One of Nigeria’s financial institutions, Sterling Bank, is presently swimming in a troubled water. The bank has been accused of defrauding the son of former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, Muhammed, of the sum of N3.66 billion. According to a report by Global Village Extra, the younger Buhari was allegedly duped by Sterling Bank. Muhammed…
The Nigerian youths under the banner of The Progressives Youth Platform, TPYP, has declared that the youths in the country will dissociate themselves from President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition to return as the President of Nigeria in the 2015 general elections. The Convener of the platform, Comrade Abiola Hamid and National Project Coordinator, Ahmed Somoye, said…
Justice Ledan Nyordee of a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has discharged and acquitted the Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, of an attempted murder. The court held on Thursday that there was nothing it could do in the matter since the police was not willing to prosecute…
The Nigeria Police has stopped the demolition of a forest found in Ibadan, Oyo State, where human parts were uncovered last weekend. The state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, had ordered that structures in the forest located in Soka, be pulled down. But on Wednesday, while the exercise was going on, operations suddenly stopped, which surprised some…
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Zenith Bank Managing Director, Godwin Emefiele, as the new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. His confirmation was done on Wednesday afternoon by members of the red chambers of the National Assembly. Emefiele will replace Sanusi Lamide Sanusi, who was recently suspecded by President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged financial…
Report just reaching Aproko247 confirms that some police officers stormed the Lagos office of a soft-sell magazine, First Weekly, on Wednesday, and went away with the company’s Assistant General Manager, Finance, Abayomi Lawal. In a statement released on Wednesday, signed by Dayo Asaju, Publisher of the magazine, it was stated that “Mr. Lawal was allegedly…
….. Witnesses Catalogue How He Stole Billions of Naira After what seems like a relief from his chains of legal battles home and abroad over allegations of fraudulent practices in his capacity as the Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, Dr. Erastus Akingbola who was found guilty of stealing and diversion of billion of…
An afternoon fire affected a part of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, building in Lagos. The inferno, Aproko247 gathered, occurred on Tuesday at the Marina office of the Bank. The fire started from the ground floor of the building and spread to other parts, affecting some offices in the building. Men of both the…
No fewer than six persons died on Tuesday morning in a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. Residents claimed that the suicide bomber may have been a member of the radical Nigerian Islamic group called Boko Haram. The attack occurred at Dalori Quarter along Bama road, which is about 2km to Maiduguri. Borno…
The International Aviation College, Ilorin was established few years back as a centre of excellence, which will provide trainings for the personnel needed in the highly technical aviation industry. The school has not actually derailed from this line, but one development that might rubbish the achievements of the school was revealed to us last week…