Barely 24 hours after former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, was release from the custody of the State Security Service, SSS, in Abuja, for making ‘provocative’ remarks on the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, he has again maintained that the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, plans to rig the polls. El-Rufai made this latest comment…
Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan on how to tackle the enormous challenges presently facing his administration. He urged Jonathan to do away with sentiments in handling matters but imbibe statesmanlike traits. Speaking via a statement, Babangida disclosed that his warning became necessary because of the various distractions…
There employees of First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, have been arraigned before Chief Magistrate A Awogboro over the theft of N6.5 million from a customer’s account. Some people have regarded First Bank of Nigeria Plc as bank that breeds fraudsters. The three First Bank staffers were arraigned on Monday, January 27, 2014 on a 12-count…
Reprieve may have come the way of some former office holders in Local Government/Local Council Development Areas (LGA/LCDAs) of the state, as the Lagos House of Assembly has directed that their backlog of salary arrears, tenure allowances and severance package be paid. The former officer holders are chairmen and councilors that had served in…
Nigerian gospel entertainer, Ranti Alore has started a programme in a UK radio station, Alore made this known in a chat recently. She revealed that the new talk show is known as; ‘Imoran’ (Advice) and is aired every Sunday on www.naijafm.com and 101.1 FM UK. Her dream, which started in 2008 on Facebook through a…
A bill to protect consumers’ rights in Lagos was last week passed into law by the state House of Assembly at plenary. The bill was passed into law after members took the third reading of the bill. It is to be sent to Governor Babatunde Fashola for assent. The bill which is a private member…
Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has categorically declared that the days of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as the ruling party in Nigeria, are now numbered. The former number two citizen of the country under the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo stated this in an interview with Liberty Radio. He also disclosed that the emergence…
The Vice chairman of Etsako Central local government area of Edo State, Charles Eshiesimua, on Friday, slumped and died while waiting to see a doctor at the Irrua Specialist Hospital, also in Edo State. Late Eshiesimua had gone to the hospital for a medical check-up when the sad incident occurred. His demise took those at…
Information reaching Aproko247 confirms that a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Anthony Jeaga, who hails from Edo State, was on Monday killed by some unknown gunmen in Delta State. Until his demise, late Jeaga was the Divisional Traffic Officer in charge of Agbor Divisional Police Headquarters, where he was transferred to few months ago from…
One of the wives of late MKO Abiola, Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, has declared her intention to occupy the Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos Government House in 2015. Onitiri-Abiola made her gubernatorial ambition known in Lagos on Monday. According to her, she has solutions to the problems of unemployment, electricity and education facing Lagos State. She also revealed her…