By Ogunfowoke Adeniyi A major concern for many smartphone users is the lifespan of their batteries. Users always want their battery to stay on while navigating from one web page to another amongst other things that the phone is used for as far as it is connected to the internet. In spite of the fact…
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the opening of entries for the 2015 edition of its annual National Essay Competition. Ijeoma Aso, the Managing Director/CEO of UBA Foundation, at a media briefing held at the UBA Head Office in Lagos, on Wednesday, September 30, 2015,…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has chided governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, saying what he could not do was perfected by an ex-military officer. Sylva, who spoke after he emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary for the Bayelsa election in December 2015, said politicians still have a…
Customers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, who were overbilled by the company for electricity consumed by them, have started to get a refund of their money, the Managing Director of AEDC, Neil Croucher, has disclosed. Croucher made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Thursday.…
A monarch in Kogi State has been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in the state, Aproko247 has learnt. The victim, His Royal Highness Adebisi Obademi, is the paramount ruler of Apaa Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was said to have been seized by the hoodlums, who were reportedly masked, at…
Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday night in Oshodi area of Lagos State when thugs killed an aide to NURTW big boy, Musiliu Akinsanya, better known as MC Oluomo. The deceased, Olayinka Mamowora, fondly called Mamok in Oshodi, was said to have been murdered by a rival gang of the transport union at about three houses…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, were captured smiling at each other on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at an event organised to mark the country’s Independence Day celebration. Before now, there had been reports that the President and Saraki had not been on speaking terms. Some speculated that Buhari is still angry…
Reports reaching us show that contrary to the official report by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board that no casualty was recorded among the pilgrims from the state in the stampede that occurred in Mina, on the way to Jamarat, where many pilgrims died, one of the pilgrims, Adeola Maurufudeen Adefolabi, is still missing.…
Some residents of Egbeda and its environs have cried to authorities to come to their aids over the constant harassment they suffer in the hands of men of the Nigeria Police, who don’t respect their fundamental human rights. These residents, in a recent report published by Punch, urged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase,…
The senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Adeola, has predicted a brighter future for Nigeria and Nigerians as the nation celebrates its 55th independence anniversary. The lawmaker said that in spite of daunting challenges at present and a chequered past, Nigeria has survived as a nation, adding that the new administration of President Muhammudu Buhari is…