Month: April 2016

Gunmen Kidnap Channels TV Reporter

A journalist with popular Nigerian news television platform, Channels TV, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen in Imo State. It was gathered that the victim, Tope Kutiyi, was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday, April 11, 2016, at his residence in Federal Housing Estate, Umuguma. It is still unclear why Kutiyi, who is…

Ashafa Speaks On ‘Yanked’ Lagos-Calabar Rail Project

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Land Transport, Gbenga Ashafa, has reacted to controversies surrounding the Lagos-Calabar rail project that was allegedly removed from the 2016 budget passed by the National Assembly. Ashafa confirmed that the project was not in the initial budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the lawmakers, but noted that the…

Olajumoke Resumes At Lekki School

Aproko247 has been exclusively informed that the Osun State-born bread seller turned super model, Olajumoke Orisaguna, has finally returned to school. This, we learnt, is the reason why she has been silent lately and has not been in the news. It was reliably disclosed to our reporter by a source who claimed to be in…

Oliseh Gets FIFA Job

Barely two months after dropping the Super Eagles job, Sunday Oliseh has landed a big job with FIFA, the world’s football governing body. The former Nigerian international has been appointed into the technical department of FIFA. His latest appointment is seen as one of the high points of his footballing career. The former Super Eagles…

Economy: FG Sets 4-Point Agenda

The Federal Government says it has identified four ways to revamp Nigeria’s economy and make it one of the best in the world. This was made known by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, at a special programme organized by the Lagos Business School recently. According to Adeosun, the four economic plans the government…