Fresh information has emerged about the real reasons President Goodluck Jonathan decided to choose former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osita Chidoka, ahead of former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, for the ministerial slot given to Anambra State. Authoritative sources at the presidency reliably informed us that this was politically…
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said at a news conference that 10 persons have been confirmed with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the Minister also disclosed that no fewer than 177 people are presently under surveillance to ascertain if they have contracted the virus. Chukwu stated that,…
Controversial anti-corruption crusader and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The former federal lawmaker from Kogi State, in a series of tweets on Sunday morning disclosed that all powers belong to God, directing his followers to ask President Jonathan and Iyiola Omisore, candidate…
Erstwhile member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State for emerging winner of the Saturday, August 9, 2014 governorship election in the state. Fani-Kayode, who left APC some months ago to return to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun State governorship election, Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the poll. Omole said while announcing the result in Osogbo on Sunday that, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and…
Aproko247 has learnt that a journalist with the Lagos-based Television Continental, TVC, has been arrested in Osun State. The journalist, Ayodeji Morakinyo, is the Ondo State correspondent of the TV station. He was picked by some heavily armed policemen in Oshogbo on Thursday afternoon after covering a news rally in the town. A journalist in…
The rocky border town of Gwoza in Borno State has been taken over by members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram, Aproko247 has learnt. In the early hours of Wednesday, the insurgents stormed the town, dislodging some military officers guarding the community, before attacking residents of the community, who later flee to safety on…
Former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who recently left the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been described by the governorship candidate of the PDP in the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial poll in Osun, Iyiola Omisore, as a “confirmed serial betrayer.” Omisore, reacting to Oyinlola’s defection, alleged in…
Tony Anenih, Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan will run in the 2015 presidential election. The renowned politician said the President will contest at the polls on the platform of PDP. “I want the National Chairman [of the PDP] to go home with a…
Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has warned miscreants planning to foment during the August 9, 2014, governorship election in Osun State to have a rethink as the Corps will not tolerate anyone thinking of truncating the electoral process. The NSCDC boss reiterated that irrespective of political affinity, all…