The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that the National Caretaker Committee led by Ahmed Makarfi has not been sacked as being reported in the media. This clarification was made on Thursday via a statement issued in Abuja by Head of Publicity Division, Chinwe Nnorom. It was disclosed by…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has backed the cleanup of Ogoni land launched by the Federal Government on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Wike, speaking at the flag off of the exercise, promised that the people of the state, especially from Ogoni, will support the programme. The governor explained that for decades, the entire Niger Delta…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has appealed to herdsmen and farmers across the country to maintain peace as the National Assembly is ready to proffer lasting solution to the perennial clashes over grazing by cattle. Saraki was speaking on Wednesday when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association Jigawa state branch visited…
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, conducted by higher institutions in Nigeria for candidates seeking admission into their schools has been scrapped. The cancellation of the exams, commonly called post-JAMB, was announced by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja during the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions…
There was chaos in a part of Ogun State on Thursday, June 2, 2016, when a policeman allegedly shot dead a commercial motorcycle rider commonly called okada rider. Trouble reportedly brewed after the late rider refused to give bribe to the cop, who we gathered would also not let go. The incident, according to our…
Reports say not less than 1,040 employees of Ecobank Nigeria have been thrown into the labour market. It was learnt that the economic hardship presently in the country may have pushed the financial institution into the decision to reduce its staff strength. It would be recalled that Ecobank Nigeria was one of the financial institutions…
A militant group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has ordered the Nigerian military out of the zone in the next 48 hours. This directive was given by the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, on Thursday in a statement issued by its leaders. Aproko247 gathered that the group told soldiers in the Niger Delta…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has departed Ogoni land in Rivers State after performing the flag off exercise of the region’s cleanup. Osinbajo travelled to Rivers State for the programme to represent his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, who was supposed to kick off the exercise. Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, was on ground to…
A militant group called the Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has threatened to wage war against the Nigerian military, saying it will test run its missiles in June 2016. According to the group, it is affiliated to the recently floated Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which has carried out several attacks on oil installations in the…
Report just reaching us indicates that a building in Lagos is presently being engulfed by a raging inferno. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Berkley Street, Lagos Island. The affected property is a high rise building and those around are making frantic efforts to put off the fire. Men of the Lagos…