The Federal Government has vowed to offer scholarship to the secondary schoolgirls abducted by members of Boko Haram on April 15, 2014 in Borno State. The young girls were kidnapped at the dormitory in Government Girls Secondary School. GGSS, Chibok, Borno and have been in captivity since then. However, some of them escaped shortly after…
Following the initial refusal of parents of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, another date has been fixed for the meeting. Jonathan was supposed to specifically meet with parents of 12 escapees and five girls on Tuesday, but has now fixed the meeting for next Tuesday, July…
The alleged mastermind of April 14 explosion at the Nyanya bus station in Abuja, Aminu Ogwuche, has been handed over to the Nigerian government by the Interpol. The Defence Headquarters revealed this on its twitter handle on Tuesday afternoon and posted picture of the alleged terrorist being escorted by two officers of the Interpol with…
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the impeachment of the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, by the State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said the wielding of impeachment stick on opposition by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, will only cause tension in the country.…
June 18, 2014 will forever remain indelible in the hearts of political, business and religious allies of the late Oyo State power broker and business mogul, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola Alao as his sudden demise rocked the city of Ibadan. We gathered that shortly after the news of Arisekola’s death was broken, the Governor of Oyo…
The Nigeria Police has disclosed that top member of Boko Haram, Mohammed Zakari, nicknamed ‘Chief Butcher’ has been apprehended in Borno State. Zakari, 30, was arrested by the police on Saturday afternoon. This information was revealed in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, Mba noted Zakari is a native of…
Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has finally been impeached by the State House of Assembly. The impeachment process was completed on Tuesday afternoon by the state lawmakers. Aproko247 confirmed that 18 out of 25 members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly signed to impeach the embattled governor. Nyako was sacked from office after…
Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Bala James Ngilari, has resigned, Aproko247 has learnt. Ngillari, on Tuesday, made his resignation letter available to the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, who later read it to other members of the House. This development is coming shortly after a panel instituted to probe the state governor,…
Members of the House of Representatives elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have given their support for President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election in 2015. The lawmakers, at a meeting held on Monday night with Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, endorsed his candidature for the presidential election in 2015. Though…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali Modu Sheriff, has left the party to pitch tent with the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Sheriff, a former governor of Borno State, was received by a mammoth crowd in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Monday afternoon. Several supporters of the PDP gathered at the airport to…