Over 200 senior police officers have been elevated by the Police Service Commission, PSC, while 32 officers were have received various punishments for difference offences levelled against them, after the Commission looked into them. The PSC, at its 5th plenary meeting, reached the decision to reward the officers accordingly. The meeting was held on the…
No fewer than 10 persons are believed to have been feared dead in latest attacks in Jos, Plateau State. Some gunmen stormed two communities in the state on Wednesday morning while most of them were still fast asleep and unleashed terror on people living in the areas. From information gathered by Aproko247, the hoodlums attacked…
President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke for a job at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The Nigerian leader wants his Minister to become the next Secretary-General of the organisation. The current Secretary-General of OPEC is Abdullah al-Badri and he is expected vacate the position in December 2014. However, Alison-Madueke…
Newly appointed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has disclosed the relationship he shared with the late Emir, Ado Bayero, who died last Friday in Kano after a brief illness. The former CBN Governor, speaking after he was presented with the staff of office by the Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso, noted that there is…
Nigerian movie star, Toyin Aimakhu, has expressed her desire to emulate the likes of senior colleagues; Joke Silva and Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde. Toyin, in an interview with Encomium, stated that she wishes to live exemplary lives the above movie legends have lived. Omotola and Joke Silva have both enjoyed stable marriages; a development that is not…
Some members of the Edo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday morning, suspended the Speaker of the Assembly, Uyi Igbe, and six others. The lawmakers, mostly members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, stormed the Assembly complex in a commando style and broke into the chamber, which was under lock and key. It was gathered…
Residents of Wuse area of Abuja were shocked on Tuesday morning to see that roads leading to the Wuse Market were blocked by stern-looking policemen. When some of them sought to know the reason behind the development, they learnt that members of the Boko Haram group planned to carry out a bomb attack in the…
Frauds, undoubtedly, cannot be totally taken away in financial institutions as big as Fidelity Bank, but when such becomes rampant, it gives customers several reasons to worry and probably, have their hearts in the mouths. This can probably best describe the situation of things with customers of the financial institution that ironically prides itself as…
The world is counting down to the biggest football festival in human history; the FIFA World Cup, which will be going down in Pele’s home country, Brazil. Several Nigerians all over the world have been buying tickets as they get ready to actualize their Brazilian dream! Mind you, I didn’t say “Brazilian hair”. The fact…
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram, over the weekend, abducted not less than 20 women near Chibok, Borno State. On April 15, 2014, the group kidnapped over 250 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS in Chibok and have not yet released over 200 of the girls. The…