A bomb attack in Maiduguri The Nigerian Army has disclosed that it is ready to release over 160 terrorism suspects to their respective states. The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Olukolade said that the decision to release the terror suspects was in line with…
The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has stated that he is not planning to leave the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as being speculated in some quarters. The governor was reacting to a rumour that he has threatened to leave the ruling party if he’s not given an automatic ticket to contest the Senatorial position…
The governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that the achievements made the various office holders elected under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, will help the party win at the 2015 general elections. Akpabio, also the Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, made this declaration on Thursday when he paid a courtesy…
For some days now, the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has been enmeshed in an alleged certificate forgery mess. Several efforts by many online media platforms, including Aproko247, to get the Minister or any of her aides to speak on the issue have been futile. It was first reported by SaharaReporters that Oduah was not…
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…