A 7-day mourning period has been declared by the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, for its immediate past chairman, Comrade Chuks Ehirim, who died some days ago. A joint statement by the Council Chairman, Comrade Paul Ella and Secretary of Council, Rafat Salami, disclosed that the mourning period began on June…
Last week, a fast-rising actress in the Yoruba movie industry, Yetunde Bakare, was involved in a motor accident in Lagos. It was learnt that though the crash was minor, but the actress was left in shock, while the front left side of her car was damaged. The incident, according to what Aproko247 gathered, occurred around…
Ahead of the rerun elections in Kogi State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it would conduct free, fair and credible polls. This assurance was given by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Samuel Usman, while speaking at a stakeholders meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Lokoja. According to Usman, the meeting with…
British tennis player, Andy Murray, has clinched his 5th AEGON championships title after defeating Milos Raonic on Sunday. The world number two ranked player made a stunning comeback from a set and a break down to go past Raonic 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the tourney. Murray, 29, from Scotland, is now the…