The National Chairman of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has finally bowed to pressure. A source informed Aproko247 that Tukur voluntarily resigned as Chairman of the party on Wednesday morning in Abuja. “Tukur has finally agreed to step down as the PDP National Chairman,” the source told this magazine. President Goodluck Jonathan…
Late Erelu Abiola Ajoke Dosunmu The remains of late Erelu Abiola Ajoke Dosunmu will be laid to rest on February 14, 2014, Aproko247 has learnt. The late Lagos Chief died on January 1, 2014 at the age of 79. Until her death, she was the Erelu Osugbo Iledi of Lagos. Her demise was earlier mistaken…
The Ekiti State government has inaugurated a committee to look into the creation of Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state. Justice Akin Ajakaiye, a renowned historian, was named as Chairman of the committee. The state governor, Kayode Fayemi, speaking at the inauguration of the committee, which was held at Lady Jibowu Hall, Government…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus **Commends Wike’s Ban From Ogoniland The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter has applauded the Senate for the prompt action it has taken to get to the root of the disruption, by armed policemen, of Sunday’s rally organized by the Save Rivers Movement in Port Harcourt and the shooting of…
The Senate Committee on Police Affairs, on Tuesday, visited the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, over the latest crisis that occurred in the state on Sunday, in which a member of the Senate, Magnus Abe, was allegedly shot by the police. Speaking with journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Committee…
Information reaching Aproko247 from the city of Onitsha, Anambra State indicates that there was pandemonium in the area on Wednesday morning. Some residents of the commercial city confirmed to this magazine that some members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, unleashed terror on some Northerners in the area.…
The official photographer of President Goodluck Jonathan, Callistus Ewelike, has been shot by some unknown gunmen in Abuja. Ewelike was attacked in front of his house in Nyanya, an Abuja suburb, on Monday night. He was about getting down from his car when one of the two gunmen, who came on a motorcycle, shot him…
Italian football club, AC Milan, has named its former player, Clarence Seedorf, as coach. The former Dutch midfielder is to replace the recently sacked Massimo Allegri. Milan’s immediate boss was shown the way out of the club after a poor run of results, which left the prestigious club 30 points behind table toppers, Juventus. Seedorf,…
No fewer than nine persons were killed in Maiduguri, Borno State when a car bomb has exploded in front of state television offices in the ancient city. Aproko247 gathered that the incident occurred at about 1pm outside the state television offices. People splattered with blood tried to flee as a second car was ignited by…
A group called Delateur Foundation has written a petition against DSTV Nigeria for allegedly defrauding Nigerians through its bad services. The group, in a letter dated Monday, January 13, 2014, signed by its Chairman, ‘Yemi Adeyemi-Enilari, and addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan, lamented the way the pay TV outfit has allegedly been robbing Nigerians.…