By Obinna Akukwe Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States of America, USA, Prof Ade Adefuye suggested recently that the US willingly refused to assist Nigeria with technology to fight Boko Haram. Adefuye told members of the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday that “The Nigerian leadership… are not satisfied with the scope, nature and content…
Prominent retail and commercial bank in Nigeria, First City Monument Bank, FCMB, storms the city of Aba, Abia State, on Thursday, November 13, 2014, for an interactive session with its customers in an event tagged ‘Customers’ Forum’. The programme will also have the Bank’s international trade business stakeholders in attendance. According to a statement made…
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, unveiled the new N100 note to mark Nigeria’s 100 years of amalgamation. The new banknote was presented to the President by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefile At the ceremony, Jonathan urged Nigerians to show respect for the country’s currencies. The…
Almost 72 hours after a suicide bomber attacked a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe State, another suicide bomber has detonated a bomb at the Federal College of Education in Kontagora, Niger State. The suicide bomber, a female, died in the explosion as well as another person, who we could not confirm as at the time…
Popular comedian in Nigeria, Ayo Makun, famously known as AY, has moved into his new home in Lekki area of Lagos, Aproko247 has learnt. The humour merchant is now stays near superstar singer, 2Face Idibia, who relocated to the Lagos choice area from his Festac base. AY is one of the top earners in the…
‘Kedike’ singer, Chidinma Ekile, has joined the league of celebrities who have foundations. The former Project Fame West Africa winner explained that her charity organisation, Mma Charity Foundation, was established as her own way of giving back to the society. It is named after her mother, Martha, who she said held and prayed for her…
President Goodluck Jonathan is scheduled to declare his intention to contest in the 2015 presidential election on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Some days ago, the President bought his expression of interest and nomination forms from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, where he hopes to emerge as the party’s flag-bearer for the polls. He will declare…
It has been observed that six months after Nigeria’s largest online shopping platform, Konga.com debuted the Konga Mall, several millionaires have been made from the platform. Since the reputable platform, founded in 2012, introduced the Konga Mall, several sellers have taken advantage of it to showcase their products and have recorded boost in their sales.…
President Goodluck Jonathan has vehemently condemned the killing of some students of a Yobe secondary school in a Monday morning bomb blast that claimed about 47 lives. Jonathan, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Reuben Abati, on Monday, said the Federal Government will ensure those behind the crime are brought to justice. The President…
A chopper belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has crash-landed in a remote town of Damare in Adamawa State. According to SaharaReporters, the small plane was conveying military hardware and some top military officers when the incident happened. The jet was reportedly heading to Adamawa, where Boko Haram has taken total control of a town…