Month: August 2014

Members of Lagos state House of Assembly have said creation of states is not priority of Nigeria at this period, saying good leadership is what the country needs. Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 2, while reacting to the recommendation of the on-going National Conference said creation of states is not the priority of Nigeria…

Controversial anti-corruption crusader and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dino Melaye, has taken a swipe at President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The former federal lawmaker from Kogi State, in a series of tweets on Sunday morning disclosed that all powers belong to God, directing his followers to ask President Jonathan and Iyiola Omisore, candidate…

An aide to Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Sunny Ofili, on Saturday, died in a car accident along Benin-Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in the state. Ofili, who until his demise was the Special Adviser on Information and Communication Technology to Uduaghan, died in the auto crash alongside the Obi of Issele-Uku, Henry Ezeagwunam, and his son. They…

Erstwhile member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has congratulated Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State for emerging winner of the Saturday, August 9, 2014 governorship election in the state. Fani-Kayode, who left APC some months ago to return to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…

The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Osun State governorship election, Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the poll. Omole said while announcing the result in Osogbo on Sunday that, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and…

The rocky border town of Gwoza in Borno State has been taken over by members of the terrorists group called Boko Haram, Aproko247 has learnt. In the early hours of Wednesday, the insurgents stormed the town, dislodging some military officers guarding the community, before attacking residents of the community, who later flee to safety on…

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