Reports reaching Aproko247 confirms that several people have been killed in a multiple explosion near a market in the ancient city of Kano. The latest incident is happening barely two weeks after two suicide bombers attacked a mosque at the Emir of Kano palace, which left hundreds of worshippers dead. Terrorists have recently carried out…
A brand expert has warned that combining the business of nation branding with government communication is dangerous. Miss Wendy Tlou, Chief Marketing Officer, Brand South Africa, said this at the 2014 Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) Annual Public Relations Gold Medal Lecture themed ‘Destination Marketing: A Case Study of The South Africa Experience’…
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has come down hard on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State for producing controversial former Minister of State for Education, Nyesome Ezebunwo Wike, as the party’s flag-bearer for the 2015 gubernatorial election. Rivers APC, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, based…
Nigerian singer, Omawumi Megbele, has been speculated to be pregnant with her second child. The Glo ambassador welcomed her first child shortly after she gained fame some years ago. She had the child, a daughter, out of wedlock. She concealed the paternity of the baby for a long time until it was reported lately that…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has congratulated Ifeanyi Okowa on his victory at the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held on Monday in the state. Okowa defeated his closest rival at the primaries, David Edebvie, by 406 votes to 299 votes. The governor, in a press statement issued by his Chief…
An early morning inferno engulfed the office of Mansard Insurance Plc on Tuesday. There was a thick smoke from the company’s office located on Bishop Aboyade Cole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. What actually triggered the fire is not yet known to some people, but our reporter gathered that investigation into the inferno has begun. However,…
Former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, held in Lagos on Monday as a “sham”. The former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana was defeated at the primaries by Jimi Agbaje, after he (Obanikoro) had been touted to emerge the party’s candidate based on his experience…
Jimi Agbaje has emerged winner of the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State. Agbaje, a former member of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, defeated his closest rival, Musiliu Obanikoro at the primaries. He polled 432 votes as against the 346 garnered by Obanikoro. Agbaje joined the PDP barely…
Some residents of ancient city of Kano have expressed their anger over the recently apprehended aircraft belonging to Russia, which was allegedly carrying military hardware. The plane was Chad-bound when it was seized by the Nigerian government. At a protest on Monday, the demonstrators, who stormed the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, asked the…
Nigerian businessman, Sunny Odogwu, has been stopped by a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, from accessing some of his properties and his accounts with about 19 banks in Nigeria. The court also ruled that his two companies; Robert Dyson & Diet Limited and SIO Properties Limited, are affected by the judgement. The order of…