Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who now likes to be addressed as Femi Olukayode, has said he will not be at the wedding of his daughter, Temitope, which holds this weekend in Lagos. Femi, addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos after the court cleared him of corruption charges brought against him by the Economic…
On the night of Wednesday, July 1, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari met with lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of Representatives, over the crisis rocking the party on the House leadership. While the group loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila were present at the meeting, those of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, were absent.…
The emergence of Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Deputy Senate President in an All Progressives Congress, APC, dominated Senate was not what most political observers in Nigeria were expecting. In fact, pundits had thought Ali Ndume of the APC would emerge the second in command to Bukola Saraki in the…
Yoruba actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke, came under attack few weeks ago when she posted her picture with a physically challenged fan. Her problem did not start because of the piece of photograph, but because of what she wrote afterwards. Ronke had written, ‘We should always give thanks to God the owner and creator of life.…
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has hit back at spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who claimed the President was bias in the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as acting national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In a statement issued in Abuja…
Nigerians may be forced to undergo another round of hardships due to scarcity in Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol. Aproko247 has observed that queues are gradually returning to petrol stations in Lagos, Abuja and few other states in the country. Our reporter gathered that some motorists have started making panic buy of…
A petition filed by Jimi Agbaje, challenging the election of Akinwunmi Ambode as governor of Lagos State in the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial poll has been struck out an Election Petition Tribunal headed by Rita Ofili Ajumogibia. She upheld the victory of Ambode in the election. Agbaje and Ambode contested in the election under the…
A suit filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking the extradition of Senator Buruji Kashamu to the United States of America, USA, where he is wanted for drugs related offences, has been dismissed by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The application was filed on behalf of the FG by the immediate past Attorney…
Aproko247 has learnt that two suicide bombers were on Wednesday morning killed by explosives they strapped to their bodies. They were killed before they could reach their final targets at a village in the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident was the second in three days in the area. It was further…
As part of efforts to cut down the cost of running governance, the Osun State Government has announced a 50 per cent slash in salaries and allowances of political office holders in the state. Osun State has been in the news lately over its inability to pay salaries of workers in the state for seven…