The recapture of Bama town in Borno State by the Nigerian Army has been confirmed by the Federal Government. Few weeks ago, members of the Islamic sect captured the town and chased out the military from the community. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the co-ordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, disclosed…
National Vice Chairman (South South) of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Cairo Ojugbo, has assured his party that he would ensure Governors Rotimi Amaechi and Adams Oshiomhole of Rivers and Edo States respectively throw their weights behind the re-election ambition of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2015. Amaechi and Oshiomhole are currently with the opposition…
Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has stated that his colleagues in charge of Niger and Jigawa States, Babangida Aliyu and Sule Lamido respectively would soon join him in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the spirit of the G7 Governors. Kwankwaso made this known on Monday in Sokoto State at the APC North-West Zonal…
No fewer than 23 officers of the Nigerian Army were on Monday feared dead by Boko Haram militants in Adamawa State. Also, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Adeboye, was shot in the state by the insurgents as he led his team to battle the Boko Haram members. Obasanjo was shot in both legs at…
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has eventually agreed to get help of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who has criticised his government. The Nigerian leader held a meeting with the former President at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja on Wednesday. Both leaders discussed the present security challenge in the country, especially the Boko Haram…
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday (today) launch the new National e ID Card in Abuja. The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, a body issuing the National ID card, announced that the event will hold at the Banquet Hall, Aso Rock Presidential Villa by 9am. The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of NIMC, Chris…
tti Diamond Bank has reacted to speculations that its Group Managing Director/CEO, Alex Otti, has declared his intention to contest the Abia State governorship election in 2015 under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement made available to Aproko247 by the Bank’s Corporate Communications, Diamond Bank maintained that the several media…
In line with the mandate of the Corps in fighting oil theft, illegal bunkering and vandalism of public infrastructure, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, with the directives of the Commandant General Dr. Ade Abolurin, has intensified efforts to partner with all and sundry in order to win the war. The Corps as…
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have confirmed that its men who fled to Cameroon during a gun duel with members of the terrorists group, Boko Haram on Monday, have returned to the country. The Army, embarrassed by media reports that the insurgents chased the Nigerian troops to Cameroon, claimed that military officers took a “tactical…
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Tuesday directed all schools in the country to remain closed due to the outbreak of Ebola in Nigeria. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday after a meeting with Commissioners of Education, Shekarau said both public and private primary and secondary schools in Nigeria will not resume until Monday,…