Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, the nation’s sole collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings has announced that it will with immediate effect aggressively pursue the licensing of sound recording rights exploited by users in all commercial and public settings in Nigeria. This was made known after the society’s Management Board rose from…
As concerns continue to grow on the crisis in the P-Square music group, upwardly mobile singer, Omoniyi Olatunde, otherwise known as Olaboi, has released a song titled ‘Don’t Let Go’ to plead with the warring Okoye brothers. The song addresses the rift between Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square, and emphasised that peace is the…
Leading share registration service provider in Nigeria, Africa Prudential Registrars Plc, held its Annual General Meeting, AGM, in Lagos on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, and from what Aproko247 gathered, it was highly successful. The company, which is a subsidiary of UBA Group, used the occasion to keep its shareholders abreast of the progress made in…
gtbanl ***Reaffirms position as a leading SME global partner Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has partnered African-focused entrepreneurship accelerator, She Leads Africa (SLA) and the Work in Progress! Alliance (Oxfam and VC4Africa) to launch the She Leads Africa Accelerator, a 3-month program designed to identify, support and fund the next generation of…
The Nigerian Army says Boko Haram terrorists have been deserting their stronghold, Sambisa forest in Borno State. A statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, on Tuesday disclosed that this followed the aerial bombardment of the forest as well as concerted efforts of the ground troops. Usman said the operations…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday evening commissioned the lighting up of the stretch of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway from Ile Zik to former Toll Gate, Sango Ota and Murtala Mohammed International Airport to Oshodi, just as he said the initiative was part of the promise of building a 24/7 economy that will create employment…
A new movie by the duo of Omoni Oboli and Uche Jombo has been endorsed by the Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko. The flick, Wives On Strike, was premiered in Akure, the state capital, and it was attended by the number one citizen of the state. Several people trooped out to see the film, which…
Those who applied for the IGP’s Affordable Housing Scheme in Enugu, Katsina, Yola and Benin can now check if their application scaled through. The Nigeria Police released names of successful applicants of the scheme on their verified Facebook page on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The initiative is to provide affordable houses for rank and file…
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has been urged by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, not to resign from office as requested by the National Assembly. The former Rivers governor was asked to apologise or resign by the legislature following the controversy surrounding the Lagos-Calabar railway project. In a statement issued…
For those who are very familiar with the Olufimo group, a set of people loyal to the acclaimed king of Fuji music, Saheed Osupa, the name, Queen Bolanle, will not sound new to them. In fact, Queen Bolanle is known to be a staunch devotee of the group, which prides itself to be a collection…