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…
A federal lawmaker from Lagos, Hon Abayomi Michael Ogunusi, has allegedly established a killer squad ahead of the 2015 general elections. Aproko247 gathered that the legislator, representing Ifako-Ijaye Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly, met with some alleged political thugs to set up the hit-squad. On Sunday, January 5, 2014, at…
Aproko247 has learnt that the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, is now allegedly on the run. Wike, as a source in Rivers State informed this magazine, quickly left the city after the attack on Senator Magnus Abe by the police on Sunday. We gathered that the Minister zoomed out of Port Harcourt through the…
Moments ago, Aproko247 reported that a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Magnus Abe, was allegedly shot by the police in Rivers State. The Senator, representing Rivers Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, was shot with a rubber bullet on Sunday afternoon in Port Harcourt and his whereabouts was not immediately known…
There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may eventually drop embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, as the President is set to reshuffle his cabinet, barely 14 months to the next general elections. Few days ago, President Jonathan hinted that he would forward the names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval. This…
News report reaching Aproko247 from Rivers State suggests that one of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s loyalists, Senator Magnus Abe, who is representing Rivers Central Senatorial District, has allegedly been shot by police in the state. Senator Abe, according to what a source informed this magazine, was hit by a rubber bullet allegedly fired by a police…
The South-West leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Buruji Kashamu, has described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as a Goliath, while stating that Allah will fight for him (David). Kashamu stated this while responding to Obasanjo’s latest letter to the party’s National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, stating that he’s leaving the party because of Kashamu.…
Embattled Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has urged former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, not to leave the party. Tukur, replying a letter written to him by the ex-Nigerian leader, said that the zonal leader of the PDP, Buruji Kashamu, was not imposed on the region by the party, but rather the court. “We…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has written to the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, stating his intension to withdraw from the party’s activities until the South-West zonal leader, Buruji Kashamu, is removed. Obasanjo alleged that Kashamu is a wanted criminal and he would not allow such person to be his leader in…
Controversial man of God, Rev Chris Okotie, has made known his intention to contest in the presidential election come 2015. The Senior Pastor at the Household of God Church, Ikeja, Lagos, told Punch that he’s willing to become Nigeria’s President, having failed in his two earlier attempts. Okotie revealed that he would contest for Presidency…