Twenty four years old undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Bello Godwin Onimisi, has been convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Onimisi, a student of Industrial Engineering of the university, was jailed for impersonating the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi. Onimisi, a native of Igarra, Akoko…
One of the daughters of late Nigerian businessman and acclaimed winner of 1993 Presidential election, MKO Abiola, Fola, has married her Serbian lover identified as Srdjan Banjac. The two lovebirds were joined together as husband and wife few days ago. Fola, a senior forensic accountant, found love in Srdjan, who works for the United…
Fast-rising Afro-pop artiste, D-Tee, has featured star rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, in his latest single entitled ‘Kilode’. The budding singer, who comfortably sings genres of music ranging from Afro-pop to hip hop to reggae and medley, is well known for his hot hit single titled ‘Sekolwale’. He is signed to Blackwall Street Records. His latest…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has charged the Super Eagles to bring home the African Nations Championship, CHAN, trophy. The Eagles are making their debut at the competition, which is currently taking place in South Africa. On Saturday, Nigeria came from a three-goal deficit at the first half of the match to…
Former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, will finally surrender himself to the Department of State Security Services, SSS, on Monday, by 9am, Aproko247 has learnt. This development was confirmed to newsmen by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, via a text message sent to journalists on Sunday afternoon. In the said SMS,…
Report reaching us confirms that the newly appointed National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Abeokuta, Ogun State home. The meeting was held as part of Mu’azu’s intention to reconcile aggrieved members of the ruling party, who expressed their grievances over…
Owner of a popular plaza in Lagos, Osheppey Plaza located in Ikeja, Wole Ogunpehin, has died. The multi millionaire businessman passed on late December 2013 while receiving treatment in a Lagos hospital. We gathered that the staunch member of Jehovah Witness, in his lifetime, suffered from pneumonia, which he eventually died of. Further information whispered…
‘Bad girl’ Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh, has berated controversial comedian, AY, for making a ‘hurtful’ joke about her. The actress took to twitter on Sunday morning to slam the humourist and expressed her displeasure over the AY’s continuous apologetic way after making such hurtful jokes about celebrities. A visibly furious Tonto warned AY to stop…
Nigeria’s former FCT Minister, Lt-Gen Jeremiah Useni (rtd) recently disclosed in an interview with Punch that many Nigerians will pray to have late General Sani Abacha back as President. Useni, who is now the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Arewa Consultative Forum, also spoke in sundry issues in the interview. Excerpts; It’s been some time since…
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has officially declared his intention to seek a re-election into the Government House in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The governor formally expressed his ambition on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti via a press statement signed by him. This came barely 48 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the…