A new Emir of Kano will be announced on Sunday, June 8, 2014, the state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has disclosed. A new successor to the throne became necessary following the demise of the former occupier of the post, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, who passed away on Friday in Kano. Kwankwaso told the king makers who paid…
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NAFDAC Mourns Akunyili
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has expressed shock over the death of its former Director General, Prof Dora Akunyili, whose tenure saw the agency tirelessly fought fake drug dealers in Nigeria. The former DG died on Saturday morning in India, where she was flown to for treatment few weeks…
APC Has Nothing To Offer–Anenih
Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Anthony Anenih, has stated that the ruling party is not in competition with the All Progressives Congress, APC, because the opposition party has nothing to offer to the people. Anenih, speaking at a PDP rally held in Ikere-Ekiti, on Saturday, disclosed that the PDP…
Ex-Enugu Gov, Nnamani Acquires 30 Vans For Senatorial Campaign
Former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, who recently went back to the PDP from the PDC, has acquired over 30 Hilux Vans for his Senatorial campaign, Aproko247 has learnt. Nnamani, who recently declared his interest to contest the Enugu East Senatorial seat, sources said, is banking on the support of the Deputy Senate President,…
Cleric Chides FG On Prison Reformation
The Federal Government has been enjoined to address the spate of crimes, indiscipline and corruption in the country to put an end to the activities of insurgents. This call was made recently by the Dean, School of Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Sabitu Ariyo Olagoke, who visited the inmates of the medium prison, Abolongo,…
Dora Akunyili Dies In India
Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, has passed on. The renowned Pharmacist breathed her last in the early hours of Saturday, June 7, 2014. Dora, also a former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, died in an India hospital where she has been receiving treatment…
UNILAG Reverses Hiked Fees
Authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have cancelled the increment on late registration of course fees they earlier imposed on the student, which sparked a protest. Addressing the demonstrating students on Friday at the Senate Building, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Research, Prof. Babajide Alo, ordered the reversal of the hiked fees for…
Late Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero Buried
The remains of the late Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, was finally laid to rest on Friday evening after he died in the morning in Kano. The deceased passed on after a battle with an illness. His burial attracted a mammoth crowd in Kano. The Federal Government delegation to the burial on Friday was…
NECO Releases NCEE Results
Candidates who sat for the April 26 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, organised by the National Examination Council, NECO, can now check their results, the examination body has disclosed. NECO, on Friday, advised parents to look up for the results of their wards who sat for the entrance exam into the nation’s unity colleges. About…
Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero Dies
Reports reaching us indicate that the Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, is dead. The prominent and respected traditional ruler was said to have passed on in the early hours of Friday in Kano. The highly revered monarch had survived attempts on his life in the past, but the cause of his death today is…