Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus **Commends Wike’s Ban From Ogoniland The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has applauded the Senate for the prompt action it has taken to get to the root of the disruption, by armed policemen, of Sunday’s rally organized by the Save Rivers Movement in Port Harcourt and the shooting of…
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Senate In Rivers For CP Mbu Over Crisis
The Senate Committee on Police Affairs, on Tuesday, visited the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, over the latest crisis that occurred in the state on Sunday, in which a member of the Senate, Magnus Abe, was allegedly shot by the police. Speaking with journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Committee…
BREAKING: Bomb Blast Kills 9 In Maiduguri
No fewer than nine persons were killed in Maiduguri, Borno State when a car bomb has exploded in front of state television offices in the ancient city. Aproko247 gathered that the incident occurred at about 1pm outside the state television offices. People splattered with blood tried to flee as a second car was ignited by…
Rivers Crisis: House May Consider State Police–Zakari
Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Zakari Mohammed, has disclosed that the ‘green chamber’ may have to revisit the issue of state police, which has been clamoured for by some Nigerians. Zakari made this known to newsmen while addressing them on the recent crisis in Rivers State. According to him, most developed countries in the…
Rivers Tragic Rally: Hide Your Face in Shame—APC Tells Mbu
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus **Denies Claim On Police Permit **Seeks NSA’s Intervention To Ensure His Redeployment The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, says it has noted the barefaced lies spewed out by the State Police Commissioner, CP Joseph Mbu, in his desperation to minimize the public outrage that has rightly trailed the death…
Reps Order Probe Of Telecoms' 'Fake' Promos
The House of Representatives has ordered a probe into the alleged fraudulent and fake promotions currently being run by the four telecommunication networks in Nigeria; Airtel, Etisalat, Globacom and MTN. In a motion jointly sponsored by two members of the House; Eddie Mbadiwe and Frank Enokorogha, they drew the attention of the House to allegations…
Jonathan Can't Force Me To Quit–Tukur
Following reports on Monday that President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the embattled National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, to resign from his exalted position, the party boss has maintained that he won’t step down except through a properly organised convention, which brought him into power. He insisted that nobody, not even…
Resign Before Thursday–Jonathan Tells Tukur
President Goodluck Jonathan may have now had enough of the crisis rocking his ruling party, Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which has practically left it in shreds. It is believed that the continued stay in office of Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the PDP will further spell doom to the party if urgent steps…
Senator Ndume Survives Bomb Attack By Military
Controversial lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume, narrowly escaped death when his convoy was almost hit by a military airstrike in Borno. The legislator, alleged to have been one of the sponsors of Boko Haram terrorists’ group, was on his way to his hometown when the incident occurred. Below is the story as reported by Leadership newspaper;…
Jonathan Can’t Sack Sanusi—Gbajabiamila Declares
A member of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pronounced that President Goodluck Jonathan cannot remove the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido, from office. He stated further that the President does not have the constitutional power to do so even though he has a right to do so. There have…