Aproko247 can authoritatively report that the stepmother to Kunle Afolayan, a prolific Nigerian filmmaker, Mrs Oyenike Afolayan, has died. The widow of Ade Love, a veteran theatre practitioner, who died about 30 years ago, breathed her last some days ago in her sleep. This magazine learnt that the woman returned from her shop the previous…
Fuji maestro, Saheed Osupa, has ended his over two-year rift with one of his drummers, Sunday Balogun, otherwise known as Oluperi. The two parted ways over monetary issues. Oluperi, who has now worked with the Fuji star for 14 years, accused Osupa of surcharging him after shows and decided to leave the band. Some months…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have been hailed by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for passing the Rivers State Reserve Fund Law Amendment Bill 2014 to enable the state government withdraw the sum of N30 billion from the N53 billion in the fund.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that it is yet to ask the recently dropped Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, to appear at its office to explain her role in the controversial procurement of two bulletproof BMW cars by a parastatal in the aviation ministry. Addressing newsmen on Friday at the Commission’s…
Reports reaching us confirms that major streets in the city of Kano have been taken over by combined team of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Police and men of the State Security Service, SSS, ahead of the visit of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Nigerian troops, looking battle-ready, are seen manning streets in the commercial and…
On Monday, February 17, 2014, the Northern State Governors’ Forum, NSGF, will storm the city of Kaduna to deliberate on the proposed national conference set up by the Federal Government. The Governor of Niger State and Chairman of the Forum, Babangida Aliyu, disclosed on Friday that the governors will be meeting to also extensively review…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on Friday, February 14, 2014, was “discharged and acquitted” by a Federal High Court siting in Abuja of any complicity in all corruption charges brought against by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. An emotional Bankole burst into tears after the judgement was read by…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that the remains of the late Nollywood actress, Ijeoma Perpetual Okorie, would be laid to rest on Saturday, February 22, 2014. The Secretary of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Rivers State Chapter, Bartholomew Gerald Agu-ugo, informed our reporter that the burial ceremony of their late colleague will hold in Imo State.…
Nigerian actor and member of the House of Representatives, Rotimi Makinde has welcomed the arrival of a bouncing baby girl into his family of less than one year. The Osun State-born lawmaker described the bundle of joy as “God’s Valentine gift.” His ex-beauty queen wife, who he married in 2013 in Ile-Ife, Osun State, was…
Some workers at the Lagos and Abuja airports could not hide their excitements on Wednesday over the sack of embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, after several months of pressures mounted on him by Nigerians to send Oduah packing. Aviation sources informed Aproko247 that the ‘happy workers’ expressed satisfaction over…