Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has advocated for a strengthened strategic partnership between Nigeria and the Republic of Korea in the maritime industry. He pointed out that the two countries stand to derive mutual benefits from such relationship. Dakuku made this point during a courtesy visit by…
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Umar Danladi, on Monday disclosed that the trial of embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will now hold every day. At the resumption of the proceedings on Monday, April 18, 2016, Justice Danladi said this move is to fast track the trial and bring it to conclusion…
Personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been challenged to brace up for the security challenges ahead by improving on their combat readiness and weapon handling. This was the remark of the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, during the Nigerian Army annual range classification exercise at the 177 Guards Battalion Range…
Five Star Music act, Kingsley Okonkwo, but well known as KCee, is a year older and to mark the day, the singer has released new studio pictures. The talented musician looks diaper as usual in the latest released photographs taken from a photo session. KCee, since leaving the defunct ‘KC Presh’ music group, has remained…
On Sunday, April 17, 2016, star actress in the Yoruba movie industry, Fausat Balogun, popularly known as Madam Saje, rolled out drums to celebrate her 40 years in showbiz. The event took place in Lagos, precisely at the Time Square Event Centre, Ajao Road, Ikeja. Several stars in the Yoruba film industry trooped out in…
Hollywood actor, Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard have apologised for failing to declare their two Yorkshire terriers properly when entering Australia in 2015. The couple made the solemn plea in a video posted online over the incident. However, Heard was given a one-month good behaviour bond sentence over the dog-smuggling saga by an…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some youths loyal to the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday morning, stormed venue of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja, to show support to him. The Senate President appeared before the tribunal on Monday for the resumption of his trial by Justice Umar Danladi. It was…
It was an exciting evening on Saturday, April 9, 2016 as staff of pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, to celebrate the bank’s staff that have performed exceptionally well in the 2015 financial year. It is a tradition that the bank…
Reports reaching us confirm that Nigerian forces are currently engaging members of the deadly terrorists group, Boko Haram in Borno State. According to the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the gallant soldiers are in a fierce battle with the insurgents in Kareto in Northern Borno. Usman disclosed on Monday morning that,…
A former Military Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Captain Joseph Adeduro Adeusi, has been reported dead at the age of 76. This was disclosed last Saturday by the Special Assistant on Media to the state governor, Udom Emmanuel, Aniekeme Finbarr. Finbarr revealed that the retired naval officer passed away in the morning of Saturday, April…