Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Josiah Kente, has resigned from office. The number three man of the state, in his resignation letter presented to the Clerk of the Assembly, disclosed that his decision to relinquish his position was in the interest of peace in the state. Kente informed journalists on Monday in…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on his appointment, even as it requested his immediate intervention in the crisis that has paralyzed the State Judiciary. “The news of Hon. Justice Mahmud Mohammed’s appointment as CJN came…
**Bans Use Of Phones Henceforth, prison officials and inmates would not be allowed to make use of mobile phones, the Federal Government has directed. This directive was given by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, when some top shots in the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, visited him in Abuja on Saturday. Moro also frowned at…
On Saturday, some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, and the military invaded the office of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos. The security operatives stormed the opposition party’s office located at 10, Bola Ajibola Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, between 5:30am and 7:30am on Saturday. The property is used by the party…
Following reports that the Inspector General Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered his arrest, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed that he will be willing to present himself to the security agency. In a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Imam Imam, the Speaker noted that as “a law abiding…
police# The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the arrest of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, Aproko247 has learnt. This followed the unrest that erupted at the National Assembly complex on Thursday morning, when the police prevented some lawmakers from gaining access into the parliament. Due to the blockade, some…
A military helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Yola, Adamawa State, reports reaching us say. This is the third jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force that have crashed within a month. The latest crash occurred in Damare, near the Federal University of Technology in Yola. Aproko247 is yet to get…
A Supreme Court judgement delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta has removed the acting governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, from office. The court order the immediate swearing-in of a former deputy governor of the state, Abubakar Danladi, as the new acting governor. Danladi contested the governorship election as running mate to ailing Dantata Suntai, who…
Niger State governor, Babaginda Aliyu, has noted that Abdullahi Degechi Usman Cheche, a members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, from the state in the House of Representatives will be disciplined for his alleged attack on Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday inside the green chamber. Mark had gone to the lower chamber to have…
An initiative to raise close to N7 billion to fund the campaign of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential ambition has started. The amount is to be raised from an estimated 70 million party supporters and admirers. They will be expected to donate a minimum amount of N100 each towards the actualisation of the dream. Buhari is a…