Gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, on Sunday evening, fired gun shots at the convoy of the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima. This attack came barely a week after Shettima claimed that members of Boko Haram were better equipped than the Nigerian Army. The Presidency later slammed the governor…
President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that he did not sack the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from office as some may have been thinking, but only asked him to step aside to allow investigation into allegations of financial recklessness by the Financial Reporting Council’s report. President Jonathan also noted that…
There have been indirect exchanged of words between estranged lovers, Soul E and Queen Ure In recent times. They are a perfect example of ‘love turned sour’. Some years ago, when Soul E attracted media attention after he released his then hit single, Soul E Baba, love strings were tied between him and the pretty…
The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Monday, finally signed the anti-gay bill into law. The bill was appended to by the Ugandan leader despite warnings from President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama, that such law would ‘complicate our valued relationship’ and cause a ‘step backward’ for all Ugandans. The latest move…
Recently ousted Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has described those working with President Goodluck Jonathan as sycophants, who are not telling him the true state of corruption in the country, but rather tell him otherwise. In series of tweets posted on his twitter timeline on Sunday, the suspended…
An artiste under Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, record label, Niyola, narrowly escaped death on Saturday evening in Lagos. The singer was said to have been involved in the car crash at the Oworonsoki end of the Third Mainland Bridge at about 7pm. It was scooped from reports that Niyola was in a Honda…
Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday afternoon, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at the latter’s home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The talks lasted about two hours. Addressing newsmen after the deliberations, Tambuwal noted that he visited the two-time Nigerian leader to seek him advice on some…
Popular singer, Stella Monye, has debunked news making the rounds that she is battling with a disease called emphysema. It was reported that the ‘singer has been secretly battling with the problem administering self-medications until she could not handle it herself any more. Even till moment, we are told she has warned by family and…
Police in Anambra State have discovered the decomposed body of one Pa James Iloenyosi, in the bush. The man, aged 80, was kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in the state on November 25, 2013, three days before his birthday celebration. Aproko247 learnt that his children were preparing a grand birthday party for the deceased before…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that President Goodluck Jonathan would entertain questions from selected members of the press on Monday evening. This piece of news was confirmed on Sunday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati. In Abati’s words, “another Presidential Media Chat takes place tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm. Live broadcast on NTA,…