Category: National/Politics

The House of Representatives has disclosed that the new Nigerian Constitution would be available by July 2014. This information was made public by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed, on Sunday in Kwara State. Mohammed noted that the delay in making the country’s Constitution ready was as a result of…

El-Rufai To Surrender Self To SSS On Monday

Former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, will finally surrender himself to the Department of State Security Services, SSS, on Monday, by 9am, Aproko247 has learnt. This development was confirmed to newsmen by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, via a text message sent to journalists on Sunday afternoon. In the said SMS,…

Report reaching us confirms that the newly appointed National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Abeokuta, Ogun State home. The meeting was held as part of Mu’azu’s intention to reconcile aggrieved members of the ruling party, who expressed their grievances over…

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has officially declared his intention to seek a re-election into the Government House in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The governor formally expressed his ambition on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti via a press statement signed by him. This came barely 48 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the…

The former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has officially dumped the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former APC chieftain officially announced his defection in Sokoto on Sunday afternoon. According to his media aide, Yusuf Dingyadi, the former governor took the step based on the “collective and unanimous decision”…

Rivers PDM Rebuffs APC Merger Claim

The Rivers State Chapter of the People Democratic Movement, PDM, has debunked a recent publication by one Chief Eze C Eze, spokesman to the APC chairman in Rivers State, alleging that the “APC has swallowed the PDM” in Rivers State. The party noted in press statement that, “We hereby state categorically that the purported story…

Rivers APC Hails National Leadership Move To Block Executive Bills

Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus Interim Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Davies Ikanya, has hailed the decision of the party’s National leadership to frontally confront the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and the government of President Goodluck Jonathan. Dr Ikanya was reacting to the directive given by the APC…