Wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo, has paid a visit to family of the murdered woman preacher in Abuja, Eunice Elisha. Eunice was a Deaconess at the Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. She was killed on Saturday, July 10, 2016, by an unknown person while she was…
The alleged abductor of Bayelsa State teenager, Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru, otherwise known as Yunusa Yellow, has been released after about four months in detention. The Kano State-born alleged kidnapper was reportedly allowed to go home after he met his bail conditions. He is standing trial at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. On…
The Portuguese national football team has emerged champions of the 2016 Euro hosted by France. Portugal defeated the host nation on Sunday, July 10, 2016, in front of their home supporters, including the French President, François Hollande, at the Stade de France in Paris. Substitute, Eder, who plies his trade in Lille, France, scored the…
Global Credit Ratings, GCR, an international rating agency at the weekend, affirmed Sterling Bank Plc’s national long term and short term ratings of BBB(NG) and A3(NG) respectively, with the outlook accorded as stable. This rating which is valid until July 2017 comes after another global ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service, affirmed the Bank’s local and…
State Chairmen of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has expressed their solid support for former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima. The consortium of AGN state leaders rose from a meeting over the weekend to make known their decision. Aproko247 reliably gathered that a meeting of the state Chairmen was held in Calabar, Cross River State,…
A new twist has emerged on the on-going investigation by SaharaReporters into properties acquired in Dubai by Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Tukur Buratai. According to the popular online platform, more details about the officer’s real estate acquisitions estimated at N160 million at the minimum have been uncovered. The news platform claimed when not…
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that Nigerians are still solidly behind the present administration despite what ‘critics’ are saying. Adesina, who featured on a phone-in programme on Raypower 100.5FM in Abuja, on Friday, maintained that those complaining of the present tough times in the country are…
The wedding ceremony of Nollywood star, Seun Akindele, was beyond doubts colourful and glamorous. Several people in the entertainment industry in Nigeria were present at the event to show support to one of their own. Aproko247 combed almost everywhere to bring the moments for our readers to savour. Some of the faces spotted at the…
On Saturday, July 9, 2016, star actor in the Nigerian film industry, Seun Akindele, walked his sweetheart, Toun, down the aisle. The colourful ceremony took place at the Daystar Christian Centre in Ikeja, Lagos. Several people in the entrainment industry in Nigeria, especially those in Nollywood, honoured the talented actor with their presence. Seun Akindele,…
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri Erewa, has described as disheartening the killing of yet another Nigerian, Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi, in Italy. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the SSA condemned in totality the murder of an asylum seeker, by an Italian…