The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State does not deserve the votes of the electorate in Rivers South West Senatorial Zone in the rerun State and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold across the State on Saturday, March 19, 2016, the Rivers APC has said. The party in a statement issued Tuesday in…
Ace Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun, fondly called AY, has explained why his wife left his house in Lekki, Lagos State, which fuelled the rumour of marriage crisis. It would be recalled that in February 2016, there was a rumour that AY’s better half, Mabel, packed out of her matrimonial home on allegation of domestic violence…
Dr Dakuku Adolphus Peterside has assumed duty as the Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Aproko247 has learnt. Dakuku resumed his new office on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. He arrived the NIMASA head office on 4, Burma Road, Apapa and immediately went into a closed door meeting with members of…
Rivers State chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has called on its members to attend a special prayer session for their national president, Ibinabo Fiberesima. An appeal court in Lagos last week affirmed a five-year jail term on the former beauty queen by a Lagos High Court for reckless driving, which led to…
Nominees of governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for the board membership of the Lagos Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, have now been confirmed. The four-member LASIEC board were confirmed by the Lagos State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Lagos is already preparing to conduct election into its local government councils and…
The joint Senate and House of Representatives committees set up by the National Assembly on Tuesday to investigate the alleged invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly has arrived the state capital, Ado-Ekiti. The committee, which is on a fact finding mission and led by Senator Muhammed Shaba Lafiaji, arrived their base in Ado-Ekiti…
Nigeria’s top tier lender, Zenith Bank Plc said on Tuesday its pre-tax profit for the period ended December 31, 2015 rose 4.85 percent to N125.62 billion from N119.79 billion recorded a year ago. Similarly, profit after tax (PAT) increased 6.24 percent to N105.66 percent to N99.45 billion posted the same period of 2014. Gross earnings…
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday struck out a bill seeking to place a man and woman on equal level in marriage as well in the family setting. The document tagged Gender Equality Bill was not passed by majority of the senior lawmakers. Senators Rufai Ahmed, Adamu Aliero and Emmanuel…
A woman believed to be in her 50s was on Tuesday maltreated in the Dopemu area of Lagos State by some irate youths. Aproko247 gathered that the unidentified woman was accused of attempting to kidnap a child around Okeho Street in Dopemu, near Akowonjo, Egbeda, Lagos, when she was caught. The angry mob did not…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea and he is on his way to Nigeria. Buhari left the country with members of his entourage, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Hajia Khadija Ibrahim; Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello; Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan Ali; and National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno,…