In the build up to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the National Association of Mbaise Students, NAMS, has endorsed the Chairman, Governing Board, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, Chris Asoluka, as the preferred candidate for Imo East Owerri Senatorial zone. The group, in a press release jointly signed by the National President, Stanley…
Kano-based Abdulkadir Mohammed has been convicted and sentenced to nine years imprisonment for attempting to defraud a retired army General, Garba Ali, of the sum of N14 million in land deal. Mohammed was sentenced by Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano, Wednesday, January 29, 2014. He was sentenced with an option of…
As part of his efforts to mend the leakages in the ‘torn umbrella’ of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, the newly appointed National Chairman of the ruling party, Adamu Mu’azu, held a closed-door meeting with former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in Minna, Niger State. The meeting was held on Friday afternoon at the gap-toothed…
Aproko247 has confirmed that the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSDDC, involved in the alleged assault of a journalist some days ago have been queried by the Corps. This was confirmed to us on Friday by the NSCDC following an enquiry made by this magazine on the issue. “A disciplinary panel…
A bill to punish those involved in cyber bullying is presently before the House of Representatives. If passed, offenders might spend up to five years in jail or pay a fine of N15 million or both. The bill also seeks a death penalty for cyber crime offenders. According to a report by Punch, for using…
The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has commended the Senate for confirming the appointments of the new service chiefs on Thursday. The ruling party, in a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, described the move as a triumph of nationalism. PDP hailed the legislators for “going ahead to thoroughly screen…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a former Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, Okechikwu Chukwulozie, to 15 years imprisonment. The convict is to spend his jail term in Kuje Prisons in Abuja. Chukwulozie was jailed by the court over a N10.4 million fraud he was found guilty of. A statement signed…
The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the appointment of the new service chiefs nominated by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, after they passed their screening at the Senate. The new service chiefs were screened by the Senate Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force. During plenary on Thursday, the red chamber adopted the report of its…
The Senate, on Thursday, refused to acknowledge the notice of defection brought on the floor by Senator Bukola Saraki. The former governor of Kwara State raised a Point of Order under the Senate Standing Order 15, which stipulates that a matter of privilege shall be given urgent attention by the Senate. The Senator was seeking…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has maintained that Nigerians living abroad will not vote in 2015 when the next general elections hold in the country. The INEC boss stated this at a three-day National Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform held in Abuja on Wednesday. Jega, represented by INEC Commissioner,…