The Nigerian Armed Forces has been assured of more commitment in its quest to totally eradicate the threat posed by the Boko Haram Terrorists in the North East of Nigeria. This assurance was given by the United Kingdom, which also promised to partner with relevant agencies to rehabilitate the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who were…
Day: May 3, 2016
BREAKING: Enugu Police Commissioner, Nwodibo Ekechukwu, Replaced
According to SaharaReporters, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu Command, has been removed from office. This, we learnt, is in connection with the attack on Nimbo community by Fulani herdsmen last Monday. It was gathered that Ekechukwu has been replaced by the police authorities with CP Emmanuel Ojukwu. It will be recalled that the head of…
Buhari Orders Clampdown On Rampaging Herdsmen
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed security agencies across the country to henceforth deal decisively with any herdsmen that attack innocent Nigerians. Buhari made this known when he received the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. He said his administration is prepared to deal decisively and…
Kwara Govt Denies Paying Agabi N500m
The Kwara State government has reacted to allegations that it paid the sum of N500 million to counsel to the former state governor, Bukola Saraki, Kanu Agabi. Saraki, who is now the Senate President, is standing trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja for allegedly not declaring all his assets while he…
Meet New Edo Female Speaker, Elizabeth Ativie
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, members of the Edo State House of Assembly, EDHA, impeached their Speaker, Victor Eboror. It was not clear why the man was removed from office, but close watchers of political happenings in the state said they saw it coming and were not surprised that the lawmaker was sacked from the…
FG Fails To Produce Dasuki In Court
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, was not presented in court on Tuesday by Federal Government. Dasuki was meant to stand trial before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of corruption and misappropriation of money earmarked for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram levelled against him by the…
ALERT: Edo Assembly Sacks Speaker, Deputy
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Victor Edoror, has been sacked, Aproko247 has been reliably informed. Our source in Edo State disclosed to us that the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Festus Ebea, was also impeached. It was learnt that both members of the hollowed chamber were impeached on Tuesday. It is however…
MI Abaga Floors Peter Okoye
For those who witnessed the Celebrity Fans Challenge on May 1, 2016, they will confirm that the event delivered all the excitement the organisers promised and more. The show threw up excitement after excitement. Koker, DJ Spinall, YCEE, Pryse and Klinz Montana all stunned the crowd with amazing musical performances, and there were brilliant comedy…
Nigerian Breweries Declares N10.5bn Profit for Q1 2016
A Profit After Tax, PAT, of N10.45 billion has been declared by the Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc for its First Quarter of 2016. The unaudited and provisional results released to The Nigerian Stock Exchange show that the N10.45 billion PAT represents a 4 per cent increase over the N10.10 billion declared in…
COSON Lawyers Go After Royalty Defaulters
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the nation’s sole government approved collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings, is ready for an unprecedented show down in courts across Nigeria with copyright infringers and royalty defaulters. To ensure that the battle is fought with no holds bared, COSON is rapidly expanding and strengthening its legal…