security source in Abuja that the former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, is not dead as being widely speculated in a section of the Nigerian media. The source informed our correspondent that what actually happened was that Obuah fainted after he embarked on…
There is anxiety in some quarters over rumours making the rounds that the former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, has died in the custody of the Department of State Security, DSS. Obuah was detained after he honoured an invitation from the country’s secret police last week. However, days after he…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has debunked media reports that a former Chief Personal Security Officer, CPSO, to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Moses Jitoboh, was apprehended by its officials on Monday. Spokesman of the Commission, Wilson Uwajaren, disclosed that he has no knowledge of the arrest of the Jitoboh. Jotoboh served as Jonathan’s Aide-de-Camp,…