Suspected terrorists believed to be members of the Boko Haram group, on Tuesday, killed about 45 persons in Yobe State. The attack came barely 48 hours after the convoy of Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was attacked by some insurgents near Maiduguri. The invaders stormed Federal Government Girls College in Buni Yadi, the headquarters of…
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Boko Haram Attacks Borno Gov Convoy
Gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, on Sunday evening, fired gun shots at the convoy of the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima. This attack came barely a week after Shettima claimed that members of Boko Haram were better equipped than the Nigerian Army. The Presidency later slammed the governor…
Sanusi May Return As CBN Gov
President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that he did not sack the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from office as some may have been thinking, but only asked him to step aside to allow investigation into allegations of financial recklessness by the Financial Reporting Council’s report. President Jonathan also noted that…
Jonathan Is Nice But Surrounded By Thieves–Sanusi
Recently ousted Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has described those working with President Goodluck Jonathan as sycophants, who are not telling him the true state of corruption in the country, but rather tell him otherwise. In series of tweets posted on his twitter timeline on Sunday, the suspended…
OBJ, Tambuwal Hold Secret Talks In Ogun
Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday afternoon, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at the latter’s home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The talks lasted about two hours. Addressing newsmen after the deliberations, Tambuwal noted that he visited the two-time Nigerian leader to seek him advice on some…
Jonathan Holds Media Chat Monday
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that President Goodluck Jonathan would entertain questions from selected members of the press on Monday evening. This piece of news was confirmed on Sunday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati. In Abati’s words, “another Presidential Media Chat takes place tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm. Live broadcast on NTA,…
Leave The 'Aggrieved Peoples Congress', APC–Anyim Begs Kwakwanso
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has urged the Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, noting that he has no business with his new party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to Anyim, “on a serious note, Your Excellency, you have…
Boko Haram: Jonathan To Suspend Borno Gov, Shettima
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is to remove the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, from office this Wednesday, Daily Trust reports. The move is to install a Military Administrator in the state to end the incessant attacks by members of the Boko Haram group. In recent time, there have been consistent invasion of villages in Borno…
Governors Meet Monday Over Sanusi
Nigerian governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, will on Monday, February 24, 2014, converge in Abuja to discuss the suspension of Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday. A statement issued on Friday by the Director General of NGF, Asishana Okauru, disclosed…
Wife Killer, Arowolo To Die By Hanging
An Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death for his involvement in the death of his wife, Titilayo. Arowolo was accused of killing his wife in June 2011 at their Isolo residence in Lagos during an argument. The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu, ruled that the convict should be…