The PDP under the leadership of Abubakar Baraje has said it has asked its lawyers to press a contempt charge against Bamanga Tukur for flouting the orders of a Lagos High Court which asked both sides to maintain the status quo pending the resolution of the case before it on who should lead the party.…
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Amaechi's Life Under Threat As Mbu Redeploys Gov's Escort Commander
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari, has disclosed that the life of her boss, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, is under threat. In a statement signed by the Commissioner on Thursday in Port Harcourt, Semenitari alleged that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Joseph Mbu, redeployed the governor’s Escort Commander, in charge…
Generator Fumes Suffocates Young Couple To Death In Calabar
Tragedy struck in Ikot Omin area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Sunday night when a young couple died after being suffocated by generator fumes. The husband and wife died along with the wife’s teenage sister, who lived with them. The couple recently moved into their yet-to-be completed house. On the fateful day,…
Offa Re-Run: PDP Candidate Rejects Victory, Says APC Won
A councillorship candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Afolabi Olawole, at last Saturday’s re-run election in Offa, Kwara State, has rejected his victory at the poll as announced by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWASIEC. Speaking on Wednesday in the state, Olawole noted that he was rejecting the result based on his religious…
VIDEONEWS: Jonathan, Governors After Meeting Over PDP Faction
A video has been released online showing President Goodluck Jonathan emerging from a meeting with some Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Monday night (yesterday). The video link was sent to Aproko247 by one of our ardent followers. In the video, Governor Rabio Kwankwaso of Kano State was seen…
Us Congress Leaders Back Obama On Syria
US President Barack Obama won his first major victories on securing Congress support for strikes on Syria, with senior members on both sides of the House of Representatives saying they would back him. The House speaker and top Republican in Congress, John Boehner, said on Tuesday that he would support the president’s motion for strikes…
Diamond Bank In Another Scam As TruContact Ltd Set To Drag Bank To Court
While some business oriented banks are declaring midyear profit others are swimming in tales of alleged mega fraud. Recent findings by theoctopusnews.com has revealed Diamond Bank is in big trouble, as it is about to be dragged to court for breach of contract. Digs by our reporter revealed that the bank earlier in the year…
Startimes Boosts NBMA With Free Decoders
The annual and prestigious Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards, NBMA, recently got a boost from Nigeria’s leading digital pay-channels provider, Startimes Nigeria Ltd, when the company supported the event with free decoders. The organisers of the awards ceremony, led by its executive producer, Kazeem Popoola, on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, paid a courtesy visit to the…
PDP Orders Taraba Dep Gov To Take Instructions From Ailing Gov
The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has ordered the deputy governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, to henceforth take instructions from the ailing governor of the state, Danbaba Suntai. This decision was reached on Tuesday afternoon after the committee headed by Senator Hope Uzodinma, met with the governor and his deputy in Jalingo. Uzodinma was mandated…
Ex-Militants Talk Tough: Give GEJ One Month To Pay Allowance Or…
If the threat given to the Presidency by a faction of some ex-militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is anything to go by, then trouble looms in the region as there might be a resumption of the activities of the group in the region. This is because the group has handed a one-month…