Former governor of Borno State has been named acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sheriff was not initially among those invited to be screened by the National Caucus of PDP. He was later called alongside former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to join race for the…
Year: 2016
BREAKING: Ooni Visits Buhari At Villa (Photos)
President Muhammadu Buhari welcomed a special guest on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunlusi, was at the Villa to meet with the Nigerian leader. He was also received by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. It was learnt that the paramount ruler of Yoruba race was in…
Gani Adams Never Got $22m From Gaddafi—Former Aide
A former aide to the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Gani Adams, Sileola Fasan, has reacted to an allegation of fraud levelled against his former boss. Over the weekend, some expelled state leaders of the Yoruba interest group led by Marruf Olanrewaju accused Adams of collecting $22 million from the late Libyan…
Wike’s Revelations an Indictment Of S’Court—Rivers APC
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the revelations made by Nyesome Wike of how he won the state governorship election dispute at the Supreme Court as an indictment of the apex court. Wike had publicly said during his well-publicised thanksgiving service of February 7, 2016 that, “He (referring to former…
Olajumoke And The Hypocrisy Of Our Shared Humanity, By Steve Aborisade
It is interesting how the story of Olajumoke could easily and conveniently reinforce the shallowness and cosmeticity of our humanity as a group of people. I feel sad, sad that the true essence of the story of this young woman as interpreted for us by TY Bello has been lost in the kleig light of…
Cowbell Supports Girl Child Education With TV Quiz Show
One of the goals of the 2016 edition of the Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz show is to encourage the girl child education in Nigeria. Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Olivier Thiry explained at a press conference in Lagos that in order to stimulate the interests of more female students in this year’s…
OBJ Approved Abuja Rail Project Without MoU—Contractor
A stunning revelation was made on Monday before the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory about how the Abuja Rail Project in 2007 was allegedly awarded by the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration without an engineering design or a Memorandum of Understanding. Project Manager of a Chinese civil engineering and construction company, Etim Abak, made…
EFCC, ICPC May Go After Sacked DGs
There are strong indications that some of the Director-Generals of federal agencies sacked on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari have been placed under surveillance of both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. This is because they were alleged to have carried out massive…
Popular Nollywood Actor, Mike Odiachi Is Dead
Mike Odiachi (3rd from left) Aproko247 has learnt that a renowned actor in the Nigerian film industry fondly called Nollywood, Mike Odiachi, has passed on. The actor, who acted in several stage and screen plays during his lifetime breathed his last on Sunday evening at a hospital in Lagos after an illness. It was gathered…
BREAKING: AGN Suspends Member For Biting Colleague
Reports reaching us confirms that the an up and coming actress accused of biting a star actress, Princess Chineke on set has been suspended by the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. The actress accused of the act, Crystabel Goddy, got the big hammer from the National President of the Guild, Ibinabo Fiberesima. Ibinabo described the…