A suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a petrol station in Kano on Monday morning, just when Muslims were celebrating the Eid Fitr festival to mark the successful end of Ramadan fast. The incident occurred at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mega Filling Station at Hotoro Quarters, along Maiduguri Road, Kano. The police said…
Month: July 2014
Fresh Bomb Attack In Kano Church Leaves Many Dead
Just when Muslims around the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan fast, some terrorists in Kano have attacked a church in Kano, killing some worshippers. The incident occurred on Sunday during a church service in the ancient city. Aproko247 reliably gathered that the latest attack took place at the St Charles Catholic Church in…
Naeto C Gets Second Child
Nigerian rapper, Naetochukwu Chikwe, better known as Naeto C, has welcomed another bundle of joy into his young family. The rapper’s wife, Nicole, was delivered of a baby girl on Friday. The arrival of the baby girl is their second since they got married in Lagos in July 2012. Their wedding created a controversy over…
Nigeria Would Have Been At War By Now If…—Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the “country would have been in turmoil” if the plans of some “sons of the devil” had materialised. Jonathan, speaking in Abuja on Sunday when the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, led a delegation of the Muslim community to his official residence to pay him Sallah homage, condemned the attacks…
Buhari Assassination Attempt: APC Seeks Int’l Inquiry
Investigation into the attempted assassination of former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, has been requested by the All Progressives Congress, APC. On Wednesday, a suicide bomber attempted to kill the National Leader of the APC, but Buhari escaped unhurt, injuring three of his aides and killing some passers-by. Speaking via a statement issued on Sunday in…
Army Bans Vehicles In Maiduguri
“All vehicular movement within the Maiduguri city is banned from Monday, 28th to Wednesday, 30th July, 2014,” the Nigerian Army in Borno has declared. This came after the military claimed it had an intelligent report that members of Boko Haram sect have planned to attack worshippers during the end of Ramadan celebration. “The report at…
Police Foils Bomb Attack In Kano
What would have been a bloody Ed Fitr celebration in Kano was averted in Kano by the state Police Command. The Kano Commissioner of Police, Aderenle Shinaba, addressing journalists in the state, disclosed that a car loaded with explosives was discovered at the Kano Eid prayer ground on Saturday. According to police chief, a 406…
Drogba Makes Chelsea Return
Iconic Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba, has rejoined his former boss and club, Jose Mourinho and Chelsea respectively. The club announced the signing of its former striker, who left the club about one and half years ago to ply his trade in Turkey with Galatasaray. Drogba, a former African footballer of the year, returns to Stamford…
4 Die As Soldiers, Shiite Muslims Clash In Zaria
A gun duel between men of the Nigerian Military and the Shiite Muslims on Friday has left no fewer than four persons dead in Zaria, Kaduna State. The clash was as a result of protest staged by the Islamic group over the ongoing war between Israeli soldiers and the Palestinian militant group in Gaza called…
Ex-Lagos Lawmaker Picks 2 Friends As 3rd, 4th Wives
Abdullateef Abdulkareem, a former member of Lagos House of Assembly and a former Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola on Political and Legislative Powers, has married a third wife, and also planning to pick the fourth one later in the year. Abdulkareem, a lawyer and the Chief Imam of the Lagos House of Assembly…