Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi was on Thursday confirmed by the red chamber despite a walk staged by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Senate. The PDP Senators were led out of the chamber by the Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, who is the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State.…
News reaching us confirms that five of the six Deputy Comptroller-Generals of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have resigned their appointments. In a letter dated Thursday, October 29, 2015, and addressed to the Chairman, Nigeria Customs Service Board in Abuja and titled Voluntary Retirement, the five officers said their decision to leave the service was…
guiness nigeria Leading alcoholic beverage brand in the country, Guinness Nigeria, recently hosted its distributors to a dinner in Lagos, where they were rewarded for their loyalty over the years. At the 2015 National Distributors’ Conference and Awards Night themed ‘Themed, Partners for Growth’, the company used the occasion to announce its new trade incentives,…
Gunmen have abducted one Madam Ebifeghe Dikoro on Thursday in Bayelsa State, Aproko247 has learnt. The victim is the mother of Wilberforce Igiri, who is the running mate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Timipre Sylva. She was reportedly kidnapped by some unknown hoodlums and whisked away to an undisclosed…
Some teachers in Abia State, mostly women, on Thursday took to the streets to show their displeasure over government’s refusal to pay their salaries. The demonstrator carried placards displaying various messages all pointing to non-payment of their salaries for months by their employers. They paraded streets of Umuahia, the state capital, urging the government to…
Yoruba leaders have been advised to disregard the factional leader of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams as one of the credible Yoruba leaders who would determine the fate of the Yoruba Nation. This was contained in a press release signed by the spokesperson of the National Executive Council of the OPC, Comrade…
Reports reaching us show that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in Plateau State, Senator Gyang Nyam Shom Pwajok, fondly called GNS Pwajok, is dead. Pwajok lost the poll to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governor Silas Lalong, and recently also lost his bid to upturn…
An appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s governorship candidate in the April 11, 2015, election in Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, challenging the election of Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been struck out by the Supreme Court. Justice John Fabiyi, who led the seven-man panel of the Supreme Court,…
Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria-economically, socially and otherwise. From the comical to the puzzling and the most shocking, it all happens in this city of over 15 million people. It is a fascinating place to be. Due to the complexities that make Lagos unique, people have evolved different ways to communicate, interact and pass…
According to reports reaching us, some motorcycle riders in Lagos State on Wednesday evening engaged policemen, who tried to arrest their members. A resident of Oke Afa near Jakande Estate told our correspondent that the policemen had attempted to arrest motorcycle riders plying Canoe area of Oke Afa, but resisted. While the security operatives tried…