The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has sacked all his Commissioners with immediate effect. This was made known in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Etekamba Umoren on Saturday. “His Excellency, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Governor, Akwa IbomState has approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council with immediate effect,” part…
Controversial presenter with Cool FM Lagos, Daddy Freeze, has threatened to sue blogs who posted on their platforms that he has been sacked by management of the radio station. It was reported that the fair-skinned radio personality was asked to leave the company following his public fight with top comedian, Basketmouth. Reacting to the sack…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has been ordered by the court to vacate office with immediate effect. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja gave the directive on Monday, June 27, 2017. Ikpeazu was sacked from office by the court for submitting false information to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the party’s…
A member of the House of Representatives from Enugu State, Dennis Amadi, has been axed by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Amadi was sacked by the court in a ruling delivered last Friday. Justice Okon Abang, in his judgement, noted that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries election that produced Amadi as a…
Last week, the Federal Government directed banks and other financial institutions in Nigeria to suspend the downsizing of their workforce. This decision, as explained by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, was taken due to series of petitions before the government on the issue. He ordered that the retrenchment exercise by the banks…
Financial institutions in Nigeria have been ordered to put a halt to the mass retrenchment exercise embarked upon by some of them lately. A statement issued on Friday by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed that this decision is coming due to issues in the industry. “Following spate of petitions and complaints from…
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to change members of his cabinet who are mediocre, insensitive and inactive, especially the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. The group gave this advice in a statement issued by its executive chairman, Debo Adeniran, which was made available to Aproko247. In…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State led by Soji Adagunodo has been sacked from the party’s secretariat located along Osogbo-Gbongan Road. This action was taken by the former Deputy Governor of the state, Iyiola Omisore, whose faction led by Dr Bayo Faforiji, stayed away from the congress held recently. It…
The planned extension of Ali-Modu Sheriff’s appointment as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been kicked against by a faction of the party led by former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana. Gana, also a founding member of the party, led a group called the Concerned Stakeholders’ to a meeting on Thursday…
According to SaharaReporters, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu Command, has been removed from office. This, we learnt, is in connection with the attack on Nimbo community by Fulani herdsmen last Monday. It was gathered that Ekechukwu has been replaced by the police authorities with CP Emmanuel Ojukwu. It will be recalled that the head of…