Some aggrieved students of polytechnics in Nigeria staged a demonstration in the nation’s capital, Abuja on Monday afternoon to kick against their continued stay at home, following the strike embarked upon by their teachers since mid-2013. The students also prevented the Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike from entering his office. They stormed the ministry of…
“I made it emphatically clear to Mr President that the Boko Haram members are better armed and motivated [than the Nigerian Army], the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has confessed. Shettima made this confession on Monday after briefing President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the service chiefs of the attacks in Borno State over the…
The Federal Government has directed the Managing Director of the Nigerian Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT, Ltd Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai, to embark on an indefinite leave. The order was handed out to him on Monday through the Minister of Communications and Technology, Omobola Johnson. The directive, contained in a statement released in Lagos, noted that Ahmed-Rufai was asked…
The best way to most people’s heart is via good food and entertainment. This is one thing the Yoruba tribe are very good at doing. Yorubas have a number of mouthwatering and finger licking meals that will leave you demanding for more. So, when you find yourself in any part of South West Nigeria where…
‘It’s A Lie’–He Defends A governorship hopeful in 2015 under the platform of the Labour Party in Ogun State, Gboyega Isiaka, has been alleged of having a hand in a N2.8 billion fraud. GNI, as he is fondly called by his political associates, is being accused of the mess by the Commissioner for Finance in…
Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, has made known his intention to occupy a seat from the 109 available seats at the Senate come 2015. The governor publicly declared his senatorial ambition at a reception jointly organised by the people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia South local government areas of the state on Saturday.…
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, February 16, 2014, worshipped at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Lagos with the General Overseer of the church, Pastor EA Adeboye. The President noted that his visit to the Olive Tree Parish of the RCCG, Ikoyi, was not politically motivated as some may…
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, has suffered stroke, Aproko247 can report. The legal luminary, who is the father to popular musician and former President of PMAN, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, was hit by stroke on Saturday night at his Oguta home in Imo State. The 96-year-old ‘Socrates of…
The House of Representatives has expressed its desire for former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, to be prosecuted for her role in the controversial purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by an agency under the aviation ministry. Speaking on Thursday on the issue, the House Committee Chairman on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed, disclosed…
A soldier attached OP MESA in Lagos has allegedly killed a fellow soldier attached to his team for daring to question why he shot dead a tricyclist over N500. The lives of the two persons were cut short by the trigger-happy military officer at close range in Agbado area of Lagos on Monday, February 3,…