The Federal Aviation Authorities of Nigeria, FAAN, on Wednesday, prevented the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, from flying to Abuja with his private chartered jet. The state governor was supposed to have used the small aircraft to be at the inauguration ceremony of members of the new executives of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Reports reaching Aproko247 confirms that an Ibadan-based wealthy businessman, Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, has passed on. The late Islamic leader was said to have died on Tuesday in a United Kingdom hospital, where he had gone for treatment. Information gathered by this magazine reveals that the deceased died of cancer. His corpse is expected in Nigeria on…
Come Saturday, June 21, 2014, Ogidi town in Ijumu local government area of Kogi Statea will welcome the high and mighty in the Yoruba race as the ‘Ogidi Day’ holds in grand style. The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuade will be the royal father of the day, while the Kogi State…
A football viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, on Tuesday evening, was attacked by some bombers. The incident occurred few minutes after the kick-off of the Brazil vs Mexico match in the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It was learnt that several people were killed in the blast and many others badly injured.…
According to a news report by ThisDay, a military officer met his untimely death on Tuesday evening after a commercial $ex hawker allegedly st@bbed him to death in Bayelsa State. The incident occurred at about 4pm around a popular red light spot in Yenagoa, the state capital, called Sand Field Road, which is reportedly well…
The planned industrial action by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, for Wednesday has been put on hold, Comrade Igwe Achese, President of the group has disclosed. Achese noted that the decision was to give room for negotiations over the lingering leadership tussle in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of…
Presently, there is pandemonium in Chibok community in Borno State over a threatening letter sent to the town by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The group hinted that it would storm the town again just as it did when over 200 students of Government Girls Secondary School were seized on April 15, 2014 under the…
The name, Freda Edewor Francis is not new in the Lagos social circle. In fact, those who are the silent movers and shakers of the social scenes of Lagos will know that this fair-complexioned lady cannot be joked with, doing so will be detrimental. If you will recall, this lady was once rumoured to have…
While many Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the death of the former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof Dora Akunyili at a specialist cancer hospital in India, her immediate family members are said to be divided on the final resting place of the woman. It will be recalled that the celebrated public…
When the roll call of top gospel artistes in Nigeria are called, no doubt, the name, Kenny Saint Best, formerly known as Kenny Saint Brown (KSB) will surely not be missing. Apart from being a gospel artiste, KSB is also an influential figure in the music industry in Nigeria, thanks to the respect her elder…