The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has kicked against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, which has now led to a new pump price of N145 per litre. The labour union in a statement issued on Wednesday disclosed that it would resist the increment because the action “represents the height of insensitivity and…
The Lagos State Government says it has paid accrued pension rights totalling N48 billion to over 10,300 retirees to underscore its commitment to improve the welfare and well being of former staff. The Commissioner, Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Benson Oke Akintola, who stated this on Tuesday while speaking at the 10th Retirement…
Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC. Ize-Iyamu was apprehended on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over allegations of financial impropriety. It was gathered that the man hoping to take over the Edo Government House from…
A prosecution witness, Wakili Dauda, in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, and six others, has told a Lagos State High Court how the agency paid him the sum of N96, 764, 689.00million( Nine-six Million Seven Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-Nine…
A former Minister of Mines and Steel, Arch. Musa Muhammad Sada, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, his involvement in the alleged N23.29bn poll bribery scandal. Sada is one of the former ministers in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan who are being investigated by the anti-graft agency. During investigation, Sada…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a suspected internet fraudster, Okeke Fred, before Justice O. Tokode of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City, Edo State. The man was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on Internet fraud, impersonation and possession of scam documents. One of the charges reads: “That you,…
The EFCC, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, arraigned the duo of Air Vice Marshal Saliu Atawodi (rtd), a former chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Safety, PICOMSS, one Rabiu Hassan and his company, Hypertech Nigeria Limited, before Justice U. P. Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on a three-…
Android phone users have access to unlimited numbers of application. Due to this, there is the tendency to indiscriminately download apps whether they are relevant or not. If you have downloaded a large number of apps which you cannot keep track of, perhaps it is time for you to get rid of some of them.…
An ex-Chief of Air Staff is presently battling with an alleged fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. He is trying hard to clear his name of the fraud accusation. Aproko247 gathered that the suspect, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd), was brought before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja…
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, the British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ray Kyles, paid a courtesy visit to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa in his office at the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja. Both Obasa and Kyles discussed ways of exchanging ideas and solidifying a better mutual relationship.…