Senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola, also known as Yayi, has expressed sadness over the Tuesday’s fire incident involving a petrol tanker that veered off the Iyana Ipaja bridge on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway. This was contained in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Kayode Odunaro, and made available to our reporter. The incident,…
Gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, has extended his contract with Nigerian owned telecommunication giant, Glo, as its brand ambassador. Okposo is one of the Nigerian artistes on the payroll of the company for positively projecting its image among their respective huge fans. The singer put pen to papers for the contract renewal on Wednesday at the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has advised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be shameful of itself for going from being the once largest political party in Africa to a “mere” regional party. This statement was made by Chairman of APC in the state, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday…
The Nigerian Senate has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint 15 Special Advisers to aid his day-to-day running of his administration. Buhari had written to the red chamber, seeking the consent of the lawmakers to appoint qualified Nigerians as his advisers. Members of the Senate, who sat on Wednesday at the National…
Nigeria has been congratulated by Brand South Africa on the appointment of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank, AfDB. Chief Executive Officer of Brand South Africa, Ms Alice Puoane, in a statement she personally signed, noted that Adesina’s appointment is for the African continent, which recently adopted the Agenda 2063, a…
On Children’s Day in Nigeria on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, some kids were treated to a week-long fun by Heritage Bank. The occasion took place at the famous Dream World Carnival in Lekki, Lagos in collaboration with Inspiration FM. Apart from different activities the participating children were involved in, they went home with several gift…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has begun investigations into the administration of his predecessor and perceived political enemy, Rotimi Amaechi. Addressing Permanent Secretaries in the state on Tuesday, the governor ordered them to produce full account details of their ministries’ expenditure in the last 18 months. The meeting was held at the Government House…
Some unknown persons have kidnapped the Regent of Akungba-Akoko, Princess Mojisola Omosowon. She was forcefully picked up by the gunmen on Wednesday morning along the Owo-Akure road in Ondo State. Princess Omosowon was said to be on her way to the inaugural lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Akure, the state…
Aproko247 has learnt that some residents of Ekiti State are worried over presence of hoodlums on major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The thugs, we were told, have blocked the roads, apparently to prevent the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from entering the city, and eventually getting to the State…
A midnight inferno consumed a market in Iyana Ipapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The incident left several vehicles, shops around the market destroyed by the fire. Aproko247 learnt from officials at the scene of the incident that a tanker loaded with fuel veered off the bridge at Iyana Ipaja and went up in…