Former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been granted the permission to travel abroad for medical attention. Okahim was given the nod on Monday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The former governor is standing trial on corruption and money laundering charges and had applied for permission from the court to travel…
Paul Le Guen has been announced as the new Technical Adviser of the Senior National Team called Super Eagles. Le Guen was named on Monday by the Technical and Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. According to the NFF, Le Guen, 52, will be assisted by Salisu Yusuf, who takes the role of…
Not too long ago, Iyanya’s manager, Ubi Franklin, welcomed his first child. His wife, Lilian Esoro, was delivered of a bouncing baby boy. The news of the childbirth was received by fans of the new couple. Here are pictures of the mother, father and the new bundle of joy at their hospital in the United…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reaffirmed his commitment and loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, despite his battle with the party. Saraki also reiterated his belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will redeem its electoral promises made during the 2015 general elections. The Senate President, who spoke at the 10th Abuja Housing…
afrima …As AFRIMA maintains July 30 Deadline for Entries Submission Going by the enthusiastic response of African music artistes, music professionals and journalists who have flooded the AFRIMA website with entries from across the continent and from Africans in the Diaspora for the 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA tagged “AFRIMA 3.0”, the International Committee…
The Association Of Music Artiste Managers of Nigeria, AMAMN, will on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, hold a seminar in Lagos on the rudiments of artiste management. The body of artiste managers in Nigeria, according to information made available to Aproko247, plans the workshop to improve the knowledge of its members. The seminar, we learnt, is…
The Lagos State Government has stressed that it would continue to enforce relevant regulations on noise pollution in the state. This was the position of the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday when MTN Foundation distributed 250 hearing aid devices to beneficiaries in the state, including children less than one year old. Ambode, who was…
The Lagos State Government has promised to do everything possible to ensure criminals in the state are brought to book. This assurance was made on Monday by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, via a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello. Ambode noted that he is worried by the spate of kidnappings…
On Monday, July 18, 2016, some women took to the streets of Lagos to demand an apology from Senator Dino Melaye for insulting his colleague, Oluremi Tinubu. They aggrieved women, who carried placards conveying various messages in Ikeja, said they were not happy that the former Lagos First Lady was ‘abused’ by the Kogi lawmaker.…
Hopes of Nigerians smiling anytime soon may have been dashed if information recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, is anything to go by. The NBS on Monday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation. According to the graph released by the agency, the country’s inflation rate has risen from 15.6 per…