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…
Another bomb explosion has occurred in the north eastern part of Nigeria. This time, in Kano State barely 24 hours after a twin attack claimed the lives of more than 40 persons in Jos, Plateau State and over 100 people in Borno State last week. It was learnt that a female suicide bomber detonated her…
The Nigerian authorities have confirmed that 44 persons have died in the twin bomb attack that rocked the city of Jos on Sunday night. Suspected members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram attacked a mosque and a restaurant in Jos, the Plateau State capital, which left scores of people dead. The terrorists bombed a…
The Nigeria Police has stressed that they have no plans to apprehend the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over a petition they received alleging that the lawmaker forged a document of the Senate. In a statement issued by the Force Headquarters, it was disclosed that rather than arrest Ekweremadu, he would be invited for questioning…
The leadership crisis in Nigeria’s national assembly may have taken a turn for the worse with the invitation of the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu by the police for questioning over the rules used to conduct elections on 9 June. A petition by Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi(Kaduna North), suggested that the rules used for the election…