Category: National/Politics

DSS Detains INEC PVC Manufacturer

Owner of ACT Technologies Ltd, Sani Musa, the company that manufactured the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, to be used for the 2015 general elections, has been arrested by the Department of State Security, DSS, Aproko247 has learnt. Musa was picked up by the secret police in Abuja. ACT Technologies produced the PVCs for the Independent…

Earlier on Thursday, it was reported in a section of the media that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ordered the freezing of bank accounts belonging to controversial Catholic priest, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka. However, the anti-money laundering agency has refuted the reports, urging “journalists to endeavour to cross check their facts with the Commission…

The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the redeployment of some senior police officers ahead of the presidential election on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Abba, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, explained that the move became necessary in order to further reposition the Police for…

A fire incident was recorded at the premises of Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, March 26, 2015 . The inferno, we learnt, affected a portion of the court building. destroying some properties in the process. As at the time of filing in this report, no life was lost, but efforts are being done…

Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ali Olanusi, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition party, the All Progressives Party, APC. Olanusi joined the PDP with his boss, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, from Labour Party not too long ago, precisely in 2014. However, Mimiko and leaders of the PDP in Ondo State have…

Jonathan, Buhari Sign Another Peace Deal

Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari respectively, have again signed another peace accord. The two major contenders in the March 28 presidential election signed a similar pact on January 14, 2015 in Abuja for the February 14, 2015 presidential poll, which was…

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, has met with residents of Port Harcourt Waterfronts in continuation of his consultations with critical stakeholders ahead of the gubernatorial election in the state on April 11, 2015. The meeting, which held at Delta Hotel, Port Harcourt, attracted traditional chiefs, religious leaders,…