Ivorian footballer, Yaya Toure, has emerged 2014 African Footballer of Year for the fourth time in a row. The Manchester City FC of England midfielder defeated two other nominees to grab the coveted award in the African football. He was named at the Glo/CAF award ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday night. The two other…
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police in Ekiti for allegedly having a forceful carnal knowledge of an 85 years old woman. The accused, one Familola Ayodeji, a resident of 17, Oke Ido Street, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was accused of committing the crime on December 25, 2015. “The victim, a…
President Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, had planned to kill him in the October 1, 2010 bombing at the Eagle Square in Abuja. Jonathan made this allegation on Thursday at the flag-off of his re-election campaign held in Lagos at the…
Man about town and Managing Director of Scratch & Pay Limited; a revenue collection firm for the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, Olaonipekun Famoroti with information at our disposal is currently in a wife battery controversy which insiders squealed might consume him. Olaonipekun, who we reliably gathered is 42 years of age has been beating…
According to City Rovers, a traditional ruler in Lagos State has allegedly stabbed his wife, who later went into coma and was quickly rushed to a hospital by sympathisers. Here is how the it was reported on the platform; Despite the huge campaign against domestic violence and most especially spousal abuse, it seems the practice…
Former winner of Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN, Munachi Abii, also called Muna Abii, has played down rumour that she pregnant for a member of the LOS music group. There have been reports that the former beauty queen was dating a member of the group, Briss, who is said to be younger than her.…
Barely a year after popular media guru and showbiz personality, Dayo Adeneye, fondly called D1, established a hotel in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, tragedy has struck in the hospitality abode. Reports making the rounds have it that a teenager died at the hotel’s swimming pool on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Aproko247 gathered from reports…
A former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN, queen has died. The pretty lady, Esther Kanu, represented Abia State at the 2013 edition of MBGN. She kicked the bucket on Wednesday, January 7, 2014, at the age of 24. It was learnt that last Esther suddenly slumped and was rushed to the hospital, where she…
The national airline of Ivory Coast, Air Côte d’Ivoire, has commenced flight operations to Lagos, the commercial nerve of West Africa, Aproko247 has learnt. This will be a 4-weekly flight from and to the francophone giant city of Abidjan and Lagos. The first flight via this route took off in Abidjan and landed in Lagos…
The campaign committee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State has been inaugurated. This took place on Wednesday at the Government House in Asaba, the state capital. Present at the occasion was the governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, who urged members of the PDP to engage in door to door campaign to…