Aproko247 has confirmed that the rumour making the round that a bomb explosion has occurred in Utako Market in Abuja is not true. It was disclosed to us that nothing of such happened in the market as traders and visitors to the market are going about their businesses. A photograph taken from the market and…
Year: 2014
Senate To Probe Tinubu Over Comments
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of former Lagos governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be questioned by her colleagues in the red chamber over comments attributed to her, attacking the leadership of the upper chamber of the National Assembly. At the plenary on Thursday, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the session, directed the Committee…
PR Guru, Tony Usidamen Floats 'Uburu'
The name, Tony Usidamen, is synonymous with class and expertise. No wonder this suave and upwardly mobile man was able to record groundbreaking successes when he was the Head of Corporate Communications at Dana Group. And like the Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Usidamen has decided to climb to the next level in the pyramid. …
Miss Global Nigeria Team Hits Port-Harcourt Saturday
Saturday, June 28, 2014, the organisers of the prestigious Miss Global Nigeria, MGN, with the signature, ‘the nation’s most fairest pageant’, will be in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, for the much awaited screening of contestants of the glamorous beauty contest. It was learnt by Aproko247 that the exercise would hold at the Rumuekini Town…
Charly Boy Storms Out Of Father's Lying-In-State In Owerri
Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, is a man of many personalities. To some, he is eccentric, while others believe he is just a blunt person. Area Fada, as he is also fondly called by his fans, held a lying-in-state ceremony for his late father, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday,…
APC To Challenge Ekiti Poll In Court
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disclosed that it would challenge the use of military in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State. At the poll, candidate of the APC, who is also the incumbent governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, was ousted from office by the Peoples’ Democratic Party,…
EXCLUSIVE: Omotola, Dakore To Be Named Pampers Ambassadors
It has been whispered to Aproko247 that two Nollywood mums; Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde and Dakore Egbuson-Akande are set to be unveiled as brand ambassador for Pampers. The duo did some photoshoots for the brand some days ago, which would be used to promote the product. “Omotola and Dakore had a photo session some days ago. Kelechi…
Police Denies Report Of 8 Escaped Chibok Girls
Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawan, has dissociated himself from a newspaper report that quoted him as confirming the escape of eight secondary school girls from Sambisa Forest, where they have been held captive by some terrorists after they were kidnapped over 70 days ago in Chibok, Borno State. Lawan, while addressing journalists on the…
Sambo Visits Abuja Mall Blast Scene, Talks Tough
Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo, on Thursday, visited the scene of Wednesday’s bomb explosion at a shopping mall in Abuja, which claimed the lives of about 21 persons, including a top journalist. Sambo also visited victims of the blast at the hospital, where he condemned the act. Speaking during the visit, Sambo urged Nigerians to…
Court Halts Impeachment Move On Nyako By Adamawa Assembly
The move to serve an impeachment notice on Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State by the state House of Assembly suffered a set back on Thursday when a High Court sitting in Yola, the state capital, barred the members of the House from carrying out the action. The state acting Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mamadi…