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…
Following the drop in the price of crude oil in the global market, the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol in Nigeria. The product has been sold for N97 since 2012 when President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of subsidy from petrol. The announcement…
Following the drop in the price of crude oil in the global market, the Federal Government has announced a reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol in Nigeria. The product has been sold for N97 since 2012 when President Goodluck Jonathan announced the removal of subsidy from petrol. The announcement…
A prolific actor in the Nigerian movie industry called Nollywood, Muna Obiekwe, has passed on. The famous role-interpreter kicked the bucket on Sunday evening in Lagos. He was said to have died after he was rushed to a hospital in Festac area of the state on Sunday morning. According to reports, the actor has been…
One of the big financial institutions in Nigeria has been fingered in a multi-million Dollar fraud, which some forces have been accused of trying to sweep under the carpet. The bank, First Bank, has been accused of being involved in a fund amounting to over $76 million supposedly kept with the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Following his displeasure over the lackadaisical attitudes of some contractors to the execution of projects in Delta State, the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has threatened to blacklist them if they fail to sit up within the next three months. Uduaghan made this known on Thursday when he summoned them to the board room of the…
A man who specialises in the sale of building materials at the Eket Market in Akwa Ibom State has emerged winner in the Diamond Bank Plc Salary4Life. The lucky winner, Duru Chukwuebuka Francis, won the star prize of ‘Salary4Life’ at the just concluded DiamondXtra Season 7/DiamondWoman Special Draws organized by Diamond Bank Plc at its…
The singular most attention-grabbing event in the nation’s banking sector in 2014 came in the last quarter of the year. The announcement by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) of the fledgling Heritage Bank as the winner of the bid for the acquisition of Enterprise Bank jolted the entire banking industry, as it re-drew…
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…
By Sheri Edu On January 13, 2015, it was time to remember and celebrate the lives of our late parents, Otunba Raheem Adegbola Komolafe, popularly known as Baba DHL, and his dear wife, Chief (Mrs.) Aduke Nimota Komolafe (nee Momodu), popularly known as Alhaja and Yeye Oba. Otunba Komolafe was born on June 8, 1938,…