Category: National/Politics

APC Leaders Hail Oyegun’s Leadership Style

By Nwaorgu Faustinus Support for the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, mounted on Friday as prominent leaders of the party lauded his leadership qualities, describing him as “the most distinguished party chairman in the country”. They said that the national chairman created the framework that brought about the victory of…

Tribunal Sacks Edo APC Lawmaker

A member in the Edo State House of Assembly, Yakubu Gowon, has been axed by the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin on Friday. Gowon contested the April 11, 2015 Etsako West II Constituency election under the platform of All Progressives Congress, and was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…

Buhari Disbands NNPC Board

Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been dissolved by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement issued on Friday by Director of Communications for the Head of Service of the Federation, Haruna Imrana, disclosed that the affected nine members of the board are to quit with immediate effect. The President, also in the statement,…

Amaechi Replies Wike’s Allegations

Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has responded to allegations made by his successor, Nyesom Wike, concerning his administration. In Amaechi’s reply, which was made available to Aproko247 on Wednesday by his media team, the former governor took time to explain some of the issues raised by Wike during his press briefing on Monday.…

Wike Can’t Probe Amaechi—Rivers APC

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stressed that the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, does not have the capacity to investigate the immediate past administration of Rotimi Amaechi. The party, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said Wike does not have the moral right…

Senate, Reps In Closed Sessions

Members of the Nigeria’s upper chamber of the National Assembly are currently holding a closed-door meeting in Abuja. Also, their counterparts in the lower chamber are having a secret meeting too. The Senate and the House of Representatives resumed sitting on Tuesday morning at their different chambers. It is not certain what they would be…

Fresh Explosion Rocks Maiduguri

A suicide bomber believed to belong to the Boko Haram terrorist group attacked in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred near a fish market on Baga Road in Maiduguri, we learnt. Several persons were believed to have lost their lives in the latest explosion. Also, many people were injured in…