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…
On Saturday, the new Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, visited Kano State, where he hails from. It was his first visit to the state after he was sworn-in on Wednesday in Abuja by President Goodluck Jonathan as Minister. Several residents of the state trooped out to welcome Shekarau and the main road leading to the…
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Lagos, Abuja Blasts In New Video The dreadful Boko Haram group has released a new video obtained by AFP and has claimed responsibility for the two attacks that occurred in Lagos and Abuja on June 25, 2014. In the Lagos attack on a tank farm in Apapa area of the…
The industrial action embarked on since October 2013 by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has been called off. The strike was suspended by the union on Saturday morning following a meeting held by the National Executive Council, NEC, of ASUP in Abuja. This also followed a meeting held between leadership of the union…
“The Police High Command” has ordered the “FCT Commissioner of Police in particular and other CPs in adjoining States to beef-up security at major parks around Abuja and its environs” and also “enjoins the general public, particularly those within and outside the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja to be roundly vigilant and report any suspicious persons,…