The police in Lagos has waded into the beach accident that led to the demise of two University of Lagos Masters students. The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested two managers of the Elegushi Beach in Ajah where two postgraduate students of the University of Lagos drowned on Sunday during their friend’s birthday,…
Report reaching Aproko247 confirms that Nigerian gospel singers, Eben and Jahdiel, have welcomed their second child. Eben and Jahdiel got married in an elaborate wedding ceremony held in Lagos in 2013. The two gospel singers had their first child together about a year later. He learnt the couple welcomed their second son, already christened Joshua,…
The Delta State House of Assembly has expressed dissatisfaction over an order by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, attaching (partial freezing) the sum of N490,803,002 in its account with one of the new generation banks in a proceedings initiated by a former member of the House, Jenkins Giane Duvie Gwede. The…
Renovation of the Herbert Macaulay Public Library in Yaba, by the Lagos State Government has commenced. Also, the state government plans to upgrade the educational facility to an international standard. According to what Aproko247 gathered, the project is being carried out through a partnership with Guaranty Trust Bank as part of the Lagos State Government’s…
pdp Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government that it has achieved nothing in its one year in office. PDP, mocking the former opposition party, said the only thing the APC can show to Nigerians as its achievement is just photographs. It said if…
A soldier in the Nigerian Army, Peter Temidayo, also known as Dudu Black, has concluded plans to launch his new album, ‘Call Me’, on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The occasion is slated for Community Hall in Mosafejo Amukoko, Lagos by 2pm prompt. The dark-skinned artiste disclosed that his ‘Call Me’ project is a combination of…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been told to appear before the Senate over his threat to withdraw the license of any bank that retrenches its staff. The Senate said it finds the threat alarming and could create more problems. Chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Rafiu Ibrahim, said…
The Nigerian government might have to deal with more groups in the Niger Delta following the floating of a new one called the Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta. This new cabal has threatened to continue to attack oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta region unless the Nigerian government agreed to award 60 per…
Members of the dreadful Boko Haram group have been forced to remain caged inside their stronghold in Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian military disclosed on Wednesday in a press conference. Commander of the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, informed newsmen while highlighting the successes of the Nigerian troops against…
Finals of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup Season 7 will take place on Friday, June 10, 2016, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Aproko247 has learnt. The competition is the grassroots soccer tourney in West Africa and this year’s finals promises to be an exhilarating encounter between two teams as they stake their claim as ultimate…