A former commandant of the Swiss Guard, Elmar Maeder, has claimed that a ‘secret geiy society’ in the Vatican is threatening the security and safety of Pope Francis. Maeder told Swiss Weekly, Scweiz Am Sonntag, that due to the special bond and loyalty among hom0$exuals, they tend to show more solidarity to themselves than to…
Following public outcry over the torture of two women in Ejigbo, Lagos, by some suspected members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, in February 2013, which became known to the public some months ago, the Inspector General of Police, MD Abubakar, “has ordered an immediate takeover of the case, suspect(s) and all exhibits related to…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Bamanga Tukur as the Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC. The former National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, was appointed on Tuesday by the President. Tukur was forced to resign as the PDP boss last week after the party suffered from series of crisis, which disintegrated and…
Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu, in this interview with ODITA SUNDAY speaks on the genesis of his problem with Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Excerpts: **The Governor Doesn’t Like Me Because I Refused To Fight His Perceived Political Enemies. **Police Did Not Shoot Senator Abbe What led to your face-off with the Governor…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus **Condemns Mbu, Calls For His Redeployment The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, says it is saddened by the repeat violence at the rally organised on Sunday, January 19, 2014 by the Save Rivers Movement, SRM. The party in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesman, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said,…
Punch *Hamani Tijani, cross-border robbery kingpin, dies in prison *Fayemi, threat to peaceful election in Ekiti –Bamidele *PDP chair: Jonathan, govs choose Mu’azu *Rivers: Hoodlums open fire on pro-Amaechi rally *I had difficult times as PDP chairman – Tukur *FG to curb medical trips – Minister *FG to upgrade power transmission network with $1.5bn *Rivers:…
A rowdy House on Tuesday Members of the House of Representatives have again thrown decorum in the air as they engaged themselves in a free-for-all-fight on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday, Aproko247 can authoritatively report. The ugly incident, which is live on a national television, was caused by an Abuja Federal High Court…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, has disclosed that the controversial missing $10.8 billion was spent by Nigerians. He said this on Monday while defending what went wrong with the alleged ‘missing’ amount. Yakubu stated that if truly the money was missing, then it must have ended up…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to ban smoking in public places. The bill was passed on Monday by the House, after it passed the third reading on the floor and was sent to the state governor, Babatunde Fashola for his ascent. If the bill is finally signed…
Report just reaching Aproko247 reveals that President Goodluck Jonathan has submitted his Ministerial list to the Senate for confirmation. A source in Abuja informed this magazine that the President submitted the list to the red chamber of the National Assembly before jetting out of the country for a meeting in Switzerland. He’s expected to return…