The governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been appointed as the new National Leader and Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Obi’s appointment was approved by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. The governor replaces the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who formed the party some…
Few days after Boko Haram killed several persons in Borno in a suicide bomb attack, the group has again struck, killing scores. Below is Punch’s account. Again the outlawed Boko Haram sect attacked Banki, a border town in Bama Local Government Area of Bornu State killing people at will, moment after they sacked the only…
Members of the House of Representatives, particularly those of the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus are bent on changing the leadership of the House as lawmakers resume sitting on Tuesday next week. The APC gained a slim numerical advantage over the Peoples Democratic Party before the lawmakers proceeded on the Christmas/New Year break on December…
Story by Fidel Njamanze A socio-political group in Ekpeye kingdom comprising Ahoada East and West local government areas of Rivers State, Amaechi’s Teeming Supporters, ATS, has described as a show of shame, the role played by the police in the Rivers State trounce on all political outfits floated by the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, and…
The younger sister to the Senate President, David Mark, Mrs Mary Onma-Adakole, has died. The sibling of the retired military officer turned politician died at the age of 35 at an Abuja hospital during child birth. A statement released on Thursday by the Special Adviser to Mark on Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the…
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, confirmed the resignation of the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, after a long battle to get him (Tukur) out of office. Tukur tendered his resignation letter to the President, who in turn handed it over to the National Secretary of the party, Wale Oladipo,…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new service chiefs, Aproko247 can authoritatively report. The President’s spokesman, Reuben Abati, disclosed this on Thursday morning on his twitter handle. He wrote, “President Jonathan has appointed new Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs. Air Marshal Alex Badeh [is] now CDS. Details shortly.” Badeh was formerly the Chief of…
Some months ago, news went viral in the media that veteran Nigerian actor, Jibola Dabo, was aiming to become a federal lawmaker in 2015. It was reported that he would be hoping to grab a seat at the House of Representatives to represent the people of Owo at the House. For those in Nollywood, it…
Information reaching us indicates that the caucus of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has ratified the resignation of its National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur. Tukur tendered his resignation to the PDP and the Presidency on Wednesday, after so much pressure on him by some aggrieved members of the party. The top members of the ruling party…
A source has informed Aproko247 that the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has just arrived at the Presidential Villa in Abuja for the party’s caucus meeting taking place tonight. Tukur, according to our source, got to the Villa at about 5:15pm on Wednesday, accompanied by some of his allies.…