The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed the posting of new Commissioners of Police to some police commands in the country. A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, CSP Abayomi Shogunle, disclosed that this is in line with the IGP’s determination “to inject fresh ideas…
According to the AFP, close to 100 persons were killed in a fresh attack in a village near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital by members of Boko Haram on Wednesday evening. A witness in Maiduguri was quoted by the foreign news agency to have disclosed the information to them. “The attackers have killed at least…
The Director General of the State Security Service, SSS, Ita Ekpenyong, has been removed from office by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekpenyong’s sack was announced on Thursday by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, through a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Communications in his office, Haruna Imrana. According to…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has directed his legal team to file a suit against The Union newspapers over a report it published on its front page claiming the governor declared an asset of N90 billion and over 40 houses in Abuja and Kaduna. A statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who now likes to be addressed as Femi Olukayode, has said he will not be at the wedding of his daughter, Temitope, which holds this weekend in Lagos. Femi, addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos after the court cleared him of corruption charges brought against him by the Economic…
On the night of Wednesday, July 1, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari met with lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of Representatives, over the crisis rocking the party on the House leadership. While the group loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila were present at the meeting, those of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, were absent.…
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…