The emergence of Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Deputy Senate President in an All Progressives Congress, APC, dominated Senate was not what most political observers in Nigeria were expecting. In fact, pundits had thought Ali Ndume of the APC would emerge the second in command to Bukola Saraki in the…
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has hit back at spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who claimed the President was bias in the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as acting national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In a statement issued in Abuja…
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…
A suit filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking the extradition of Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States of America, USA, where he is wanted for drugs related offences, has been dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The application was filed on behalf of the FG by the immediate past Attorney…
Aproko247 has learnt that two suicide bombers were on Wednesday morning killed by explosives they strapped to their bodies. They were killed before they could reach their final targets at a village in the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident was the second in three days in the area. It was further…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…