bomb A suicide bomb attack in Borno State has left about eight persons dead on Saturday morning. The development is coming just as the Nigerian troops, with the help of their foreign counterparts, are reclaiming some lost towns under the control of Boko Haram. It was learnt that the suicide bomber, who was riding a…
The scheduled ‘walk for change’ in Lagos on Saturday was attended by several Nigerians from all walks of life. The walk, tagged ‘March4Buhari’, was organised by the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. According to the organisers of the event, the ‘March4Buhari’ was also staged to reject any further…
The hitherto smooth relationship between Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, and Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, popularly known as ‘Baba Eto’, seems to have deteriorated. Aproko247 gathered from Urbanlifeng that the former Commissioner for Works in Lagos State is no longer happy with the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has again failed to deliver the much-anticipated ruling on the suit filed by an actor, St Maradona Mikevine, seeking to remove president of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, and her executives. It would be recalled that in 2013, Ibinabo emerged winner of an election conducted by…
Four new directors have been appointed into the Board of Directors of Wema Bank Plc, a statement by the financial institution has disclosed. The new appointees are Babatunde Kasali, Wole Akinleye, Mrs Folake Sanu and Mrs Abolanle Matel-Okoh. While Kasali and Matel-Okoh were appointed as non-executive directors, Sanu and Akinleye were fixed as executive directors.…
Eight months after evidence of a forgery scandal involving a staff of the National Broadcasting Commission, Caroline Animan, was uncovered, the management of the Commission has refused to act in line with the recommendations of the report. Ms. Animan, a confidential secretary at NBC, said to have been an employee of the Commission for over…
By Oladipupo Awojobi The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Taiwo Kolawole has said that there is nothing like a Bill on Life Pension for Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the House in the Assembly. He stated this in a telephone interview on Thursday, saying the issue was part of the…
The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Smart Adeyemi and his wife according to feelers reaching National Enquirer are seriously having sleepless nights over the lifestyles of their first daughter Adeola Adeola, a Law graduate, National Enquirer gathered reliably is living a life that has painted…
In a motion ex parte filed before an Ikeja High Court on March 6, the court granted an accelerated hearing for motion on notice in the case of defamatory and libelous documentary aired on DAAR Communications, AIT. The granted accelerated hearing comes up on Monday March 16, 2015. The ex parte motion brought before Ikeja…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have apprehended a young man, who allegedly duped a British woman to the tune of £54,000 after they met on a popular social media platform, Facebook. The suspect, Obiechina Chikeluba, 21, is said to be a student of Federal Science and Technology, Yaba, Lagos and reportedly…