Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, fired four Commissioners in his cabinet. The governor disclosed that the sack of the affected officials is with immediate effect. Oshiomhole said he took this action in line with his commitment to fortify the system towards optimal performance. The affected persons are Mrs Blessing Maigida,…
Marilyn Ogar, the immediate past spokesperson of the Department of State Security, DSS, has been asked to proceed on a compulsory retirement, reports say. It was reported that the controversial DSS top shot was given the directive in a letter dated Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Ogar was promoted in early 2015 by former president Goodluck…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the country’s service chiefs. Spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Monday, July 13, 2015. He disclosed that their replacements would be announced later. The affected officers are the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; Air Chief, Air Vice…
The resignation of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode from the Lagos State Civil Service at an early age in 2012 as the Accountant General of Lagos State became a subject for debate during his campaign before the April 11 governorship election, but being an ‘anointed’ candidate of some powerful personalities in the state, he emerged the governor…
Information reaching Aproko247 indicates that telecoms giant in Nigeria, MTN, has already concluded plans to chase some Nigerians on its payroll out of the company and cause them some untold hardships. Recall that not too long ago, while the xenophobic attack in South Africa was on, the company threatened that it would be forced to…
If an employee of MTN Nigeria had known that a post by his friend he shared on Facebook would land him in a big mess, maybe he would have had a rethink. As you read this, one of the brilliant members staff of the telecoms giant, Emeka Eze (not real names), has been told to…
A Supreme Court judgement delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta has removed the acting governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, from office. The court order the immediate swearing-in of a former deputy governor of the state, Abubakar Danladi, as the new acting governor. Danladi contested the governorship election as running mate to ailing Dantata Suntai, who…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, has suspended the National Secretary of the troubled party, Umaru Shinkafi. It was gathered that Umeh removed Shinkafi fcrom his position after the latter called for his (Umeh) resignation. APGA has been in crisis for some time now. Former governor of Anambra State, Peter…
Four management staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, have been relieved of their jobs, a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources on Friday has revealed. No reason was given by the Ministry for the sack of the affected persons. According to the statement by the Head, Press and External Relations,…