As a result of the leadership style and giant strides achieved by the Group Managing Director and CEO of Diamond Bank Plc, Dr Alex Otti, the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre, PPRAC, at an event organised recently, has honoured the Bank’s boss with the 2013 Zik Leadership Prize. This Otti won in the Professional…
One hundred and forty-four of the 486 travellers suspected to be Boko Haram members, who were arrested last week in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway have the been released by the Nigerian Army. This was confirmed at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday by the Coordinator of the National Information Centre,…
One of the branches of Pastor Lazarus Muoka’s The Lord’s Chosen Church in New Nyanya, Nasarawa State, has been taken to court for allegedly failing to pay rent of about N17,500. It was said that the church rented a part of a plot of land measuring 100ft by 100ft at New Nyanya, from one Kola…
Alejandro Balbi, lawyer of Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez, has defended his client who was accused of biting Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini, on the shoulder in his side’s 1-0 victory in their final Group D match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Balbi, who is also a member of the Uruguayan FA, told a…
A blast in Lagos has claimed the lives of three persons, Aproko247 has learnt. The explosion also destroyed some cars and buildings around the scene of the incident. Though this magazine could not yet ascertain if the explosion was a car bomb, as widely claimed, however, an eyewitness near the scene told our reporter that…
Aproko247 has obtained some photographs from the bomb explosion that took place at a shopping plaza in Abuja on Wednesday evening. One of our esteemed readers made these pictures available to us and we appreciate this gesture. The blast occurred at Banex Plaza in Wuse II area of Abuja, killing 17 persons and injuring several…
Chairman of Sanga Local Government Council of Kaduna State, Emmanuel Adamu, has announced a 24-hour curfew on the council. In a statement released on Wednesday in Kafanchan, the council boss noted that the action became necessary in order to restore peace to the trouble areas of the local government. He added that the curfew was…
Spokesman of the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba, has confirmed 21 persons dead in the bomb blast that happened on Wednesday evening at a very busy shopping mall in Abuja. Mba also stated that about 17 people were wounded in the explosion, which caused thick smoke in the area where the incident occurred. He hinted that…
<strong>Furious Over Affair Tale With Politician</b> There have been reports that top Nigerian actress, Patience Ozokwo, famously known as Mama G was secretly seeing a politician named Michael Diden aka Ejele. The man, believed to be younger than the actress, is said to own a church in Delta State, which he also pastors. It was…
Veteran Nigerian actor, Jibola Dabo, has promised to ensure unemployed youths in Owo/Ose communities in Ondo State are gainfully employed when he is elected into the House of Representatives in 2015. Dabo, through his publicist, Bisola Iyasara, noted that he has advanced dialogue with a notable financial institution in Nigeria, as well as a telecommunication…