The Nigerian Army has confirmed that it lost an officer and a soldier in an attack on troops of 2 Brigade on Thursday morning. A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be sea pirates had attacked the troops at about 11am while they (troops) were on patrol along the waterways in the general area of…
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Bar Beach Division, Lagos, CSP Olusegun Ajamolaya, recently combed suspected criminals’ hideout in Victoria Island area of Lagos and its environs. The senior cop led his men to the operation, which lasted about two hours. Areas raided include Ahmadu Bello Way, Kuramo junction, Eko Hotel roundabout, Adeola…
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ordered the reopening of the Mile 12 Market, which was closed about two weeks ago. It would be recalled that 14 days ago, the governor directed the closure of the market due to a violence that broke out in the area. Several persons were killed during a riot that…
Aproko247 has learnt that the Ekiti State House of Assembly member earlier reported to have died in the custody of the Department of State Service, is alive. Moments ago, it was reported in a section of the online media that Afolabi Akanni, a member of Ekiti Assembly in the detention of the country’s secret police,…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has been taken over by the National Assembly. This followed the agreement of the Senate on Thursday with the House of Representatives’ resolutions on the report of the delegation to Kogi State on the illegal removal of its Speaker. The takeover is due to crisis rocking the Kogi Assembly.…
Eighty-nine members of Boko Haram insurgents have been sentenced to death by a Cameroonian military court for their role in various attacks in the north of the country. Boko Haram is a militant group from Nigeria and has been terrorising inhabitants of communities in the north-eastern part of Nigeria and bordering towns in Cameroon. It…
MoneyGram and GT Bank, one of the leading retail banks in Nigeria, have announced the launch of MoneyGram’s ‘receive services’ across the GT Bank network. This service will be available through MoneyGram’s cash to account service. With this, customers in Nigeria can now receive money from friends and family in 200 countries and territories directly…
Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Yola, Adamawa State showed their good sides to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state. The rescue officials were at the Federal Medical Centre in Yola, where they donated their blood to IDPs admitted at the hospital. The gesture was welcomed by the beneficiary as they…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received letters of credence from Ambassador designates of four countries. Buhari got the letters from Ambassador designates of Bulgaria, Australia, Sierra Leone and Iceland at the State House in Abuja. The individual ambassadors are: Vesselin Blagoer Delcher of the Republic of Bulgaria to Nigeria, Paul Lehmann the High Commissioner-designate of…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has kicked off his tomato processing factory in Kadawa, Kano State. The new plant is aimed at making canned tomato paste easily available and affordable for Nigerians, who have to rely on the ones produced from China. The factory, brought to life through Dangote Farms Limited, is located along the…