The joint Senate and House of Representatives committees set up by the National Assembly on Tuesday to investigate the alleged invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly has arrived the state capital, Ado-Ekiti. The committee, which is on a fact finding mission and led by Senator Muhammed Shaba Lafiaji, arrived their base in Ado-Ekiti…
Nigeria’s top tier lender, Zenith Bank Plc said on Tuesday its pre-tax profit for the period ended December 31, 2015 rose 4.85 percent to N125.62 billion from N119.79 billion recorded a year ago. Similarly, profit after tax (PAT) increased 6.24 percent to N105.66 percent to N99.45 billion posted the same period of 2014. Gross earnings…
Members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Tuesday struck out a bill seeking to place a man and woman on equal level in marriage as well in the family setting. The document tagged Gender Equality Bill was not passed by majority of the senior lawmakers. Senators Rufai Ahmed, Adamu Aliero and Emmanuel…
A woman believed to be in her 50s was on Tuesday maltreated in the Dopemu area of Lagos State by some irate youths. Aproko247 gathered that the unidentified woman was accused of attempting to kidnap a child around Okeho Street in Dopemu, near Akowonjo, Egbeda, Lagos, when she was caught. The angry mob did not…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea and he is on his way to Nigeria. Buhari left the country with members of his entourage, Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Hajia Khadija Ibrahim; Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello; Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan Ali; and National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno,…
Engr. Rasheed Teslim-Balogun has been named as the Acting General Manager of the Lagos State Material Testing Laboratory, LSMTL. Teslim-Balogun was deployed from the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to head the agency. Until now, Engr. Teslim-Balogun was a Director in the Ministry overseeing project monitoring and evaluation. According to a statement from the Ministry…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday appealed to occupants of Lekki Gardens to leave the premises immediately as the government begins a stability test on all buildings constructed by the developer to ascertain their structural integrity. Ambode said any of the structures found to have failed the test would be demolished. He further set up a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a deal with Equatorial Guinea on the establishment of a combined Maritime Policing and Security Patrol Committee between Nigeria and the Central African country. The pact was sealed on Tuesday in Malabo between Buhari and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Shortly after the historic occasion, President Buhari…
The death of a former Nigerian international, John Ene Okon, has been announced. His demise was made known on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The deceased was said to have died on Tuesday of a liver related disease. According to reports, the late Okon had been receiving treatment at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in…
United Bank for Africa Plc; the pan African financial services Group with operations in 19 African countries has delivered another strong and impressive financial performance. In its Audited Full Year results for the year ended December 31, 2015, released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, the bank recorded a 10% growth in gross…