One Lekan Shonde, the man accused of killing his wife, Ronke Bewaji, has claimed he never killed the mother of his two. Lekan spoke with Punch Metro on the telephone line provided by his in-law, Bolatito, which was also confirmed by the Lagos police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos. Before the tragedy, the couple lived on Tiemo…
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki escaped death by whisker on Sunday when some gunmen opened fire on him and his supporters at Sobe in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki, who expressed shock at the ugly incident, said he was lucky not to have…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South South region of Nigeria converged in Delta State on Sunday to strategise on how to claim back Edo State, which was lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2008. The governors held a closed-door meeting at the Government House in Asaba and had five…
Four persons have been confirmed dead in the unfortunate train accident that occurred on Saturday in Jebba, Kwara State. Assistant Director in charge of Publicity in the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Rauf Akinloye, disclosed to journalists on Sunday that three other passengers also sustained injuries in the accident involving the Lagos-Kano train. According to Akinloye,…
The general public will have the opportunity to access the controversial Panama Papers that have revealed how top figures in the world keep offshore companies not known to many. Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Wale Tinubu, a relative of Bola Ahmed Tinubu are among those already named in the leaks. Aproko247 gathered that the…
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Factional chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Chris Giwa, was on Friday arrested by the police for alleged invasion of the Abuja headquarters of the football governing body in Nigeria. It was said that Giwa stormed the NFF Glass House on Friday evening in an attempt to take over the Federation, which has been…
Owner of popular D’Rovans Hotel, which is now known as Walan Hotel in Ibadan, Francis Aiyegbeni, is dead. The boxing enthusiast was said to have breathed his last on Saturday afternoon at the Intensive Care Unitof the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan. According to reports, the Edo State-born former boxer was rushed to the hospital…
According to reports made available to Aproko247, estranged husband of music star, Tiwa Savage, Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun, has commenced spiritual rebirth. Also, he is getting life coaching sessions and therapy from Lanre Olusola also known as The Catalyst whom he first met over two years ago almost at the beginning of his struggles with…
***Appoints professional debt resolution firms as partners As part of its renewed strategy to resolve over 6000 accounts with loan balances of N100 million and below, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has flagged off its induction programme for successful firms that qualified as its Asset Management Partners (AMPs). The AMPs are consortiums with…