The Commandant General of the Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corps, NCDSC, Ade Abolurin, is currently battling with an alleged ritual scandal that may eventually destroy the good and enviable works he has done since he was appointed the boss of the security agency. The respected Civil Defence officers was said to have been involved…
News reaching Aproko247 indicates that some residents of Benue State took to the streets on Thursday to protest the murder of a popular Pharmacist in the state by some unknown gunmen. The victim, Terngu Atime, was assassinated by some yet-to-be identified killers, who abruptly ended his vibrant life on the night of Wednesday, January 21,…
Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Dr Ngozi Olejeme, has lost her father to the cold hands of death, Aproko247 has learnt. The deceased, Pa Phillip Osakwe Diuno, died at St Luke’s Hospital, Asaba, Delta State, on Monday. He was aged 84. In a statement issued in Asaba by the Director of Communication…
An early morning inferno on Monday destroyed properties at the popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island of Lagos State. The fire, which started around 4:3am, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, consumed properties worth millions of Naira. No human casualty has been confirmed as at the time of filing this report. The inferno…
By Njamanze Fidel Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Ngozi Olejeme, has been given a pat on her back for putting in place cost saving measures and stringent financial management in different organizations in the country. Giving the commendation in Asaba on Friday, the leaders, under the aegis of the Delta Political and…
A traditional ruler in Kaduna State has been murdered by some unknown gunmen. The monarch was shot dead at close range on Friday by the hoodlums. The deceased, who is the traditional ruler of Zangang in Attakad chiefdom in Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, Yohanna Shinkut, was killed while returning to his palace…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has thrown his full weight behind local government administration in Nigeria, calling for urgent and pragmatic steps that would reposition the third tier of government for effective service delivery at the grassroots level. The governor, declaring open a two-day orientation workshop for newly sworn-in local government chairmen, vice-chairmen, secretaries,…
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ijede Police Station, Nwaoha Uzoma, has died. It was learnt that Uzoma’s corpse was found in his office on Thursday, a day after he entered and locked himself in. Reports said when his mobile phone was called, he did not pick his calls, which made anxious relatives…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State presented a budget proposal of N327.68 billion to the State House of Assembly on Wednesday for the 2015 financial year. The governor, addressing the state lawmakers at their hollowed chamber in Asaba, the state capital, explained that the budget is made up of N161.6 billion as recurrent expenditure and…
Danlandi eader of the All Progressive Congress APC in Taraba and Senator representing Taraba North at the National Assembly, Aisha Jummai Alhassan has forced the new acting governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danlandi to sign an agreement that he will deliver Taraba state to the All Progressive Congress APC. Senator Aisha a close ally of APC…