Basketmouth and wife, Elsie at their wedding Some hours ago, popular Nigerian comedian, posted a rape joke on his Facebook wall. The jab was later found very offensive by some Nigerians, as well as other Africans, stating that the humour merchant was not being sensitive to the dastardly act. He was also accused of encouraging…
The Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has alleged his former party, Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, of corrupting the security agencies, including the police, and the judiciary. The now-member of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, spoke with some journalists on why he left the ruling party to his new party. Nyako also revealed…
When some years ago, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was established, not many thought it would today be a viable security organ in the country. Now, the Civil Defence, as the agency is also called, has turned out to be one of the most trusted and effective security agencies in Nigeria, despite…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has shifted its Board of Trustees, BoT, and National Executive Committee, NEC, meetings earlier scheduled for January 7 and 8, 2014 respectively to January 15 and 16. The postponement, according to information scooped, is to enable the party’s leadership to prepare well enough for the two crucial meetings. However, no…
Our attention has been drawn to a calculated attempt to smear the image of CMB Building Maintenance & Investment Company Limited and some of its hard working staff via a reckless message purportedly concocted by a somnambulist. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have joined issues with the baseless and laughable text message aimed at misleading the general…
The governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, has declared his total support for President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in Aso Rock in 2015. Speaking on Saturday during the inauguration/swearing in ceremony of 17 local government chairmen in the state at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, Chime informed the gathering that he is fully…
The fight between Association of Igbo Youths, AIYO, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a new twist with the youth group giving an ultimatum to the Ralph Uwazurike-led MASSOB to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013. In…
The 4th of January of every year is not just a day on the calendar but a very important day for one of Nigeria’s brightest stars. Prince Tonye TJT Princewill, the son of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, King (Prof) TJT Princewill, CFR, Amachree XI, is that bright star. Prince Tonye Princewill was born on…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that a notorious oil pipeline vandal that operates in Lagos and Ogun States, Dayo Okiki, has been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Okiki was apprehended on Saturday morning in Lagos, following an intelligent information gathered by the Civil Defence. The security agency got information…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged residents of the state to continue to support the administration of the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi “for the many giant and generational projects and programmes being undertaken by the state government under his able leadership to uplift the living standard of our people,…