Union Bank is in the news, and this time, for the wrong reason. The bank has been dragged to Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ojokoro, Agbado area of Lagos by an 87-year-old woman, Mrs Sanusi Adebisi, who claimed an amount of money was allegedly removed from her account without her consent. The aged woman, a…
A usually crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, recorded an explosion on Tuesday morning, with causality figures yet unknown. The incident occurred some minutes past 8am on Tuesday. The market is located near the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCH, office in the area. Rescue officers promptly moved into the scene of the blast…
Former Minister of Transportation, Umaru Dikko, has passed on. The respected northern politician and elder statesman died in a London hospital on Tuesday. It was learnt that the prominent opinion leader had suffered strokes before his death. The 78-year-old politician was once a Commission in the now Kaduna State. He fled to London on exile…
According to the Guardian, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, has confirmed the existence of a covert s3x tape of the former head of its China division. It is the latest chapter in a lurid bribery saga which continues to rock the pharmaceutical giant. The secretly filmed video of Mark Reilly and his Chinese girlfriend at his Shanghai apartment…
Members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, have been directed to embark on an indefinite industrial action from Tuesday, July 1, 2014. President of the body, Kayode Obembe, at a press briefing in Abuja, accused the Federal Government of not paying attention to NMA’s demands. He said the body has been left with no other…
Controversial former aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of running Boko Haram terrorist group as its arm wing. The former Minister of Aviation made this accusation on Monday, speaking as a guest on Channels TV’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’. Fani-Kayode, who recently returned to the ruling Peoples’…
Sultry Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has disclosed that she is not seeking attention with the missing schoolgirls of a Chibok secondary school in Borno State. There have been speculations that the actress was seeking a cheap popularity with the saga, following her attack on the government over the way the issue has been handled. Also…
Those wishing to spread their religious beliefs to communities in Niger State may soon have acquire preaching permit from the government if an executive bill sent to the state House of Assembly is finally approved. The government, in a move to regulate religious preaching and establishment of worship centres in the state, has proposed that…
Talented Nigerian vocalist, Adol, has released a new single he waxed with fast-rising female singer, Yemi Alade. ‘Sekere’, title of the new tune, which is already causing tsunamis in clubs in Nigeria, is from the stables of Dexploit Entertainment. The songbird, following the wide acceptance of his comeback single entitled ‘Jekanmo’, returned to his vocal…
News reaching Aproko247 from the stables of Dana Group of companies is not a palatable one and if the information is anything to go by, it then means the existence of the company in Nigeria may be good as over. This is because the group is said to be indebted to a financial institution. Dana…