The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has reacted with outrage to the news of the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, in the wake of his defection to the party from the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Rivers APC in a statement signed by…
Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said he will represent the people of Delta South Senatorial District at the National Assembly in 2015. At the secretariat of Delta State chapter of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Asaba on Thursday, Uduaghan said he would ensure his people are well represented at the National Assembly when…
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has bought his nomination form to contest in the 2015 presidential election. He purchased the form on Thursday in Abuja, and stated that his interest to be in the race is to add value to the party. Kwankwaso, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stressed that his interest…
Husband of Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Prof Joy Ogwu, Dr Aloysius Ogwu, has died, Aproko247 has learnt. The man gave up the ghost on Monday in New York, USA, a statement issued on Thursday by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria disclosed. Joy Ogwu is Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the world body. Her husband…
The Nigeria Police has given reason for withdrawing security personnel attached to Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who defected from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a major opposition party in Nigeria. Barely 48 hours after Tambuwal’s defection, his security aides were redeployed by the Federal…
President Goodluck Jonathan has held a closed-door meeting with the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The secret meeting took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. Both parties are meeting again for the second time after President Jonathan suspended Sanusi as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in February 2014. They…
Managing Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Seni Adetu, has been asked to step down from his exalted office at the end of October 2014. He will formalise his exit at the next Board meeting of the company in November, Punch reports. Adetu is leaving as MD of Guinness Nigeria following decline in the profit of…
On Thursday, October 30, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan purchased his presidential nomination form ahead of the 2015 general election in Nigeria. Jonathan obtained the form at the Wadata Plaza Secretariat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja, after he had told his party that he would be contesting in the polls. His formal declaration…
Security details attached to Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, have been withdrawn. This is coming barely 48 hours after the Speaker formally announced his defection from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition, the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is also coming barely 24 hours after his former party asked him to…
After speculations of him pitching tenth with the opposition party, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has finally left his party and has joined the opposition. The number four citizen of Nigeria, on Tuesday, declared his support for the All Progressives Congress, APC, leaving the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, a platform he got…