Nigerian governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, will on Monday, February 24, 2014, converge in Abuja to discuss the suspension of Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday. A statement issued on Friday by the Director General of NGF, Asishana Okauru, disclosed…
An Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death for his involvement in the death of his wife, Titilayo. Arowolo was accused of killing his wife in June 2011 at their Isolo residence in Lagos during an argument. The trial judge, Justice Lateefa Okunnu, ruled that the convict should be…
The ousted controversial Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed that he would challenge the Federal Government’s action when he returns to the country. Sanusi was suspended from office on Thursday by President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged ‘financial recklessness’. The former CBN boss was directed to hand over to the…
Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to unleash terror on President Goodluck Jonathan and some other leaders. The fugitive made this known in his latest video released on Wednesday. He described Jonathan and the others as infidels because they believe in democracy. Shekau said Jonathan, Queen Elizabeth of England, Ban Ki Moon (UN…
Late Senator Isaiah Balat would be buried next week Thursday, Aproko247 has learnt. The former Minister of Works died on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. It was gathered that the late lawmaker will be buried at his hometown in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. He was…
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has been suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement released in Abuja on Thursday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, ordered the controversial chief banker to hand over to the most senior CBN Deputy Governor, “Dr Sarah…
“You will in coming days see your refinery bombed,” wanted leader of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened in a new video released on Wednesday. Shekau, in a 28-minute video, vowed to attack Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region. He said in Hausa language, “Niger Delta, you are in trouble.” The Boko…
Prominent Yoruba monarch, Samuel Odulana Odugade, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, has expressed his anger for being neglected by President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited Oyo State last weekend. Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State. The President paid a courtesy visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III on Saturday, but failed to…
A Lagos court has disclosed that it would deliver judgement this Friday on a case involving the murder of a female banker in 2011, allegedly by her husband. This was contained in a hearing notice issued to the prosecution and defence counsels. The late banker, Titilayo, was allegedly killed by her hubby, Akolade Arowolo, at…
Barely 24 hours after the presidency claimed its war against terrorism in Nigeria was being won, gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram group, have again attacked Bama village in Borno State. Bama is a community near the state capital, Maiduguri. In December 2013, terrorists attacked a military barracks in Bama. The…