An Assistant-Inspector in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Lasisi Kabir Iyanda, is presently cooling off in police custody over the death of a 32-year-old teacher in Osun State. The victim, Kamaldeen Muritala, teaches Islamic Religious Knowledge, IRK, at Titilope Islamic Comprehensive High School, Ejigbo, Osun State. He was allegedly murdered by the…
Year: 2014
Sola Kosoko, Hubby Welcome First Child
Sultry Nigerian actress, Sola Kosoko, and her husband, Abina, have been blessed with a bouncing baby girl. The couple tied the knot in 2012 in a low key ceremony, which had family members and friends in attendance, including veteran actor, Jide Kosoko, who is the father of the gifted actress. Sola was delivered of the…
APC Uncovers PDP Plans To Rig 2015 Election
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has uncovered a noxious, criminal and satanic scheme by the Grassroot Development Initiative, GDI, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 2015 general elections in Rivers State. The party in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Chris…
Nigeria's Security System Needs Overhauling–NSCDC Boss
In order to efficiently curb crimes in Nigeria, security apparatus in the country should be overhauled through effective training, proper restructuring and provision of equipment for prompt discharge of their assigned mandate, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has suggested. The NSCDC boss made this observation over the…
Union Bank, Wakanow Partner To Boost Affliate Lending
Foremost financial institution in Nigeria, Union Bank, had entered into a partnership with the country’s first and leading online travel company, Wakanow.com, in a bid to improve business turnover of the company’s affiliates. The deal, according to a statement made available to Aproko247, was signed to provide a global limit of N1 billion overdraft with…
Boko Haram Raids Borno Community, Slays Many
A village in Borno State was on Friday morning invaded by hoodlums believed to be members of Boko Haram sect. The gunmen, at about 5am on Friday, stormed Damboa community, killing several residents of the area and also burning down many houses. It was learnt that security officials were not on ground to repel the…
Lagos Declares 6 Months Maternity Leave
Henceforth, female workers in the Lagos State Civil Service will be entitled to six months maternity leave, the state government has declared. Making this pronouncement on Thursday, Lagos State Head of Service, Josephine Williams, at a press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital, explained that the new policy…
Apete Bridge Collapses Days After Completion
Barely 10 days after the Oyo State commissioned the newly completed pedestrian bridge in Apete, Ibadan, Aproko247 can report that the facility has collapsed. The bridge, built to ease movement of people from Apete town through The Polytechnic Ibadan, crumbled on Tuesday night, according to information gathered by our reporter. At the commissioning of the…
Jonathan's 2015 Ambition May Break Nigeria–Joe Igbokwe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has warned that Nigeria’s democracy is on the brick of collapse if necessary steps are not urgently taken. Igbokwe, addressing a news conference in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, also expressed fears that President Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged ambition to contest in the 2015…
Jonathan Seeks $1b To Fight Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly requesting the approval of about $1 billion external loan to tackle the mounting security issues in the country. In a letter sent to both the Senate and the House of Representatives titled ‘Tackling Ongoing Security Challenges For Urgent Action’, the President explained that the money will…