Tragedy was let loose on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State, when the Aide de Camp, ADC, to the Deputy Governor of the state, Gaya Mark, slumped and died while reportedly controlling traffic for his boss, Elder Peter Kishira. It was learnt that the late police officer may have died of a cardiac arrest as he…
**Congratulates Lawmakers For Quick Passage Of 2014 Budget Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has been commended for coming up with a realistic budget for the 2014 fiscal year and for the successful presentation before the State House of Assembly on December 7, 2013 in Port Harcourt. The Interim Chairman of the Rivers…
The aviation sector of the Nigerian economy has been going through turbulent period since 2013 when the two BMW bullet cars involving the Minister, Stella Oduah, broke. This is despite the fact that the sector has been going through a rapid transformation. Just when Nigerians thought that the storm was over, Oduah was hit with…
Manchester United manager, David Moyes, has maintained that he is unperturbed by the presence of Sir Alex Ferguson, his predecessor, at the club’s away matches. Moyes told journalists at a press conference after the Capital One Cup 2-1 defeat at Sunderland on Tuesday night. Manchester United suffered its first three successive defeats since 2001, and…
The Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji, has announced that a scheme has been worked out which should end the recent conflict between the members of COSON and the Nigerian broadcasting industry under the auspices of Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, and independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, IBAN. In his New Year…
Top Lagos socialite, Erelu Abiola Dosunmu, has died at the age of 79. The shrewd businesswoman died on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. It was reliably learnt that the late Lagos Chief was the Erelu Iledi Osugbo of Lagos. She was installed as Erelu in 1984 by late Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, after holding the same position…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that 27 out of the 30 legislators in the Sokoto State House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The affected lawmakers joined the APC from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which has been battling with a major turbulence since 2013. The 27 defecting members of the State…
The judge in the trial of Egypt’s ousted president has ordered the hearings adjourned until February 1 after bad weather prevented bringing Mohamed Morsi to court, according to state media. State media reported that the helicopter that was to fly Morsi from a prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria to the court in Cairo…
South Africa and Mozambique will kick-off the 2014 African Nations Championship when they clash in the Group A opener at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 18h00 CAT. The host nation’s team has not had ideal preparation according to coach Gordon Igesund, who has had to wrangle over the availability of players from domestic clubs and…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) announced December 31, 2013, that Forte Oil plc (formerly AP plc), Nigeria’s foremost indigenous major marketer of refined petroleum products, and Transnational Corporation of Nigeria plc have been enlisted into the NSE 30 Index, a league of the Exchange’s most capitalised stocks, thereby commencing the new year as one of…