A young man believed to be in his late teens or early 20s has been apprehended in Lagos with some explosives. The boy, suspected to be a member of the dreadful Boko Haram sect, was caught at the Lagos office of the National Airspace Management Agency located inside the Lagos Airport. As at the time…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that veteran Yoruba actor, Pa Adebayo Faleti is not dead as being speculated in some sections of the Nigerian media. News went viral on Monday morning that the renowned actor was dead, but a top member of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners, ANTP, who asked not to be named,…
There was a mild drama at the Glass House secretariat of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, on Monday as the impeached president of the country’s highest football body, Aminu Maigari, resumed office. Before his arrival to the secretariat on Monday, Maigairi’s former vice-president, Mike Umeh, who has taken his ex-boss’ place in an acting capacity,…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, is worse than fatal Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, which is giving most countries of the world sleepless nights. The governor made this disclosure over the weekend at an occasion in the state. Okorocha, who was present at the 2014 New Yam…
A group of elders from Anambra North Senatorial Zone in Anambra State, has described former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, as the most credible person to represent the region in the Senate come 2015. At a meeting held over the weekend, the elders said they might consider the controversial ex-minister for the position, which is…
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has quit the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pitch tent with the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. There have been speculations before now that the former presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in 2011, which formed the APC with other…
The Federal Government has directed that henceforth, non-revenue officials should no longer be used by federal and state tax agencies for collection of taxes. This decision was reached at the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting presided over by the Vice President, Namadi Sambo. It would be recalled that the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, had…
Medical doctors in Nigeria under the auspices of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, have reacted to the directive of the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health, to suspend the residency programme of its members. Addressing the media in Abuja on Friday, the association further said it will not end its industrial action, which caused…
Foremost airline operator, Arik Air, recently launched its flights from Lagos to Dubai through Abuja. This was done in a colourful way. Passengers could not hide their feelings as they hailed the airline for finally giving them hopes of expanded tourism and business growth to Dubai. The event took place on Monday, July 28, 2014…
Members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, have kidnapped about 100 young men in a village in Borno State. The latest development is happening more than four months after the insurgents carried out a similar attack in Borno, where no fewer than 250 schoolgirls in a Chibok secondary school were abducted. It was learnt that…