There are strong indications that the speculated anointed man to take over the baton of leadership of Lagos State from Babatunde Raji Fashola as the next governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, may not smell the position at the end of the day despite getting the backing of Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos. This is because the…
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Chiboks Girls Located—Badeh
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has disclosed that the April 15, 2014 kidnapped schoolgirls have been sighted by the Nigerian troops. Badeh made this known on Monday while speaking with members of the Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness outside the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. The military chief, however, stated that…
Forces Of Darkness Won’t Stop 2015 Elections—Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has maintained that his administration will ensure that credible, free and fair general elections are held in 2015 despite the enormous security challenges facing the country. Jonathan made this assurance on Sunday at the 2014 Democracy Day Inter-denominational Church Service in Abuja. He noted that the 2015 general elections would be…
Nigeria Needs Prophetic Prayers To End Terrorism–Maku
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has urged Nigerians to keep praying for peace to reign in the country. Maku, speaking in Abuja on Sunday at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church in Utako, noted that prophetic prayers can stop terrorism in Nigeria. He further urged citizens of the country to join hands…
Jonathan Denies Being Booed In South Africa
The Presidency has reacted to a media report that Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan was booed in South Africa on Saturday during the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma for a second term at the Union Buildings, Pretoria. Jonathan, speaking through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, on Saturday night in Abuja, berated the…
Terrorists Kill 19 In Two Adamawa Villages
No fewer than 19 persons were feared dead in two communities in Adamawa State on Sunday morning by some suspected Boko Haram members, Aproko247 has reliably learnt. The attacks came barely 24 hours after a bomb went off at a football viewing centre in Jos, Plateau State during a Champions League final match between Real…
Another Bomb Blast Rips Through Jos
The city of Jos, capital of Plateau State, was again bombed by some suspected terrorists on Saturday. The latest explosion is the third in less than a week. Barely four days ago, two bombs exploded within the pace of 30 minutes in Jos Terminus Market, a very busy area in the cold city, killing more…
Army Rubbishes Second Mutiny Report
The Nigerian Army has reacted to an online report that soldiers in Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri, Borno State, manhandled their new GOC posted to them after the former senior officer was shot by some angry officers. In a statement released on Friday by Director, Defence Information in the Army, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, the Army stated that…
Police Foils Bomb Attack In Abuja
A bomb attack was on Friday foiled by the police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. It was believed that suspected Boko Haram members planned to blow up the area until the men of the Anti Bomb Squad, ABS, of the Nigeria Police stopped it. It was learnt that a Golf car filled with…
Take Your Protest To Boko Haram, Not Me–Jonathan
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, shocked the #BringBackOurGirls demonstrators who protested the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, over a month ago by the terrorist group called Boko Haram. At the protest on Thursday, the Minister of State, FCT, Mrs Olajumoke Akinjide, who conveyed Jonathan’s speech to the demonstrators, urged them to…