Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, on Tuesday, denied media reports that he has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. On Tuesday morning, reports went viral that Orubebe had announced his defection from the ruling party, which will assume a position of the opposition from…
Former governorship candidate of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Bamidele, has left the party to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bamidele, who earlier left the APC when he could not get the party’s ticket to contest in the gubernatorial election in 2014, announced his defection on Tuesday. He led some of his supporters…
The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC, Mrs Saratu Altine Umar, has been relieved of her duty. Umar was sacked on Monday by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed that her removal is with “immediate effect.” A part of…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the ‘ministerial lists’ of Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect, being currently circulated on the social media as mere fiction.In the list, Babatunde Fashola, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Dele Momodu, and others were said to have been pencilled down for various ministerial positions in the next dispensation.Reacting to the issue…
A recently re-elected Senator from Borno State, Khalifa Ahmed Zanna, has passed on. The politician kicked the bucket on Saturday afternoon at his residence in Abuja. He breathed his last after returning from Germany on Thursday, where he visited a hospital in the European country for treatment. He was elected into the upper chamber of…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been directed to halt his decision to relocate a $500 million oil project from Lagos to Bayelsa. This order was handed over to him by a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos via an injunction restraining him from carrying out the act. Jonathan was reported to have concluded plans to transfer…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has called for the apprehension and prosecution of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, for inciting members and supporters of PDP to violence. Rivers APC made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Port Harcourt by…
The Debt Management Office, DMO, has swiftly reacted to a report published by Daily Trust on Nigeria’s debt profiling. In a statement made available to Aproko247, the body shed more light on the issue. Below is their reaction. The Debt Management Office, DMO, routinely briefs stakeholders and the general public on pertinent issues relating to…
Many residents and keen observers of happenings in Kwara State were not surprised when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the cousin of Bukola Saraki, Ope Saraki and the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. In fact, the arrest of the alleged stooges of the…
News report reaching Aproko247 confirms that members of the executive of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State have removed their chairman, Tunji Shele. Shele was sacked from office by the party in Lagos State on Monday morning. To fill the vacant position, the executives of the party have approved the appointment of Kamal…