**Apologises To LMC For Violent Conduct Proprietor of Ifeanyi Ubah FC, Ifeanyi Ubah, has apologised to the League Management Company, LMC, over his conduct at the end of a match between his club and Heartland FC of Owerri, Imo State. The oil and gas baron was caught on camera slapping goalkeeper of Heartland FC, Ebele…
Nigeria’s Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, says he is not on the same page with president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, on the appointment of a foreign coach for the country’s senior national football team called the Super Eagles. Dalung, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, said Nigerian coaches should be given…
Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has reacted to controversies generated by his bill seeking to regulate religious activities in the state. The former Minister of FCT spoke with selected journalists in an interview recently, where spoke on the controversial proposed religious preaching bill, his face-off with trade unions, among others. How has it…
Manchester United had to pass through eye of needle to defeat Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday evening. It took Anthony Martial’s lone strike in the second half to separate the two sides and make the Merseysider suffer their third match in a row. The win pushed United to fifth place and further ignites a…
***Retains Pump Price Payment of subsidy on premium motor spirit, PMS, also known as petrol has been returned by the Federal Government. It was gathered that the FG on Saturday recommenced the payment of subsidy on fuel, which was earlier stopped in January 2016. Aproko247 learnt the commodity is subsidised by N5.84 per litre consumed…
By Shola Giwa The suspension of Mrs Nellie Mayshak, the Director-General of the Pension Transition Arrangement Department, PTAD, has irked members of the Pensioners Rights and Protection Alliance, PPRA, who have labelled the move, “a witch-hunt.” Speaking in a statement released in Abuja, the Pension advocacy group, represented by the Executive Secretary, Sule Adams questioned…
Leicester City’s dream of winning of the Barclays Premier League title is gradually becoming a reality after they snatched a vital win against Southampton on Sunday. The King Power Stadium erupted after Wes Morgan’s header in the 38th minute put the host ahead after a Saint’s defender failed to properly clear the ball from the…
According to a report by the Sun, a man working at the Abuja residence of Miss Funke Obasanjo, a daughter to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is languishing in police detention for almost two months in connection with alleged disappearance of jewellery in her room. The victim, aged 34, whose name was given as Reuben Godwin,…
The Nigerian Army has reacted to what it called “a deliberate and calculated campaign of calumny aimed at misleading the public and cause disaffection among troops” being promoted on social media by a group called ‘Eastern Radio’. In a statement issued on Sunday by Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the army…
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State said after a careful study of the facts on ground, it has come out to declare that what took place in the State on March 19 was not the expected rerun State and National Assembly elections but the mere allocation of votes to the…