A new e-passport has been launched by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The president, shortly before the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said the new passport, comprising 64 pages, was designed because of frequent travellers and businessmen. Jonathan disclosed that the passport has a better conformity with international best practices, while…
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Gulak Eyes Adamawa Guber Seat
Former Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Goodluck Jonathan, Aliyu Gulak, has expressed his intention to contest in the Adamawa State gubernatorial election, which is expected to take place within the next three months. Gulak made his intention known on Tuesday while addressing some members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Yola, the…
Nasarawa Ass Relocated To Perfect Al-Makura’s Impeachment
Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly have moved the Assembly to another location in a bid to complete the impeachment process against the state governor, Umaru Al-Makura. It was learnt that the lawmakers relocated the Assembly from Lafia, the state capital, and are not holding their sitting in Karu area of the state…
BREAKING: Female Suicide Bomber Hits Kano Poly
Report reaching Aproko247 confirms that a bomb was been detonated at the Kano State Polytechnic on Wednesday afternoon. The latest attack was reportedly carried out by a teenage female suicide bomber while some of the students were checking their results. A source informed this magazine that the incident occurred at the Administration Department of the…
Wazobia FM Star, OPJ Bounced At Lagos Club
One of the top presenters at Wazobia FM, Lagos, Opute Pius Junior, famously known as OPJ, seems to be getting in the news for the wrong reasons. Some weeks ago, the comic On-Air-Personality was arrested for peeing on the road around Lekki area of Lagos and was charged to court for it. This time, he…
Gani Adams Plans Grand Burial For Father-In-Law
Factional leader of Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, Ganiyu Adams, is doing everything possible to give his late father-in-law, Robert Oludayo Fasan, a befitting burial. Information howled to Aproko247 indicates that some top traditional rulers and government functionaries are expected to add glamour to the ceremony. The OPC leader’s wife, Erelu Mojisola, is also making sure…
Bomb Hits Kano Fuel Station, Police Confirms 4 Dead
A suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a petrol station in Kano on Monday morning, just when Muslims were celebrating the Eid Fitr festival to mark the successful end of Ramadan fast. The incident occurred at a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mega Filling Station at Hotoro Quarters, along Maiduguri Road, Kano. The police said…
Fresh Bomb Attack In Kano Church Leaves Many Dead
Just when Muslims around the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan fast, some terrorists in Kano have attacked a church in Kano, killing some worshippers. The incident occurred on Sunday during a church service in the ancient city. Aproko247 reliably gathered that the latest attack took place at the St Charles Catholic Church in…
Naeto C Gets Second Child
Nigerian rapper, Naetochukwu Chikwe, better known as Naeto C, has welcomed another bundle of joy into his young family. The rapper’s wife, Nicole, was delivered of a baby girl on Friday. The arrival of the baby girl is their second since they got married in Lagos in July 2012. Their wedding created a controversy over…
Nigeria Would Have Been At War By Now If…—Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the “country would have been in turmoil” if the plans of some “sons of the devil” had materialised. Jonathan, speaking in Abuja on Sunday when the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, led a delegation of the Muslim community to his official residence to pay him Sallah homage, condemned the attacks…