One of Nigeria’s reputable financial institutions, Diamond Bank, has introduced an initiative aimed at putting smiles on the faces of business owners in the country. This is one of the Bank’s efforts in making sure businesses grow, which will in turn improve the economy. The programme, called Building Entrepreneurs Today, BET, is in its fourth…
Report just reaching Aproko247 has it that the dreaded Boko Haram group has bombed a bridge linking Nigeria to Cameroon. The destruction of the small bridge was carried out on Thursday evening by the insurgents, which has carried out several attacks in the northern part of Nigeria lately. It was learnt by this magazine that…
Nigeria’s former Head of State, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has described members of the dreaded terrorist group called Boko Haram as bigots. In a press statement released on Thursday by the retired army officer and ex-presidential aspirant, Buhari noted that the insurgents should not be allowed to “threaten nor should they be allowed to violate…
Female officers of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, held a protest in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Thursday to call for the release of the abducted Chibok girls by members of Boko Haram in April. The women came out enmasse on the street of Lafia, chanting ‘Bring…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday promised to bring an end to terrorism in Nigeria despite the enormous challenges being faced his government in fighting the menace. Jonathan, while speaking at the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa, WEFA, in Abuja, thanked the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and China in offering assistance…
Respected and reliable airline, Arik Air, has promised to give out two business class return tickets in an Instagram Promo. The reputable airline, which is unarguably West and Central Africa’s largest airline, in a bid to put smiles on the faces of many, will fly lucky winners to any of its destinations. The promo, which…
***Rolls Out More Rewards To Customers First City Monument Bank, FCMB, has extended its 30th anniversary promo as a way of making more customers enjoy its bounties. The Bank took this gesture due to the huge success the first phase of the promo recorded. The anniversary promo had ended on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, but…
Omoniyi Makun, better known as Yomi Casual, who is the younger of ace Nigerian comedian, AY, has moved into his newly acquired house in Lekki, Lagos. The celebrity fashion designer threw a party to celebrate his latest gift. Aproko247 gathered that the property, a four-bedroom duplex, was tastefully furnished with expensive interiors. According to those…
A N50-million reward has been announced by the Nigeria Police for anyone with useful information that could lead to the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram group three weeks ago in Chibok, Borno State. The reward was disclosed on Wednesday by the police spokesman, Frank Mba. Mba also urged members…
A suspected kidnapper ran out of luck on Tuesday in Lagos when she was apprehended by some people and set ablaze after she could not explain how she came in custody of three children she was with. The incident, which occurred at Ekoro Road in Abule-Egba, Lagos, at about 7am, resulted in a traffic logjam…