There was demonstration at the Benin airport on Sunday after passengers of Arik Air reportedly learnt that they were lied to by management of the airline. It was gathered that the aggrieved passengers were told there was no fuel to take them to their destination, only to discover that the same plane is to ferry…
A top member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Kawu Baraje, has hit hard on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Baraje, an ally of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said on Sunday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, also the hometown of Saraki, that the party’s performance since taking office almost a…
The online portal for the maiden edition of the African Culture Initiatives Awards has been launched, Aproko247, can authoritatively report. The awards ceremony is the brain child of the African Culture Initiatives. A statement issued by organisers of the event disclosed that the ceremony seeks to recognise and reward Africans living in the continent, in…
Casts for latest flick from the stables of Kingces Film Productions entitled ‘Our Secrets’ have been unveiled. This was done recently during a script conferencing in Owerri, the capital of Imo State and it is happening few weeks after the shoot of ‘Cry of a Kingdom’, a movie shot and yet to be released by…
‘Kuchi Kuchi’ crooner, J’odie, is now a proud mother and this is because she has welcomed a bouncing baby boy. The singer was said to have been delivered of the child on Saturday, April 9, 2016. J’odie got married to her husband, David Nnaji, who is a Nollywood actor in Saturday, October 31, 2015. Aproko247…
On Friday April 8, during the bank’s Annual General Meeting, AGM, which was held at the Eko Atlantic Hotel, Lagos, the shareholders of UBA applauded the UBA for its strong financial performance in 2015 despite the difficult operating environment globally. They also approved the board’s recommendation to pay a final dividend of 40 kobo per…
Governor Ayodele Fayose has kicked against plans by the Federal Government to increase Value Added Tax, VAT, from the current five per cent to 10 per cent, describing it as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, who he said are suffering from the bad economic policies of the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress,…
Armed to the teeth security men on Monday manned the entrance of the secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, commonly called the Glass House to prevent entry. This followed the leadership crisis rocking the football governing body in Nigeria, which may force FIFA to ban Nigeria from football activities. Last week, a court in…
nTel, the latest player in Nigeria’s telecoms business, announced on Friday that it has commenced its phased and commercial operations in two cities; Lagos and Abuja. The company recently acquired NITEL from the Federal Government and it is set to give four other operators already in the market; Glo, MTN, Etisalat and Airtel, a run…
Arsenal survived a scare at West Ham in the early kick-off match of the Barclays Premier League on Saturday to go home with a 3-3 draw. The London derby lived up to expectations as the Hammers first came from two goals down to go ahead their visitors 3-2, all thanks to Andy Carroll’s hat trick.…