Reports reaching Aproko247 confirms that the Nigerian Senate has begun the screening of the recently appointed Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Few days ago, the President wrote the upper chamber of the National Assembly, requesting the confirmation of the Service Chiefs in accordance with the law. The lawmakers are presently in a closed-door meeting…
Kanu Nwankwo’s Hotel Shut Down
Hardley Apartments, located on Victoria Island, Lagos, and owned by former Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, has been sealed by the Lagos State Government. Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, shut the hotel on Monday over alleged noise and air pollution. Briefing journalists in Lagos on Monday, the Director of Enforcement of…
Ambode Appoints 19 New Perm Secs, Retires 15
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the appointment of 19 new Permanent Secretaries in the State Public Service. According to a press statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, the appointees were chosen to restructure the civil service for efficient performance and service delivery. The statement further said that the…
El-Rufai Fires ADC
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has relieved the duties of his Aide De Camp, ADC, ASP Abdullah Usman over allegations bordering on insubordination. Usman started working with the All Progressives Congress, APC, governor after emerging winner of the gubernatorial poll in the state in April 2015 on El-Rufai’s request. But the police officer was…
Ex-NIMASA Boss Nabbed In Lagos
The immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Lagos. Akpobolokemi was apprehended in Lagos on Thursday by the agency two weeks after he was sacked by the Federal Government. According to reports, the…
Prosecute Wike For Murder—APC Begs Buhari
A passionate call has been made to President Muhammadu Buhari for the trial of the Rivers State governor, Wike Nyesom. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, in a statement, alleged Wike of murder and urged the President to prosecute him. “We appeal to our dear President to quickly look at the issue of…
Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries Begin Production
The Warri and Port Harcourt refineries have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has disclosed. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Ohi Alegbe, it was revealed that the Warri refinery would contribute 3.5 million litres of petrol…
Investors Celebrate As Fidelity Bank Records N9.7b PBT
One of the financial institutions in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank, has continued to show why it is a big force to be reckoned with in the industry. The Bank recently announced a 13.6 per cent growth in Gross Earnings to N71.9 billion and a Profit Before Tax, PBT, of N9.7 billion. A breakdown of the analysis…
South-East Politicians Hail Oyegun
By Njamanze FIdel Some politicians from the South-East geo-political zone on Tuesday extolled John Odigie Oyegun’s virtues and competencies, describing him as a brilliant strategist and inspiring leader. “Very few politicians get to change the political landscape of their state not to talk about the country. John Oyegun is such a politician,” the politicians said.…
Patience Jonathan Deserves Humiliation—Rivers APC
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the Protocol Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said. The party in a statement issued Tuesday in Port Harcourt and signed by the Chairman,…