With the dwindling fate of the Nigerian economy and the financial ill wind affecting the nation’s revenue base, even with the well-meaning efforts of the managers of the nation’s economy, much is still expected as these efforts have been subverted by in house detractors and self-serving Nigerians, many who have been tasked with the responsibility…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has declared a week of mourning for nine of its members who were killed in two separate incidents in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday night. While five of the men were killed in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt, the other four met their…
Leader of Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new audio release that his group will run to the Islamic State, ISIS, militant group when the need arises. The audio was released on the group’s Twitter account on Saturday. ISIS controls most parts of Syria and Iraq and has brutally killed several…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of paying N5000 each to those who took part in Saturday’s ‘one million March4Buhari’ in Lagos. This allegation was made by the PDP via a press statement issued by its spokesman, Taofik Gani. The opposition party in Lagos State said…
bomb A suicide bomb attack in Borno State has left about eight persons dead on Saturday morning. The development is coming just as the Nigerian troops, with the help of their foreign counterparts, are reclaiming some lost towns under the control of Boko Haram. It was learnt that the suicide bomber, who was riding a…
The scheduled ‘walk for change’ in Lagos on Saturday was attended by several Nigerians from all walks of life. The walk, tagged ‘March4Buhari’, was organised by the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. According to the organisers of the event, the ‘March4Buhari’ was also staged to reject any further…
The hitherto smooth relationship between Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, and Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, popularly known as ‘Baba Eto’, seems to have deteriorated. Aproko247 gathered from Urbanlifeng that the former Commissioner for Works in Lagos State is no longer happy with the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has again failed to deliver the much-anticipated ruling on the suit filed by an actor, St Maradona Mikevine, seeking to remove president of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, and her executives. It would be recalled that in 2013, Ibinabo emerged winner of an election conducted by…
Four new directors have been appointed into the Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc, a statement by the financial institution has disclosed. The new appointees are Babatunde Kasali, Wole Akinleye, Mrs Folake Sanu and Mrs Abolanle Matel-Okoh. While Kasali and Matel-Okoh were appointed as non-executive directors, Sanu and Akinleye were fixed as executive directors.…
Eight months after evidence of a forgery scandal involving a staff of the National Broadcasting Commission, Caroline Animan, was uncovered, the management of the Commission has refused to act in line with the recommendations of the report. Ms. Animan, a confidential secretary at NBC, said to have been an employee of the Commission for over…