A screen shot from the incident One of the three women allegedly assaulted by members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, in Ejigbo area of Lagos has died, Channels TV reports. The deceased, identified as Julie, died in Badagry, an outskirts of Lagos State. Late Julie was one of the three women assaulted in Ejigbo…
**Congratulates Lawmakers For Quick Passage Of 2014 Budget Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has been commended for coming up with a realistic budget for the 2014 fiscal year and for the successful presentation before the State House of Assembly on December 7, 2013 in Port Harcourt. The Interim Chairman of the Rivers…
The aviation sector of the Nigerian economy has been going through turbulent period since 2013 when the two BMW bullet cars involving the Minister, Stella Oduah, broke. This is despite the fact that the sector has been going through a rapid transformation. Just when Nigerians thought that the storm was over, Oduah was hit with…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that 27 out of the 30 legislators in the Sokoto State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The affected lawmakers joined the APC from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which has been battling with a major turbulence since 2013. The 27 defecting members of the State…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, have cancelled their proposed joint strike actions. This decision was reached on Tuesday night in Abuja after a meeting with the Federal Government. The oil and gas unions entered into a six-hour meeting with representatives…
“There will be nothing like automatic tickets for anyone; incumbents and challengers seeking the PDP ticket must go through the normal process to secure it,” the Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Zone 3 of Kaduna State, Joseph Gumbari, has declared. Recently, there have been reports that some members of the PDP have insisted…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has strongly condemned the alleged use of violence against the judiciary in the state by members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. This is coming barely a day after a Court in Rivers State was bombed by some thugs in the state. The…
Nigeria’s embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has allegedly moved to promptly edit her online profiles to adjust her academic qualifications. Oduah had earlier allegedly claimed to have obtained an MBA degree from St Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States of America, but a report by SaharaReporters claimed the institution denied awarding an MBA to…
The Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has alleged his former party, Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, of corrupting the security agencies, including the police, and the judiciary. The now-member of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, spoke with some journalists on why he left the ruling party to his new party. Nyako also revealed…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has shifted its Board of Trustees, BoT, and National Executive Committee, NEC, meetings earlier scheduled for January 7 and 8, 2014 respectively to January 15 and 16. The postponement, according to information scooped, is to enable the party’s leadership to prepare well enough for the two crucial meetings. However, no…