Peace was distorted in Southern Kaduna on Sunday when some irate Muslim and Christian youths clashed, burning a church and two mosques in Kachia area of the state. It was learnt that the Muslim youths attacked their Christian counterpart after some people invaded their own praying ground in the area. This also resulted in the…
Manchester City finished the Barclays Premier League table with 86 points, two ahead of second-placed Liverpool. The blue side of Manchester secured their second league titled in three years with a 2-0 win over West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Liverpool came from a goal down at Anfield to beat nine-man Newcastle United…
England and Chelsea Football Club left back, Ashley Cole, has announced his retirement from international football. The former Arsenal man also confirmed that he would not be playing at the FIFA World Cup holding in Brazil in June 2014. The player took to Twitter to confirm his exclusion from the Roy Hodson’s squad to Brazil…
Alleged babymama of Dino Melaye, Bisi Ibidapo Obe, will on Sunday open her fashion store in Lagos. The popular Yoruba actress, according to reports, has concluded preparations for the grand opening of the store, located in Magodo Estate. We learnt that the movie star is throwing a lavish party to launch the store, which will…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has disclosed that only three monarchs in Yorubaland are upright, describing others as “useless”. The former governor of Lagos State made this declaration on Friday in Ijebu-Ode during a special prayer session held at the Central Mosque in the city to mark the 80th…
A bridge in Borno State, which provides an alternative link to the Sambisa forest, has been blown up by gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram, who have carried out several bombings in the north. The said bridge is also linking Borno and Adamawa States, both under emergency rule. The gunmen attacked Limankara village…
Report trailing the Local Government Chairman of Alimosho, Olusola Isreal Adekunle, is not a palatable one. The boss of the biggest local government in Lagos State has been accused of involving himself in occultic activity in his quest to retain power. According to a report, Adekunle has landed in hot soup, and he has been…
Some hoodlums invaded venue of the rescheduled congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State on Friday to disrupt the process. The congress, held at Venecian Mall in Calabar, was abruptly stopped by the armed thugs who stormed the place. They were said to have snatched ballot boxes and left with them.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured Nigerians that there would not be late arrival of election materials in the 2015 general polls. This assurance was given in Gusau, Zamfara, by Jubrin Zarewa, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state on Friday during a press conference. The top INEC official disclosed further that…
There are strong indications that Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has begun underground moves to actualize his dream of becoming the next governor of the state. Sources well informed of his activities told Aproko247 that the Speaker has now intensified his gubernatorial ambition. “As soon as [Bola] Tinubu (a former…