Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, says the Federal Government has continually failed to recognise the immense contributions the Igbos have made in the development of Nigeria. Ekweremadu was speaking on Sunday in Enugu when he paid a solidarity visit to Eziagu local government area of the state. The Senator accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government…
Reports say star actress, Mide Martins, has been taken to the hospital after she broke down on Sunday afternoon at her home in Lagos. It was reported that immediately she was rushed to the hospital, doctors swung into action to normalise her. It was not exactly clear what was wrong with her, but Aproko247 gathered…
***Holds 54th AGM In recognition of its excellent risk management practices, Sterling Bank was conferred with the award for the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Banking and Investment Services category of the Nigeria Risk Awards, NRA, for 2015. The Award was presented to the Bank last weekend at Nigerian Economic and Social Risks Summit…
Current Spanish champions, Barcelona, were on Sunday night defeated in front of their over 70,000 fans by Valencia. The Catalan giants were beaten 2-1 by their visitors in the late Sunday La Liga match. Barcelona went two goals down in the first half, but Messi pulled one back for his team in the second stanza…
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ipokia local government area of Ogun state, Saruku Suraju, but well known as Aro Meta, has been reported dead. PM News reports that the PDP chieftain in Ogun State was found dead in a hotel in the community called De Lover Hotel, which is located at Aseko…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the recently concluded area council poll in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as a shame, saying that the Federal Government, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security operatives manoeuvred the elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Chairmanship candidate of the PDP in…
Secretary to the Rivers State Government, SSG, Kenneth Kobani, has accused leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of not telling President Muhammadu Buhari the real truth about what Nigerians feel about his administration. Kobani, in an interview with Vanguard, disclosed that chieftains of the APC give the President the impression that Rivers State is…
A 41-year-old woman who feigned pregnancy was arrested on Saturday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine. The woman, a mother of three and identified as Dorothy Onyekasi, was apprehended during the inward screening of passengers on an Emirates…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is planning new strategy of electing candidates for the 2019 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Olisa Metuh, while receiving former chairman of the National Patriotic Party, NPP, of Ghana, Peter Manu, at the party’s national secretariat on Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the PDP…
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to media reports that she said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the political will to save for raining days for Nigeria, which has now plunged the country into its present economic woes. Okonjo-Iweala spoke through her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement issued on Friday. The former…