Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has created additional 30,027 polling units across the country. According to INEC, the move is to solve decongestion problems in the existing polling centres in the country. The Commission, in a statement issued on Tuesday by one of its directors, Ishiaku…
No fewer than three persons were killed in a clash between supporters of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nasarawa State. The clash occurred on Tuesday when a lawmaker in the State House of Assembly visited his constituency. The legislator, Sidi Bako, a PDP member, visited his area, Dadere,…
An early morning fire gutted the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in Abuja on Wednesday. The inferno reportedly started some minutes past 9am. The fire started at the Chief Accountant office, Aproko247 learnt. Some properties were destroyed in the incident, though men of the fire services have put off the inferno as at…
The number of persons already killed by the fatal disease called Ebola has now risen to five with the death of one Dr Ameyo Adadevoh on Tuesday in Lagos. The deceased was one of those who treated late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American believed to have transported the deadly disease to Nigeria. Adadevoh led the medical…
An attack by Boko Haram members in a northern village in Cameroon on Monday afternoon resulted in the death of a least three persons, Anadolu Agency reports on Tuesday. During the invasion, no fewer than 12 villagers were also abducted by the insurgents, who have carried out several fatal attacks in northern Nigeria. Cameroon shares…
A 36-year-old rock climber, Brad Parker, has died from a fall in Yosemite National Park few hours after he proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Jainee Dial. Parker is a veteran rock climber who lives in Sebastopol. He had completed a climb to the summit of Cathedral Peak, where he asked Dial to marry him, which…
Samsung Mobile has unveiled fast-rising Nigerian rapper, Remilekun Kalid Shafaru, better known as Reminisce, as ambassador for its brand of mobile phones. The deal was sealed a moment ago, and the rapper will ensure he promotes the brands range of mobile phones through various platforms. The deal, Aproko247 learnt, runs into millions of naira, but…
Financial institutions are meant to be a place where monies belonging to their customers are kept, but with the rate of frauds being perpetrated by employees of these institutions, some bank customers have continued to sleep with their eyes wide opened. One of such banks that fraudulent activities go on is First Bank Plc. Aproko247…
Three new cases of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, have been discovered in Lagos and Kaduna, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, has revealed. The Commissioner, while addressing newsmen on Monday in the state, said four persons infected with the disease have been discharged after they responded positively to treatment. He added that the…
A legislator from Lagos State has said that the epileptic power supply in Nigeria is the main cause of the recent mass failure recorded in the 2014 West African Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, which held few months ago. In the released results, only 31.28 percent of candidates who sat for the examination obtained credits in…