In preparation for its national convention, overall rebuilding and repositioning of the party for 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the inauguration of four committees. In a statement signed by National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, the PDP said it will do everything possible to give the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, a run…
The government of Bayelsa State has disclosed that the remains of its former governor, Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha, would be laid to rest on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Amassoma. In a statement issued in Yenagoa, the state capital, activities lined up to give the respected late Ijaw leader a befitting burial were revealed. According to…
Coach of Italy national side, Antonio Conte, has been announced as first team head coach of Chelsea Football Club of England. A statement by the club on Monday disclosed that the Italian signed a three-year contract with the London outfit. Chelsea said the former Juventus manager “will begin work in London following his country’s participation…
Troops of 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with troops of Sector 1 of Multinational Joint Task Force on Sunday, April 4, 2016, has rescued more than 270 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists, the Defence Headquarters has disclosed. One of the rescued persons gave birth to baby boy shortly after their liberation.…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Tope Aluko, have finally settled their differences, a video received by Aproko247 suggests. It was learnt that the two politicians, who have recently been at loggerheads, met at a place in Lagos on Sunday. An aide…
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has directed his men to commence a 24-hour surveillance of filling stations across the country. Muhammadu gave this order after he had a meeting with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu at NNPC tower Abuja last week. He…
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit says it will enforce the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of 2012 around all filling stations across state. This was disclosed on Sunday by Chairman of the agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, during an exercise to clear traffic around petrol stations in some parts of the state. Egbeyemi…
The army officer implicated in the 2014 Ekiti State governorship election scandal, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, has been retired from service by authorities of the Nigerian Army. General Momoh had led a contingent of soldiers and other security agencies to Ekiti for the gubernatorial poll, in which the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi of the All…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, has joined in mourning the passing of Shedrack Amagada, father of the member representing Isoko South Constituency 1, Hon Orezi Esievo. Amagada died on Monday, March 28, 2016. He was 80. The Speaker in a condolence message described Amagada as “a cherished character, widely admired…
According to reports, former Commissioner for Lands and Housing in Ondo State, Abbas Aidi, on Sunday slumped and died at a cyber cafe in the state capital, Akure. It was said that the man gave up the ghost after receiving an important letter that he had been expecting for a long time. However, it the…