Category: National/Politics

Fresh Fuel Scarcity Looms As Queues Return

Nigerians may be forced to undergo another round of hardships due to scarcity in Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol. Aproko247 has observed that queues are gradually returning to petrol stations in Lagos, Abuja and few other states in the country. Our reporter gathered that some motorists have started making panic buy of…

Court Frees Fani-Kayode Of Corruption Charges

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has cleared former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of charges of corruption leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, in her ruling on Wednesday, discharged and acquitted the former spokesman to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo of the N100 million money laundering accusation…

CBN Extends BVN Registration Deadline

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has extended deadline for registration of the Bank Verification Number, BVN, it introduced in 2014. The BVN was introduced by the country’s chief bank to curb the rate of fraud in the financial institution in Nigeria. Tuesday, June 30, 2015 was earlier fixed for account holders to obtain their…

Assembly Dreams Special Status For Lagos

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the pursuit of a special status for Lagos will be one of the legislative agenda of the 8th Lagos Assembly. The speaker promised that in doing this the Assembly will work hand-in-hand with fellow lawmakers at the National Assembly to ensure the…

Jega Quits As INEC Chairman

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has formally bowed out of office. His tenure as the head of the country’s electoral umpire ends today, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. It would be recalled that few days before the postponed February 14, 2015 presidential poll, it was rumoured that he would be…

Buhari Yet To Appoint Chief Of Staff

Aproko247 has reliably learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to name his Chief of Staff contrary to what is being speculated in a section of the online media. There were reports on Monday that the President had appointed Hamid Ibrahim Ali, as his Chief of Staff. Ali was the Military Administrator of Kaduna State…

Looted Funds Recovery: Rivers APC Backs Buhari

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to investigate and recover the billions of Naira allegedly looted by the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan. “We received with great joy news of the resolution by the President to go after those who…