No fewer than 180 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists group have been rescued alive by the Nigerian Army, Aproko247 has learnt. A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman disclosed on Thursday that the hostages were freed from the insurgents’ den during military operations. This is in…
Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators in the present National Assembly have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately release the outstanding results in the Rivers State re-run elections particularly results that were collated from polling units, wards, Local Government Areas in their possession. This was part of the resolutions…
Star actress, Tonto Dikeh, is definitely very happy to have married Olakunle Churchill, who before now she referred to as Mr X. It is also very obvious that her union to the handsome man has changed her life positively and she is glad about that. Before now, the Rivers State-born entertainer used to be in…
Laff For Christ Sake, an evening of gospel rhythms and jokes is a premium comedy brand created over ten years ago by one of Nigeria’s biggest comedy exports, Julius Agwu and it normally takes place during the Easter celebrations and other festive periods. As part of the plans to celebrate this year’s Easter period, this…
Founder of City of Knowledge Academy, CKA, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Mrs Mosun Belo-Olusoga has asked government to direct the police to constitute patrol teams that would be going around schools and their environs nationwide. She gave the advice in her address of welcome at the official launch of CKA in Ijebu-Ode, saying such approach as…
Caretaker coach of the Nigerian senior football team, Samson Siasia, has announced John Mikel Obi as the new captain. The Chelsea midfielder takes over the Super Eagles captain armband from CSKA Moscow’s Ahmed Musa. The pacey player who plies his trade in Russia took over the Eagles captainship from former team’s goalie, Vincent Enyeama, which…
One artiste in Nigeria that has continued to give his teeming fans something new to savour is Klever Jay, who is fondly called the ‘Koni Koni Love’ master. The Orange Records artiste has been on verge for a long time now. After dropping series of hits back to back with videos last year 2015. Klever…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has assured Nigerians that the lingering petrol scarcity would soon be a thing of the past. The Corporation made this assurance via a statement released on its verified Twitter and Facebook pages on Thursday morning. NNPC said it is working tirelessly to take the queues off the petrol stations…
In line with the persistent calls for a paradigm shift from over dependence on oil as the major earner of the country, the Lagos State and Kebbi State governments on Wednesday entered into a partnership on the establishment of a commodity value chain that will give a quantum leap to food processing, production and distribution.…
Nigerians may have to suffer a little bit longer if comments by the Federal Government on the lingering fuel scarcity are anything to take serious. This is because the government has categorically emphasised that Nigerians may continue in the anguish of petrol dearth at least for the next two months. Minister of State for Petroleum,…