The Kogi State government has said that it would soon sack about 520 teachers in its workforce. Chairman of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Uman Jibrin, made this disclosure while defending the 2014 budget at the State House of Assembly complex in Lokoja, the state capital. Jibrin noted that the affected teachers…
Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, will return to classes from Monday, February 24, 2014, a memo by its Senate has said. The Senate of the institution met on Friday last week to deliberate on the issue. The school was shut by its management on Thursday, January 23, 2014 after some students staged a…
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chukwudifu Akunne Oputa, has suffered stroke, Aproko247 can report. The legal luminary, who is the father to popular musician and former President of PMAN, Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, was hit by stroke on Saturday night at his Oguta home in Imo State. The 96-year-old ‘Socrates of…
The House of Representatives has expressed its desire for former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, to be prosecuted for her role in the controversial purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by an agency under the aviation ministry. Speaking on Thursday on the issue, the House Committee Chairman on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed, disclosed…
A soldier attached OP MESA in Lagos has allegedly killed a fellow soldier attached to his team for daring to question why he shot dead a tricyclist over N500. The lives of the two persons were cut short by the trigger-happy military officer at close range in Agbado area of Lagos on Monday, February 3,…
Popular Nigerian singer, Gift Uwame, otherwise referred to as Muma Gee, is now pregnant. The musician got married to her husband, Prince Eke, an actor, in 2011 and relocated to Port Harcourt, Rivers State with him thereafter. They will be expecting their first child together since they got married about three years ago. Muma Gee…
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, has reportedly been flown abroad again for treatment. She was said to have been secretly flown to Germany, where she had earlier received medial attention in 2013, for another round of treatment. A source in Abuja reportedly informed SaharaReporters that the First Lady was secretly flown out of…
Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, on Saturday reiterated the need for peace and unity in Nigeria, which he said are the major ingredients for a better nation. The respected monarch urged Nigerians to put all hands on deck to move the country to a better place. He disclosed this during a courtesy visit to his…
A police corporal attached to the Kwara State Police Command, Yunus Muideen, has allegedly killed a former local government chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Femi Awoyale. The cop, who was allegedly drunk, was said to have accidentally murdered the politician at a Valentine event held at a hotel in…
Governors under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, are scheduled to converge in Abuja on Saturday night. The meeting is billed to commence at about 9pm, Aproko247 has learnt. Already, state governors of the APC, the country’s main opposition party, are on their way to the nation’s capital city for the meeting. Governor Rochas…