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…
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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…
Gamboru Village Attacked Again: 32 Killed, Several Houses Burnt
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked Gamboru community in Borno State for the second time in three weeks. In early May, some terrorists invaded the village, leaving over 250 dead in the attack. Several houses were razed by the insurgents without the military stopping them despite holding the village under siege for many…
Gov Akpabio Seeks N200m Annual Pay, Car, Mansion After Tenure
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, according to an exclusive report by Premium Times, has asked the State House of Assembly to pass a bill allowing him get jumbo pay after his tenure must have expired in May 2015. Here is the full report; Barely a year to his exit from office, Governor…
Presidential Convoy Shoots Protesting OAU Students
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, were shot at on Thursday by a Presidential convoy. The students were protesting a recent hike in their tuition fee by the school management. The school fee, as Aproko247 learnt, was increased from about N17,000 to over N100,000. The convoy, led by a Toyota bullet…
We Weren't Allowed To Repel Boko Haram Attack In Gamboru–Soldier Tells BBC
An officer of the Nigerian Army has alleged that his commander stopped them (soldiers) from attacking a Boko Haram attack in Gamboru Ngala on May 5, 2014. The soldier, who begged not to be named, but currently serving in Borno State, told the BBC Hausa Service that the insurgents carried out the attack on the…