Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, on Monday, said it was responsibility for the explosion at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Jetty in Okrika, Rivers State, on Sunday. Some people died in the blast while several others were injured. In a statement posted online on Monday and signed by its spokesman,…
On Monday, President Goodluck Jonathan held another closed-door meeting with the Nation’s Service Chiefs. The gathering was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is coming barely 48 hours after Jonathan returned from Paris, France, for a security summit with some African leaders. Earlier in the month, the President held a similar meeting with the…
Manchester United has appointed Dutchman, Louis van Gaal, as their coach. Gaal replaces David Moyes, who was sacked in April after only 51 games in charge of the Old Trafford club. The Dutch will begin work as United manager in July and would lead the English team to their pre-season, which kicks off on July…
Well known philanthropist, Hajia Habiba Abubakar, has been made a fellow of the Institute of Administration of Nigeria. Hajia, as she is fondly called by her associates, has continued to take pride and derive joy in putting smiles on the faces of the needy in the society. Hajia Abubakar was bestowed the honour by the…
Information reaching Aproko247 indicates that telecoms giant, Globalcom Nigeria Limited, well known as Glo, may soon sign veteran comic actor, Sunday Omobolanle, better known as Pappy Luwe or Aluwe, as its brand ambassador. According to an insider, the comic actor has been penciled down as the future ambassador of the mobile network provider. We gathered…
All seats in the Saturday’s local government election held in Kano State were won by candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, KANSIEC, Chairman, Dr Sani Malumfashi, announced on Sunday in Kano. He said in a statement that the party swept all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in the…
A fire incident in a Lagos market has consumed no fewer than 120 shops. The unfortunate incident occurred at the Daleko Rice Market in Mushin area of the metropolis. The inferno burnt goods in the market worth several millions of naira, according to information given to Aproko247 by an official of the National Emergency Management…
Report just reaching Aproko247 has it that a terrible explosion has occurred in Sabogari area of Kano. According to an eyewitness in Kano, the incident happened at a drinking joint in the area. It is not yet clear if members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram carried out this latest attack. The violent Islamic…
The recent happenings in the country has invariably placed most, if not every Nigerians, on the brink or seat of commentaries. Like a people, we are so used to passive comments without minding how the receiver will feel or whose horse will be gored at the end of the day, a lot of us take…
According to an exclusive report by Telegraph (UK), the Boko Haram group has agreed to release half of the schoolgirls abducted on April 15, 2014 in Chibok, Borno State. Below is the full report; Boko Haram abandons demands for its top commanders to be released in negotiations with the Nigerian government that could see “gradual”…