Some angry mobs, mostly youths, took laws into their hands on Wednesday in Bauchi State when they protested outside a Sharia Court in the state. The demonstrators, numbering over one thousand, threw stones into the court’s building demanding the speedy conviction of seven men arrested last week for belonging to gay organizations. The seven gay…
Laptop Thief Butchered By Mob In Calabar
Luck ran out of an alleged laptop thief in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, on Tuesday, when some angry mob descended on him and inflicted some deep machete cuts on some parts of his body. The suspect, identified as Ime, was alleged to have used a master key to burgle into one of the apartments occupied…
GT The Guitarman Releases ‘Save Me’ Video
GT The Guitar, Nigeria’s soulful singer, has released the video of his ‘Save Me’ single, produced by the artiste. The song is off his soon-to-be-released ‘Baked’ album. ‘Save Me’ video was shot by ace cinematographer, Akin Alabi. Watch the song here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJs-bK9jPA8&feature=youtu.be Listen to ‘Save Me’ here also; http://old.hulkshare.com/dl/fjd298bkpp1c/save%20me?d=1
Etisalat Grabs Genevieve As Brand Ambassador
One of Nigeria’s GSM network providers, Etisalat, has signed prolific actress, Genevieve Nnaji as its brand ambassador. The telecoms company announced the deal with the star actress on a popular micro-blogging website, Twitter, on Wednesday night. “We officially welcome Genevieve Nnaji as an Etisalat Ambassador for EasyFlex. We do quality not quantity. Flex 4000, Flex…
Ejigbo 2: Victim Seeks Death Penalty For Suspects
**Whistleblower Rewarded One of the three victims of the Ejigbo pepper torture of February 2013 identified as Nike, has advocated death penalty for those behind the jungle justice meted out on her and two others. Twelve-year-old Nike, speaking at the public hearing ordered by the Lagos State House of Assembly to investigate the ugly incident,…
Microsoft Nigeria Top Director, Emmanuel Onyeje In $ex Scandal
**Female Staff Drags Him To Court The National Industrial Court has awarded the sum of N39.6 million in favour of a former Enterprise Marketing Manager of Microsoft Nigeria Limited, Mrs Ejieke Maduka, who was sacked after she complained she was $exually harassed by her immediate boss. In a judgment delivered by Justice O Obaseki-Osaghae, the…
Emerging Music Star, Lace, Drops 'Benin To Nigeria' Album Feb 14
On 2014 Valentine’s Day, which is February 14, fast-rising artiste, Taiwo Agbohunsa, well known as Lace, will hold his album release party in Lagos. The event is slated to take place at Terra Kulture by 8pm. The duo of popular comedian, Omobaba 1, and TV girl, Labi Layori, will anchor the release party, while DJ…
Civil Defense Official Kills Policeman In Bayelsa
An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has shot dead a mobile police officer attached to an anti-robbery outfit in Bayelsa State. The Civil Defense officer and the late policeman were both attached to the state owned security outfit called ‘Operation Door Akpor’. The cop was mistakenly shot by the NSCDC…
Ex-Council Boss Assassinated In Owerri
A former Chairman of Ikeduru local government area of Imo State, Brendan Oguine, has been assassinated by some gunmen. The late council boss was gruesomely murdered in his house on Saturday, January 18, 2014. A source in Owerri told Aproko247 that the gunmen requested for some documents from the deceased, who declined, and was subsequently…
Aregbesola’s Misguided Church Project—Punch
RAUF Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State, appears impervious to moderation in matters religious. His latest misadventure is to purchase a piece of land to build a church as part of his queer concept of “development.” But building a church, by whatever name, should not be the responsibility of a government in a secular or…