No fewer than 10 persons are believed to have been feared dead in latest attacks in Jos, Plateau State. Some gunmen stormed two communities in the state on Wednesday morning while most of them were still fast asleep and unleashed terror on people living in the areas. From information gathered by Aproko247, the hoodlums attacked…
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Diezani Gets Jonathan’s Blessing For OPEC Job
President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke for a job at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The Nigerian leader wants his Minister to become the next Secretary-General of the organisation. The current Secretary-General of OPEC is Abdullah al-Badri and he is expected vacate the position in December 2014. However, Alison-Madueke…
Bomb Scare In Abuja, Market Closed
Residents of Wuse area of Abuja were shocked on Tuesday morning to see that roads leading to the Wuse Market were blocked by stern-looking policemen. When some of them sought to know the reason behind the development, they learnt that members of the Boko Haram group planned to carry out a bomb attack in the…
Boko Haram Strikes In Chibok Again, Picks 20 Women
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram, over the weekend, abducted not less than 20 women near Chibok, Borno State. On April 15, 2014, the group kidnapped over 250 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS in Chibok and have not yet released over 200 of the girls. The…
Lagos APC Kick Against Imposition Of Candidates
Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, on Monday, demonstrated the alleged imposition of candidates on them by leaders of the party. The aggrieved members of the party stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, in Alausa, Ikeja, expressing their anger over the development. The protesters called for…
Lagos Speaker Intensifies 2015 Guber Ambition
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, is gradually putting finishing touches to his plan to rule the state come May 19, 2015, when the administration of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola must have finally expired. Over the weekend, the Speaker held a meeting with members of staff of the Assembly, where he…
New Emir, Sanusi Lamido Escapes Arrest In Kano
Reports have it that there was an attempt by forces of the Federal Government to arrest the newly appointed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, at his official residence in Kano on Sunday. The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was announced as the occupier of the exalted seat by the Kano State…
No Plan To Name UI After Akunyili—FG
The Federal Government has reacted to rumours making the rounds that it was planning to rename the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, after the late former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dora Akunyili, who died on Saturday morning in India. The former Minister of Information and Communications…
Kano Boils Over Sanusi’s Emergence As Emir
Major streets of Kano have been occupied by violent demonstrators who are kicking against the emergence of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. The former CBN Governor was named as the new Emir by the state government on Sunday, following the demise of Ado Bayero, who passed away on Friday in…
Lamido Sanusi Emerges New Kano Emir
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been announced as the new Emir of Kano. The former Nigeria’s chief banker was, on Sunday, named as successor to late Ado Abdullahi Bayero, by the state government. Addressing the media on Sunday at the Government House in Kano, the Secretary to…