Former leaders of militants in the nine states of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the amnesty deal that is reportedly meant to end in December 2015. In the letter dated Thursday, July 9, 2015 and made available to newsmen on Friday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,…
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has been called upon not to play partisan politics with the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in recent times following his recent remarks that insurgency has worsen under President Mohamed Buhari six weeks in government. In a reaction to Ekweremadu’s comparative narrative on the resurgence of Boko Haram attacks as…
President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo have made their intentions known to get half of their salaries. This was conveyed to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on, SGF, Thursday by the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Nebolisa Emodi. The presidency also confirmed this on Friday in…
A male Boko Haram suspect disguised as female was on Friday afternoon in Yola, Adamawa State arrested by security operatives. He confessed being a member of the deadly Islamic Sect, which has carried out several attacks in northeast part of Nigeria. The suspect was allegedly tortured during interrogation by the security operatives in Yola before…
A former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako and his son, Abdulazeez, have been granted bail in the sum of N350 million. The duo are facing trial for a N29 billion fraud allegation levelled against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Nyako and his son were arraigned at a Federal High Court…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to order his men to immediately open the local government councils in Rivers State, following a court ruling on Thursday, which dissolved chairmen of the councils. In a statement issued on Friday by the party’s spokesman, Olisa Metuh, the PDP claimed…
Reports just reaching our news desk reveal that an explosion has claimed lives of 12 persons in Bayelsa State. According to preliminary information getting to us, the blast was caused by a leaked pipeline in a part of the state. More details to follow soon.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the N804.7 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as bailout to states of the federation. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the party said the money was got from the Excess Crude Account the President earlier claimed the PDP government…
The deadly attack on civil servants undergoing their biometric screening at the secretariat of Sabon Gari local council area of Kaduna State has claimed 18 lives, Aproko247 has learnt. Governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai also confirmed the attack via his Twitter handle on Tuesday morning. It is believed that a member of Boko Haram…
Aproko247 has learnt that an early morning bomb attack on Tuesday killed many civil servants undergoing their biometric exercise in Sabon Gari area of Zaria in Kaduna State. The workers were directed to undergo the screening by the government and while it was going on this morning, a suicide bomber stormed the centre and detonated…