An embarrassing moment reared its ugly head on Wednesday in Kano when some reporters were locked in a room following a missing mobile phone belonging to Senator Gbenga Obadara. The lawmaker from Ogun State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had visited the headquarters…
The South African Tourism has announced the launch of a Ghandi Inspired Tourist Attractions that identifies 13 places that were seminal in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s journey in South Africa. Identifying these places and including them on the Gandhi Inspired Tourist Attractions enables the global travel trade to package yet another fascinating aspect of South African…
Aproko247 can confirm that those willing to study at the newly established Helen Paul Theatre and Film Academy can now proceed to obtain application forms. This information was confirmed by this magazine via a post on Facebook on Thursday morning by Helen Paul’s publicist, Bayo Adetu of Square Image Associates, SIA. Adetu disclosed that intending…
Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Josiah Kente, has vehemently condemned the recent attacks in Taraba villages, describing them as wicked and irrational. Kente said the violent attacks on Ando Igba, Gidan-Waya and Sondi communities of Wukari Local Government Area of the state were uncalled for and urged the federal and state governments to…
pc Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, Roqeeb Adeniji, is presently bereaved and the reason is not far-fetched. The APC boss in Ogun State lost his dear wife to the cold hands of death in an auto accident on Tuesday in a part of the ‘Gateway’ state. The deceased, 58, with…
Following the resignation of seven Ministers from his government, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet to fill the vacant positions left by the departing Ministers. The President restructured his administration at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. With the reorganisation, the Minister of Defence, Aliyu Guasu, will…
*Gov Obiano, Reginald Ihejiahi Named As Accomplices A former employee of Fidelity Bank Plc has unearthed a fraud allegedly carried out by the present governor of Imo State, Willie Obiano, while he was one of the bank’s directors. Also fingered in the mess is the former Managing Director of the bank, Reginald Ihejiahi. In a…
Full autonomy has been granted to local government councils across Nigeria. This includes full financial and administrative controls of their territories. This was done by the National Assembly after amending Section 124 of the 1999 Constitution. The amendment was one of the 22 other sections approved by the lower chamber of the National Assembly last…
A South African judge has sentenced Oscar Pistorius to five years imprisonment for culpable homicide in the shooting to death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on the night of Valentine’s Day of 2013. Ruling on the matter on Tuesday, Judge Masipa said Pistorius is now automatically unfit to possess a firearm, having been given a…
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, has been commended by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State for his purported call to the people of Aluu in voting out President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015. According to the state Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, Wike’s call “is not surprising following recent heightened…