The Lagos State Police Command has finally arrested the maid who allegedly abducted the three Oyekoya children some days ago. A mother of four and also a banker named Bisi Oyekoya had entrusted her children with a maid she only employed barely 24 hours on an online classifieds platform. But the maid left with three…
Month: April 2015
Rivers Election Tribunal Moves To Abuja
It has been disclosed that the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has been relocated to Abuja. The tribunal gave security as its reason for the action. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday in Abuja, by the tribunal’s Secretary, Mrs Deborah Musa, the decision to move sittings to…
Lawmakers Protest In Imo
A peaceful demonstration was staged on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, by members of the state House of Assembly. The lawmakers were protesting the non-payment of their salaries for two months by the state government. The angry congressmen rose from a plenary and marched straight to the office of the Accountant-General of Imo…
No Foreigners Died Of Ebola Here–LUTH
Following rumours on social media over the weekend that two foreigners taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, died of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the management of the hospital has come out to debunk such, claiming nothing near to that happened at the hospital. Briefing newsmen on Monday, the Acting Chief…
Kwara PDP Gov Candidate Congratulates Ahmed
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kwara State governorship election, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has conceded defeated. Ajibola, after the announcement of the election result, called winner and governor-elect, Abdulfatah Ahmed at about 10.30pm to congratulate him. The governor-elect was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the gubernatorial poll in…
United Silence Stubborn Noisy Neighbour
Manchester United defeated their city arch-rival at Old Trafford in a Manchester derby on Sunday. The red side of the city came from a goal down in the first half to beat their ‘noisy neighbour’ 4-2 in a thrilling match. Sergio Aguero put Manchester City ahead in the 8th minute, but Ashley Young cancelled out…
EXCLUSIVE: OLX Nigeria Reacts To Missing 3 Oyekoya Kids
For few days now, the social media has been bubbling with news of the three children allegedly kidnapped by a maid reportedly contracted by a Lagos-based mother of four on a popular free advertising platform called OLX Nigeria. It was said that the woman had left her children with the said maid just a day…
Policeman Killed In Port Harcourt
Aproko247 has learnt that a police officer attached to the Rivers State Police Command has been killed by some unsuspected persons. The lifeless body of the officer, a mobile police, was found on Rex Lawanson Street in Borokini, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday morning. Some security officials have taken the corpse to…
Sports Minister, Danagogo Attacks Kalabari Residents
Some inhabitants of Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers State have come under severe attacks from a band of vicious soldiers working for Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, a moment ago, the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Ibim Semenitari, has alleged. Semenitari, also the Director of Communications, Greater Together Campaign Organisation, claimed that…
28 Qualify For 'Most Beautiful Girl In Lagos'
The auditions for the 2015 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Lagos, MBGL, was largely successful, going by the turnout experienced during the exercise. Several pretty, elegant and sophisticated girls participated in the auditions. However, among the many ladies that turned up for the auditions, only 28 of them could scale through the rigorous…