The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condoled with the government and people of Borno State over the death of their deputy governor, Zannah Umar Mustapha, on Saturday morning in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. In a statement issued on Saturday night in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the Acting National Chairman of…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that the Oba of Egbeda in Alimosho local council area of Lagos State, Oba Samson Alade Balogun, has passed on. The monarch reportedly breathed his last on Friday, August 14, 2015, we were informed by a source in the palace. He was said to have “joined his ancestors” on his way…
The Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, has died, Aproko247 has learnt. Mustapha was said to have passed on in Yola in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday, August 15, 2015. He was reportedly sleeping inside a guest room in the Government House in Adamawa, where he had gone to represent…
A report by Punch has revealed how some governors and their aides have turned Government Houses into Sodom and Gomorrah. Below is the story by the newspaper. More than serving as a place to entertain and accommodate visitors of their respective state governments, many Government Guest Houses and Lodges have become grounds where all sorts…
The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has been named as the new Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Plateau State University. His appointment was announced on Friday by the Plateau State Government via a statement issued in Jos, the state capital, by the…
A Nigerian dad wanting his twin teen sons, accustomed to the comforts of the country club, to learn some gratitude took an unusual step. He sent the 14-year-olds to spend the seventh grade in Nigeria. The boys, Noble and Evan Nwankwo, spent seventh grade at Mea Mater Elizabeth High School in Enugu, southern Nigeria. There,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has expelled its Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko and three other members of the State Working Committee over alleged anti-party activities. In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by the State Chairman, Idowu Faleye and the outgoing Organising Secretary, Lateef Agbaje, the SEC affirmed its support and recognition of…
His name might not strike the right chord in the entertainment industry but this handsome dude who simply goes by the name CKY is another entrant in the esoteric world of entertainment to reckon with. A good inventor is one who creates a product but a great inventor is one who creates a product that…
The Global Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN, Tony Maddox, on Thursday, flew to Kenya to apologise to the country for being described as a “hotbed of terror” prior to the visit of the United States President, Barack Obama few weeks ago. Maddox was at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, to…
Some weeks ago, there were reports that a popular actor in Nigeria, Bruno Iwuoha, was going blind and calls were made to well-meaning Nigeria to help him. Aproko247 can authoritatively report that the actor has been flown to the United States to undergo treatment. He was flown abroad courtesy Morgan Entertainment boss, Emeka Morgan, a…