Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawan, has dissociated himself from a newspaper report that quoted him as confirming the escape of eight secondary school girls from Sambisa Forest, where they have been held captive by some terrorists after they were kidnapped over 70 days ago in Chibok, Borno State. Lawan, while addressing journalists on the…
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Court Halts Impeachment Move On Nyako By Adamawa Assembly
The move to serve an impeachment notice on Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State by the state House of Assembly suffered a set back on Thursday when a High Court sitting in Yola, the state capital, barred the members of the House from carrying out the action. The state acting Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mamadi…
PDP Can Never Win Rivers Like Ekiti—APC Boasts
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not smell the Government House in Port Harcourt just as it would do in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital in some weeks time. The PDP candidate, Ayo Fayose, defeated the APC candidate and incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, at last…
486 Aba Travellers: Army Frees 144
One hundred and forty-four of the 486 travellers suspected to be Boko Haram members, who were arrested last week in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway have the been released by the Nigerian Army. This was confirmed at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday by the Coordinator of the National Information Centre,…
Pictures From Abuja Mall Blast
Aproko247 has obtained some photographs from the bomb explosion that took place at a shopping plaza in Abuja on Wednesday evening. One of our esteemed readers made these pictures available to us and we appreciate this gesture. The blast occurred at Banex Plaza in Wuse II area of Abuja, killing 17 persons and injuring several…
Police Confirms 21 Dead In Abuja Mall Blast, One Suspect Nabbed
Spokesman of the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba, has confirmed 21 persons dead in the bomb blast that happened on Wednesday evening at a very busy shopping mall in Abuja. Mba also stated that about 17 people were wounded in the explosion, which caused thick smoke in the area where the incident occurred. He hinted that…
Jibola Dabo Woos Investors To Owo, Ose Communities
Veteran Nigerian actor, Jibola Dabo, has promised to ensure unemployed youths in Owo/Ose communities in Ondo State are gainfully employed when he is elected into the House of Representatives in 2015. Dabo, through his publicist, Bisola Iyasara, noted that he has advanced dialogue with a notable financial institution in Nigeria, as well as a telecommunication…
Abuja Shopping Mall Bombed, Many Killed
picture from the blast We have reports of a bomb explosion in a popular shopping mall in Nigeria’s seat of power, Abuja. The bomb went off on Wednesday afternoon at Banex Plaza in Wuse II, Abuja, a terrified eyewitness informed Aproko247 via our BlackBerry platform. We were also told that gunshots were heard in the…
Bomb Blast In Adamawa Market
According to information reaching our news desk, an explosion believed to be caused by a detonated bomb has occurred in Adamawa State. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon at the Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi, Adamawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the Commissioner of Police in Adamawa claimed the the bomb…
Police IG Decorates Newly Promoted Officers
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, MD Abubakar, has decorated some newly promoted police officers. The ceremony was held in Abuja and was attended by some high ranking officers. Among the decorated senior police officers were an Assistant Inspector General, Grace Chita Okudo; two Commissioners of Police, Elias Okafor Wayemeru and Henry Adebayo Fadairo; and two…