A chopper belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crash-landed in a remote town of Damare in Adamawa State. According to SaharaReporters, the small plane was conveying military hardware and some top military officers when the incident happened. The jet was reportedly heading to Adamawa, where Boko Haram has taken total control of a town…
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47 Die In Yobe Secondary School Blast, Scores Injured
A blast that occurred in a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe State, on Monday morning has killed no fewer than 47 lives. It was gathered that the bomb went off during the school’s assembly at about 7:50am. The incident has now left pandemonium in the city. AFP reports that a suicide bomber, who disguised in…
APC Youths Hold Summit Tuesday
A summit has been scheduled to hold on Tuesday in Lagos, Aproko247 has learnt. The programme, organised by some youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, is to take place at the Muson Centre in Onikan, Lagos, at 9am and the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is expected to attend the occasion as a keynote…
Ribadu’s Brother Kidnapped
Some unknown gunmen have abducted the younger brother of former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu. The victim, Sani Ribadu, was seized by the kidnappers in Adamawa on Sunday evening. Aproko247 learnt that Sani was at his farm in Yola, the state capital, when his abductors took him away at about 5pm…
Bloodshed Averted In Lagos Over Death Of PDP Agent
A possible breakdown of law and order was prevented in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos on Sunday afternoon when a man believed to be a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, was allegedly shot dead by suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The deceased, Sikiru Ogboye, reportedly died after he was shot by…
PDP Reviews Primaries Timetable
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has changed dates for it primaries for elective posts ahead of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. In a statement issued by the National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, the ruling party noted that the changes were approved by the NWC as stipulated in the…
SSS Releases Sanusi's Passport
The State Security Services, SSS, has released the passport of Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, which was seized in May 2014 at the Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. This is coming few days after the Emir and President Goodluck Jonathan held a closed-door reconciliation meeting in Abuja. Both men had had disagreements some…
Umeh Removes Shinkafi As APGA Secretary
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, has suspended the National Secretary of the troubled party, Umaru Shinkafi. It was gathered that Umeh removed Shinkafi fcrom his position after the latter called for his (Umeh) resignation. APGA has been in crisis for some time now. Former governor of Anambra State, Peter…
Jonathan, INEC Plan To Rig 2015 Polls—Tinubu
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of planning to rig the 2015 election. Tinubu made this cry on Saturday in Lagos following the flops recorded in the ongoing distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in the state.…
Army Frees More 125 Boko Haram Suspects
Barely 48 hours after the Nigerian Army handed over 42 suspected members of Boko Haram to the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, another set of 125 suspected members of the Islamic sect have been released. At the handing over ceremony held on Saturday, November 8, 2014, in Maiduguri, Borno State, the Nigerian Army 7 Division…