The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it will conduct the Ekiti State governorship election in June 2014. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, on Sunday, revealed this to Punch in an interview in Abuja. He said the timetable for the polls would be agreed on within the timeframe speculated…
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NSCDC Officials Intercept Truck Loaded With Fuel At Ketu Garage
When some years ago, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was established, not many thought it would today be a viable security organ in the country. Now, the Civil Defence, as the agency is also called, has turned out to be one of the most trusted and effective security agencies in Nigeria, despite…
Igbo Youths Order MASSOB To Evacuate Members’ Corpses In Mortuaries Since 2003
The fight between Association of Igbo Youths, AIYO, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a new twist with the youth group giving an ultimatum to the Ralph Uwazurike-led MASSOB to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013. In…
BREAKING: NSCDC Nabs Notorious Vandal In Lagos
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that a notorious oil pipeline vandal that operates in Lagos and Ogun States, Dayo Okiki, has been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Okiki was apprehended on Saturday morning in Lagos, following an intelligent information gathered by the Civil Defence. The security agency got information…
Rivers APC Urges Continued Support For Amaechi
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged residents of the state to continue to support the administration of the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi “for the many giant and generational projects and programmes being undertaken by the state government under his able leadership to uplift the living standard of our people,…
Prof Soyinka's Late Daughter Goes Home Jan 10
The remains of Iyetade, daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, would be laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, January 10, 2014. The “cherished” daughter of the renowned writer and author died on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, after a brief illness. A statement released by the family…
Angry Lagos Youths Beat House Of Reps Member
Naijahottestgist has reported that some angry youths in Lagos gave a member of the House of Representatives, Yomi Ogunusi, the beating of his life on Wednesday after the lawmaker only returned to his constituency for the first time since he won at the election in 2011. Ogunusi would have died from the assault if not…
Gov Ahmed Of Kwara Welcomes Baby Boy From Mistress
Authority sources within the government circle in Ilorin, Kwara State have revealed that the executive Governor of the State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is once again a darling father of a baby boy, courtesy of his pretty mistress, Yinka Olanrewaju. Our impeccable sources confirmed that the boy, who is said to be a split image of…
'Go & Die Widow' May Become Edo First Lady
If all permutations work in favour of Mrs Joy Ifijie, the widow upbraided by the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, some days ago, she might eventually end up as the First Lady of the state. Mrs Ifijie is beautiful and good to behold. Mrs Ifijie’s matter generated sympathy when Oshiomhole reportedly asked her to…
Police Arrests Rivers Lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd For Alleged Murder
The Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, has been nabbed by the Rivers State Police Command. Lloyd was apprehended by the police on Thursday over the alleged murder Kingsley Ejeuo (his kinsman) and Urang Obediah (a police sergeant). In a statement made available to Punch on Thursday night by the…