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,…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has closed the SMS platform launched by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to raise funds for its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, for the February 2015 polls. Director of the Buhari-Osinbajo Fund Raising Campaign, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that…
National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to shift the February 2015 general elections in Nigeria to enable the Commission prepare well for the polls. Dasuki gave this advice on Thursday while speaking as a guest at the London think-tank Chatham House. He said the…
Prominent businessman turned politician in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has revealed his running mate in the Rivers State governorship election on February 28, 2015. Princewill is the gubernatorial candidate for the Labour Party in the February poll. In a statement issued by the Princewill Campaign Organization, it was disclosed that “after months of rigorous…
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog…Mark Twain It is just grace and not my skill. Looking back I couldn’t have come this far if not for the grace of God. First doing business takes almost everything from you. So today I am…
Reputable airline operator, Delta Airlines, has declared a 70 per cent profit increase in its financial results for the December 2014 quarter. The company, through its CEO, Richard Anderson, in a statement, noted that, “Our 2014 performance, an industry-leading operation, superior customer service, and a 70 percent increase in profits, shows that Delta is focused…
The Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series, NEILS, initiators of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme, NEIHTF, and Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Trust Fund, NEIHTF, has expressed its heartfelt condolence on the tragic end of vibrant talented actor, Muna Obiekwe who breathed his last on Sunday, January 18, 2015. The popular actor died after suffering…
Leading retail bank in Nigeria, Diamond Bank, has donated some equipment to the Lagos State Government in fulfilment of its Employee Volunteering Programme, EVP. The gesture was made to support the State’s skills acquisition programme aimed at providing skills for millions of unemployed and under- employed youths in the State. The Lagos State government has…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the “Nyesome Wike, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has set up a three-man committee to study and clone the well-researched Four-Point Agenda of our governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside.” The party, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt and made…