All schools and government offices in Abuja have been ordered to close from May 7 to 9, 2014. This directive was given by the Federal Government to enable the smooth hosting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, which holds in the city during the period. A statement released on Friday by the Secretary to the…
The Nigerian Police said it disabled three explosives at the scene of the bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja on May 1, 2014. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the police spokesman, Frank Mba, said officials of the Force were able to successfully detonate three Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, at site of the unfortunate incident. “Investigations…
Aproko247 has learnt that following another bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja on Thursday night, President Goodluck Jonathan has again summoned another security meeting. The President directed the security chiefs to a special meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. The gathering is to discuss the Thursday’s incident, which has claimed the lives of…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has called for support for her husband, Goodluck Jonathan, in jointly fighting terrorism in the country. The President’s wife made the passionate appeal to Nigerians at a function in Lagos on Thursday. She urged citizens of the country join hands with the federal, state and local governments to tackle insecurity…
Security operatives in Borno State have disclosed that more than 270 girls are still missing and are not yet accounted for. The Police in the state, as well as the State Security Service, SSS, said the number of students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok in Borno State still not found are 276,…
Aproko247 has confirmed that the explosion heard near the Nyanya Motor Park in Abuja on Thursday evening was from a bomb. A resident of the FCT, Abuja informed this magazine that bodies of people killed by the blast littered the ground near the bus station, where over 15 people were slain in a similar incident…
The ongoing National Conference in Abuja has been extended by six weeks. The Conference, which was earlier scheduled to end in June, will now come to an end in July. The shift in date was approved by the Federal Government and no reason has yet been given for the extension. Initially, the National Conference, also…
Nigeria’s Service Chiefs have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the fate of the abducted students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, who were kidnapped few weeks ago. The school girls, numbering over 200, were abducted by some suspected Boko Haram members in their school. After failed efforts by…
The Federal Government has cancelled the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting scheduled to hold on Wednesday. The meeting was called off in order to mourn the late younger of Vice President Namadi Sambo, Yusuf, who died on Sunday in a car crash in Abuja. In a statement signed on Tuesday by Sam Nwaobasi, Special…
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, has been fired. The President’s aide was relieved of his duties on Tuesday with immediate effect. Before his sack, Gulak has been accused of making statements that could jeopardise the return of Jonathan to Aso Rock in 2015. It was also gathered that Gulak…