Reports reaching us indicate that the Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, is dead. The prominent and respected traditional ruler was said to have passed on in the early hours of Friday in Kano. The highly revered monarch had survived attempts on his life in the past, but the cause of his death today is…
Month: June 2014
Soldiers Seize Leadership Newspaper Friday Edition, Detain Workers
Some soldiers who claimed to be acting on orders from above have confiscated the Friday edition of Leadership Newspaper being distributed to Northwest, Southeast and Southsouth regions of Nigeria. The officers of the Nigerian Army, who mounted a roadblock near the Abuja-Kaduna expressway tollgate, stopped the newspaper’s van heading towards Kaduna and seized its entire…
Soldiers Seize Leadership Newspaper Friday Edition, Detain Workers
Some soldiers who claimed to be acting on orders from above have confiscated the Friday edition of Leadership Newspaper being distributed to Northwest, Southeast and Southsouth regions of Nigeria. The officers of the Nigerian Army, who mounted a roadblock near the Abuja-Kaduna expressway tollgate, stopped the newspaper’s van heading towards Kaduna and seized its entire…
Explosion Tears Gombe Govt House Apart
The Gombe State Government House has been hit by a massive explosion, Aproko247 can report. However, this magazine cannot ascertain any casualty figure at the moment, but we gathered that the blast destroyed properties worth millions of naira in the building. The explosion occurred on Thursday, we learnt and security officials are on ground to…
Prof Alkali Replaces Gulak As Jonathan's Aide
President Goodluck Jonathan has finally filled the vacuum left with the exit of Ahmed Gulak as his aide on Political Matters. The President appointed Professor Rufa’i Alkali as his new Special Adviser on Political Affairs, a position formerly held by Gulak before his removal few months ago. Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben…
Oyo 2015: PDP Must Win–Alao-Akala
A former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has disclosed that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, will produce the next governor of the state in 2015, when elections hold in Nigeria. Speaking with journalists at his residence in Ogbomosho, Alao-Akala, also a former police officer, stated categorically that “there is nothing that can stop the…
Trouble In TB Joshua's SCOAN As Pastor Forms New Synagogue
There is fire on the mountain of TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, and might gone beyond control now. As you read this piece, a breakaway pastor of SCOAN has already established a New Synagogue just few meters away from TB Joshua’s Ikotu-Egbe, Lagos church, which has attracted many from around the world.…
Magistrate Dies In Enugu Prison
According to a report by Daily Sun, a magistrate in Enugu State judiciary, Mrs Ifeoma Nneji, who was remanded at the Enugu Prisons collapsed and died in the early hours of yesterday inside her cell. A dependable source confirmed that the magistrate died of complications arising from shock, adding that the deceased had been complaining…
Okupe Wanted More Than Handshake From Me—Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to an allegation made by Doyin Okupe that he was snubbed by Ezekwesili at the Heathrow Airport in London, England. Okupe, President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide on Public Affairs, alleged that the former World Bank Vice-President refused a handshake with him when both met in London recently. Ezekwesili…
RCGG Pastor, Remmy Hassan, Eyes National Assembly In 2015
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Remmy Hassan, is preparing to become a federal lawmaker in 2015, Aproko247 has reliably been informed. Hassan, a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, we were told, is aiming to take his political career to the next level by representing his people at…