The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has beamed its searchlight on a top employee of Access Bank. According to information gathered by us, Angela Ebagua, wife of billionaire businessman, Jide Omokore of Atlantic Energy Limited, is running helter skelter to save her face from ridicule. Her husband has been in the news for allegedly…
BREAKING: Daily Independent Employees Protest In Lagos, Embark On Strike
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some members of staff of Daily Independent newspaper have staged a demonstration at their headquarters in Lagos. Our reporter gathered from reliable sources that members of staff of the media organisation are aggrieved with management of the company over non-payment of their salaries and poor salary structures. It was learnt…
150 Die Yobe Terror Attack
No fewer than 150 persons were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Yobe State last Thursday. A local told AFP on Tuesday that the insurgents raided their Kukuwa-Gari village, killing and destroying several properties belong to them. “They opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. They shot a number of people. Unfortunately, many…
I Never Turned Govt House Into $ex Haven—Akpabio
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to a report by Punch on Saturday that during his tenure, the Government House in Uyo, was used a ‘slaughter slab’ for girls. Akpabio, who is now a Senator, made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Anietie Ekong. The…
APC Leaders Snub Fashola’s Book Launch
Many chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were absent at the presentation of three books written in honour of immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola. The occasion was held in Lagos on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Some of the top members of the APC many would have expected to grace the occasion…
Abubakar To Lead Offensive Against Boko Haram
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have disclosed that Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar will lead an offensive against members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram in its ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ codename. The insurgents have had a field day for a long time, carrying out several deadly activities in the north east region of the…
Kwara Residents Groan In Pain
*The Looting Inside Gov Ahmed’s Govt Reports reaching us from Kwara State seem not to be a very palatable one. As you read this piece, residents of Kwara have resorted to God to save them from the grip of their governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, who they fear might run the state aground. According to a report…
PDP Is A Sinking Ship In Bayelsa—Group
By Nwaorgu Faustinus An interest group has lashed out at the Deputy of Chief of Staff to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Mrs Ebizi Brown, over her recent comments on prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, last week. In a statement…
Corruption Allegation: Amaechi Has Been Vindicated—Rivers APC
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has been vindicated in the corruption allegation levelled against him by his successor, Nyesom Wike, the State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said on Sunday. Rivers APC made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, in Port Harcourt. The party said…
PDP Mourns Mustapha
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condoled with the government and people of Borno State over the death of their deputy governor, Zannah Umar Mustapha, on Saturday morning in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. In a statement issued on Saturday night in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the Acting National Chairman of…