The events of the present days are devastatingly becoming unusual for some big wigs in the political circle of the country. Unlike in the past, when nobody dared query the decisions of senior party members or top political godfathers, politicians are now challenging their leaders and taking them to task over issues bothering on election…
Day: November 21, 2014
Jim Nwobodo Loses Son To Cancer
A Nigerian businessman and influential politician who was governor of Anambra State between 1979 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic and was Senator for Enugu East in Enugu State from 1999 to 2003, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has lost his son, Ifeanyichukwu to cancer. Nwobodo junior reportedly died at a private hospital in Enugu on…
Unity Bank Releases Names Of 111 Bad Debtors
Names of some customers with bad loans with Unity Bank Plc have been released, Aproko247 has learnt. The Bank explained that this step was taken after the affected persons, 111 in numbers, failed to meet up with the grace given to them by the financial institution to pay up. In a statement issued by the…
Uduaghan Wants Long-Term Planning For Sports Development
*Gets Olympic Sports Personality Award Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said the country needs to look towards having a long term planning system for the development of sports. Uduaghan made this observation while declaring the Annual General Meeting of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, open in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Thursday. The…
Ibadan Boils As Police, Thugs Clash
Aproko247 has learnt that pandemonium has been let loose in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as some police officers and suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress, APC, engaged in a free-for-all. It was reliably gathered that some members of the party had converged at the Abiola Ajimobi Vocational Centre in Oke Ado, Ibadan for…
Corpers Demonstrate In Rivers
Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Rivers State staged a protest on Friday morning, demanding for the payment of their allowances. The aggrieved Corpers, at the orientation camp in Nonwa Gbam Tai area of the state, claimed the government has refused to pay them their allowances. The protesting Corps members barricaded the…
BREAKING: 3rd Military Jet Crashes In Yola
A military helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in Yola, Adamawa State, reports reaching us say. This is the third jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force that have crashed within a month. The latest crash occurred in Damare, near the Federal University of Technology in Yola. Aproko247 is yet to get…
Taraba Acting Governor Sacked
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…
Niger PDP To Punish Lawmaker Over Attack On Senate President
Niger State governor, Babaginda Aliyu, has noted that Abdullahi Degechi Usman Cheche, a members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, from the state in the House of Representatives will be disciplined for his alleged attack on Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday inside the green chamber. Mark had gone to the lower chamber to have…
Security Personnel Withdrawn From Ekiti Speaker, Deputy
Following the removal of Adewale Omirin as Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly by few members of the Assembly on Thursday, the Police and Department of State Security have withdrawn their personnel from the security teams of the embattled Speaker. Seven members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, out of the 26 members of the…