Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has categorically declared that the days of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as the ruling party in Nigeria, are now numbered. The former number two citizen of the country under the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo stated this in an interview with Liberty Radio. He also disclosed that the emergence…
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Late MKO Abiola’s Wife Declares Lagos Guber Ambition
One of the wives of late MKO Abiola, Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, has declared her intention to occupy the Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos Government House in 2015. Onitiri-Abiola made her gubernatorial ambition known in Lagos on Monday. According to her, she has solutions to the problems of unemployment, electricity and education facing Lagos State. She also revealed her…
52 Perish In Fresh Borno Attack, 300 Houses Burnt
No fewer than 52 persons were believed to have lost their lives on Sunday evening in a fresh attack in Borno State. The latest attack was reportedly executed by members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group. Also, about 300 houses were reported to have been burnt by the terrorists. The incident, as gathered, occurred…
Alleged Fraud: Fani-Kayode Blocks Re-Arraignment
An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has opposed his re-arraignment for laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2008. The case was again brought before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday by the prosecuting counsel, Festus Keyamo. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia…
New Constitution To Be Ready In July–Reps
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…
Hom0$exual Governors Declare War On President Jonathan
**Faces of Prominent Politicians Who Are G@y Fresh and authentic news filtering in social circle indicates that a group of powerful politicians, who are prominent in the act of h0mo$exuality, are the force behind the seemingly unpopular agitation against the anti-geiy bill, which was recently signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. At the forefront…
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,…
PDP National Chairman In Closed-Door Meeting With OBJ
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…
Nigerians Will Like To Have Another Abacha—Jeremiah Useni
Nigeria’s former FCT Minister, Lt-Gen Jeremiah Useni (rtd) recently disclosed in an interview with Punch that many Nigerians will pray to have late General Sani Abacha back as President. Useni, who is now the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Arewa Consultative Forum, also spoke in sundry issues in the interview. Excerpts; It’s been some time since…
Ekiti 2014: Gov Fayemi Declares For 2nd Term
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…