On Friday, October 24, 2014, Akinwunmi Ambode formally declared his intention to contest in the 2015 gubernatorial election in Lagos State under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC. At a colourful declaration ceremony held at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos, the former Lagos civil servant said he is offering himself to the service of Lagos…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Annie Okonkwo, has quit the party and has rejoined the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Okonkwo was formerly the deputy National Chairman (South) of APC. He alleged that APC was not observing internal democracy, which influenced his decision to leave the party. Okonkwo was elected a Senator…
The trial of Senator Mohammed Ndume, an alleged sponsor of Boko Haram, will now be conducted in the secret, an Abuja court has directed. The lawmaker was accused of having links with the Islamic sect, which has carried out deadly attacks in some parts of northern Nigeria. The Federal Government moved to have Ndume tried…
Report just reaching us reveals that the younger sister of Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been kidnapped. The lady, Osio Agama, was seized by some unknown gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Details of the abduction is still sketchy and Aproko247 cannot confirm yet if the kidnappers have established a contact with family of…
Following a directive by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to its members willing to contest in the 2015 general elections to get their nomination forms before deadline, President Goodluck Jonathan has finally informed his party leaders of his intention to buy the presidential nomination form of the party. Punch reports that the President told his…
Dame Patience Jonathan has resigned her appointment as Permanent Secretary in the Bayelsa State Ministry of Education over an alleged rift with the state governor, Seriake Dickson. Mrs Jonathan is the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan and was one of the 17 Permanent Secretaries appointed in 2012 by Dickson. Her appointment was then greeted with…
Suspected members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram have kidnapped about 60 women, reports say. The women were seized from two villages in Adamawa State some days after the Nigerian government claimed it reached a ceasefire deal with the Islamic militant group. It was reported that the women were abducted in Madagali few days…
An embarrassing moment reared its ugly head on Wednesday in Kano when some reporters were locked in a room following a missing mobile phone belonging to Senator Gbenga Obadara. The lawmaker from Ogun State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had visited the headquarters…
Following the resignation of seven Ministers from his government, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet to fill the vacant positions left by the departing Ministers. The President restructured his administration at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. With the reorganisation, the Minister of Defence, Aliyu Guasu, will…
Full autonomy has been granted to local government councils across Nigeria. This includes full financial and administrative controls of their territories. This was done by the National Assembly after amending Section 124 of the 1999 Constitution. The amendment was one of the 22 other sections approved by the lower chamber of the National Assembly last…