Employees of Delta Airline have earned more than $1 billion in profit sharing for their performance in 2014, Aproko247 has learnt. This is the largest profit sharing payment in company’s history and the fifth consecutive year the airline is rewarding its workers with profit sharing. Making remarks on the development, Delta’s Chief Executive Officer, Richard Anderson,…
A group has accused the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, of having a mental disorder history. The allegation was made by Greater Lagos Alliance and has called for the disqualification of Ambode for the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial poll. According to a statement issued by the group…
By Collins Ughalaa The people of Imo State and Nigerians in general woke up Wednesday, 28 January 2015 to read frightening stories in the media on how former Governor Ikedi Ohakim assaulted and battered his friend, Dr. Viatlis Orikeze Ajumbe. Some of the reports in the newspapers said Chief Ohakim wanted to kill Dr. Ajumbe.…
A raging inferno has consumed the Rivers State High Court located at Degema in Degema local government area of the state. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, February 2, 2015. According to reports, the fire affected almost all parts of the court’s building. It started at about 4am, we were informed, but…
The Managing Director of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo, has promised to ensure the newly acquired bank, Enterprise Bank, will become more successful. This assurance will interest customers of the bridged bank, who before now many be nursing some fears. Sekibo made this disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos at the Board Divestment Closure ceremony organised by…
The remains of late father of successful and multiple award-winning music group, P-Square, was finally laid to rest on Friday, January 30, 2015. P-Square’s dad, Moses Okoye, died in November 2014 after he reportedly underwent a successful leg treatment. He was buried at his hometown in Ifitedunu, Anambra State. His last journey home started on…
Due to the dramatic consequences of the Charlie Hebdo attack and the controversial responses to it, tensions continue rising. Leaders are searching for ways to prevent escalation. What can be done to find a peaceful solution to this serious crisis? Many countries around the world have shown growing interest in a novel, scientifically verified, militarily…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has submitted, to the Senate, the names of seven people he hopes to make ministers if given the go ahead by the lawmaker as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution. A controversial former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, who lost the Lagos State governorship slot of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Story by Peregrino Brimah I had a very verbal phone conversation with Niger Delta militant terror leader, Asari Dokubo today. In the heated conversation that lasted over 20 minutes, the pro-Jonathan militant was non repentant and aggressively supported his campaign for the continued reign of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. I told him that at a time…
One of the wives of a veteran Nigerian actor, Jide Kosoko, Henrietta, had a lucky escape from the jaws of death on Friday. The actress was travelling with his grey colour vehicle when the car suddenly veered off the road and hit a pole belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, near a…