Nigeria defeated England on Wednesday at the ongoing FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Canada to clinch a place in the quarter-final of the competition. The Nigeria’s Falconets beat the English team by 2-1. The Nigerian team finished as the group leader on seven points and will face New Zealand in the next stage…
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APC/PDP War Leaves 8 Injured In Rivers
No fewer than eight persons were injured on Wednesday in Rivers State when supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed with their Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, counterparts. The incident took place in Rumueprikom community, Obio/Akpor local council area of the state. Information sniffed by our correspondent shows that the fight broke out as supporters…
How First Bank Threw 1,100 Workers Into Agony
Banking activities at the Lagos headquarters of First Bank of Nigeria was temporarily shut on Wednesday over a debt issue. The action was carried out by the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Service Employees, AUPCTRE, an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which claimed that the financial institution was owing…
ATM Withdrawal Charges Re-introduced
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that from September 1, 2014, withdrawals from the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, will now attract the sum of N65. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, Dipo Fatokun. Fatokun explained that the new charge will only be…
Mortuary Workers Sleep With 15 Corpses To Get Rich
Bizarre things happen in the world today, Nigeria not excluded. Or how would one explain a scenario where able-bodied men decide to sleep with corpses in order to get rich. According to Leadership newspaper, some mortuary attendants were recently arrested by the Police in Delta State allegedly molesting female corpses deposited in the mortuary. Below…
Nurse Takes Ebola To Enugu, 21 Quarantined
The deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, has found its way to Enugu, Aproko247 can confirm. The disease, which has killed about 1013 persons, was transported to the Coal City by a nurse who had contact with the late Liberian-American that brought the killer virus to Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer. Addressing newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive…
NFF Crisis Deepens As Minister Rejects Odegbami’s Disqualification
The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, seems to be getting worse by the day as the Minister of Sports, Tamuno Danagogo, has rejected the decision of the electoral committee set up by the Federation to disqualify former Nigerian international, Segun Odegbami and others from contesting the NFF presidency. On Wednesday, the body cleared…
Tension In Enugu As Dep Gov Slumps At Panel
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Enugu at the Impeachment Panel set up to investigate allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyebuchi, by the State House of Assembly. Few hours into the sitting, the deputy governor collapsed, which cause panic at the panel. The incident, according to our…
Lagos Prophet Räpes Girl In Hotel During Deliverance
A man, who claimed to be a prophet with the Celestial Church of Christ, CCC, has been arraigned before a Magistrates Court in Lagos for allegedly sleeping with a girl without her consent. The man, Adewale Adeleke, 23, was accused of forcefully sleeping with the lady (identity withheld) at a hotel in Ebute Metta area…
Union Bank Top Employees Docked For N.661b Fraud
Two senior members of staff with a Union Bank branch in Kano are presently cooling off in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The two bankers, Samuel Obende and Rabiu Alhasan Dawaki, were apprehended by the agency for allegedly stealing over half a billion Naira. A statement by the EFCC revealed…