The House of Representatives’ Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, has admitted that the protesters of the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ are actually members of Nigeria’s main opposition political party, All Progressives Congress, APC. Gbajabiamila, reacting to statement credited to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, last Wednesday that the protesters were members of APC, said “Maku, the Information Minister…
For Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, getting the support of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015 to contest as the governorship candidate of the party might be a tall dream going by the scenario that played itself out in the state recently. It is a known fact that there are…
Femi Fani-Kayode has explained why he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, a party he dumped in 2013, describing it then as a sinking party. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday night, the former Minister of Aviation called APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed,…
No fewer than nine persons were slain on Sunday by some gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram. The terrorists attacked a church in Gwoza, barely three days after the group slaughtered the Enir of Gwoza, Idris Titman, while on his way to the burial of the Emir of Gombe alongside two other Emirs.…
Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has eventually returned to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which he left in 2013 for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawyer turned politician made the switch on Monday shortly after the main opposition party said he was not a card carrying member of APC. His ‘port’ from APC…
The police has explained its reason for putting a stop to the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ protests in Abuja. Commissioner of Police in Abuja, Joseph Mbu, speaking with newsmen on Monday, noted that the protests were becoming a nuisance to the government and the FCT, Abuja. He also stated that the protests posed a serious security threat, pointing…
The Nigerian Police has placed a ban on all forms of protests relating to the abduction of some secondary school girls by some Boko Haram members on April 15, 2015 in Chibok, Borno State. This came days after the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ campaigners, led by Oby Ezekwesili, were attacked by some alleged pro-government-sponsored hoodlums at the Freedom…
There is tension in Anambra State over the fate of Governor Willy Obiano as the state’s election and petition tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the petition brought against the Governor by the candidates of the APC and PDP, in the last gubernatorial elections, which held in the Sstate few months back, Senator Chris…
Bomb explosion occurred near a military base in Adamawa State, on Sunday evening, Aproko247 has learnt. The incident claimed the lives of at least 56 persons, we further reliably gathered. It was also learnt that suspected members of Boko Haram may have carried out the Sunday’s attack at a bar and brothel situated near a…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed Nigerians for being the true heroes of democracy in the country. The ruling party, in a statement signed on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, acknowledged the massive supports given to the PDP by Nigerian voters since 1999, when the military finally handed over power to…