The BBC has reported that some gunmen believed to belong to the Boko Haram group have kidnapped about 200 school girls in Borno State. The girls, according to the respected media platform, were seized on Monday night. The news story is reproduced below; Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday cancelled his earlier scheduled visit to Ibadan, Oyo State, to visit the scene of Monday’s bomb explosion in an Abuja bus station. The incident killed over 50 persons and got several others injured. The President assured Nigerians that the, “government is doing everything possible to make sure that we move…
Some gunmen believed to be members of Boko Haram have killed over 25 persons in Abuja. A motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja was bombed by the terrorists during the early morning rush on Monday. The explosion happened at the luxury buses park section of the garage. Buses in…
Report reaching us shows that after a long absence from the movie scene, popular actor, Nonso Diobi, has made a comeback into the industry that got him fame and fortune. We were informed that the actor recently acted in a new film titled ‘Mafian University.’ Nonso played a lead role in the flick, which is…
Late Chrisphina Adinusor Death has again struck in the Rivers State chapter of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, barely three months after one of its members, Ijeoma Perpetual Okorie died during childbirth. Aproko247 exclusively gathered that a member of the Guild in the state, Chrisphina Adinusor, breathe her last in the early hours of Friday,…
No fewer than five persons have died in a boat mishap in Edati local government area of Niger State. The incident occurred on Saturday along the Egah river in the state. Four men and a woman, who were passengers on the boat, lost their lives in the accident. The victims, according to reports, were not…
Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has observed that Nigerians are quick to forget the bad past of some ‘supposed’ corrupt politicians especially when these past public office holders become an overnight critics of the government in power. The President’s mouthpiece on social media platforms made this observation on Twitter…
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ade Abolurin, has been commended by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This follows the donations made by the NSCDC boss to the combined security body. Abolurin donated five Hilux vehicles to the JTF as well as surveillance…
Fast-rising music artiste, Oga Jojo has featured veteran Nigerian musician, Adewale Ayuba in one of his songs. The young singer got the services of the Fuji lord in ‘Shurubo’, which is fast winning the hearts of good music lovers in the country. Oga Jojo recently produced the remake of Ayuba’s classic, ‘Happy People’, which was…
It is no news that large percentage, if not all, of the elections in the past in Nigeria have in one way or another been adulterated. Although the general populace does not know what exactly is responsible for these undemocratic occurrences, whether the electoral body’s incompetence or dishonesty or the criminal actions of political parties…