Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Regiment personnel have commenced Rappelling Refresher Exercise on Friday in Kaduna. The 8-day exercise is code-named ‘Exercise Rockfall’ and the objective is to sharpen the professional skills of rappellers in the NAF for operational efficiency through training and retraining. A total of 31 airmen and an officer are participating in the…
Day: June 15, 2016
Boko Haram Raids Borno Village, Kills 4
Not less than four persons were feared dead on Tuesday when members of the dreadful Boko Haram terrorists group attacked a village in Borno State. It was learnt that the terrorists stormed Kutuva village on six motorcycles, killing four people in the process and also abducted four women from the village. According to what we…
PHOTOS: Imo Pensioners Slump During Protest
Another report just reaching us shows that some of the protesting pensioners in Imo State have slumped. It was disclosed to Aproko247 that the victims went to the ground while asking Governor Rochas Okorocha to pay their pension arrears up to 26 months. Medical personnel, as we gathered, have quickly moved in to attend to…
BREAKING: Imo Pensioners Protest 26 Months Pension Arrears
Report reaching Aproko247 has it that some pensioners in Imo State have taken to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to stage a peaceful demonstration over the non payment of their pension arrears for about 26 months by the state government. The angry retired workers called on the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to immediately…
Saheed Osupa Returns To School, Now UI Student
Popular Fuji musician, Saheed Osupa, has returned to school, Aproko247 has reliably learnt. The Fuji maestro, according to what our reporter gathered, has been admitted into the prestigious University of Ibadan, Oyo State. He was among other students matriculated on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, by the school authorities. It was learnt that Osupa, fondly called…
BATN Foundation Donates Solar-powered Borehole In C’River
The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation, BATNF, recently commissioned a new water project in Akparabong Community, Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. The project, which is in line with the government’s efforts at bringing succour to rural communities across Nigeria, is expected to avail residents of Akparabong steady access to potable water and…
Two Fraudsters Jailed Seven Years
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Asaba on June 6, 2016 convicted and sentenced Stephen Othuke Perry alias Martins Leon and Ogaga Ovuapkorie to seven years imprisonment each. The duo were arraigned by the EFCC on February 21, 2013 on a 12 count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence…
Over 250m Yorubas Live Outside Nigeria—Gani Adams
Leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, has disclosed that there are over 250 million Yorubas living outside the shores of Nigeria. Adams made this revelation during the launch of the Oodua Progressive Union, OPU, in Uganda recently. The OPC leader, during his speech, explained that the OPU is a universal platform…
NAN Pledges To Support EFCC
Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Bayo Onanuga, has expressed the readiness of the agency to further support the EFCC, in its fight against corruption. Speaking during a courtesy visit on the acting chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, Onanuga stated that the agency would do much more than it…
How NAPIMS Boss, Dafe Sejebor, Allegedly Defrauded Nigeria
A crook and contempt are friends. The shady character excites the scornful tribute of a sneer every time the discussion segues to him. More often than not, the crooked man despoils and looms in the public’s consciousness, like a troll from a medieval horror. Consider the case of Dafe Sejebor, the Group General Manager (GGM)…