***Only Advisory Notice Issued Following the wide condemnations that greeted the order on Monday by the Commissioner of Police in Abuja, Joseph Mbu, banning all forms of ‘BringBackOurGirls protests in the FCT, the Police High Command has made a u-turn on that order. This is coming barely 24 hours after Mbu addressed a press conference…
It was sadness and sorrow for families of about eight persons working in a building in Onitsha, a commercial city in Anambra State, as the property craved in and trapped the workers to death. It was gathered that the collapsed property, a school under construction and owned by an Anglican Church, killed some of those…
Months after of ruling Anambra State from his Eri village in Aguleri, the state governor, Willie Obiano, has eventually moved into the Government House in Akwa, the state capital. Since he was sworn-in as the number one citizen of Anambra State on March 17, Obiano had been operating from his village, a development that has…
The House of Representatives’ Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, has admitted that the protesters of the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ are actually members of Nigeria’s main opposition political party, All Progressives Congress, APC. Gbajabiamila, reacting to statement credited to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, last Wednesday that the protesters were members of APC, said “Maku, the Information Minister…
For Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, getting the support of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015 to contest as the governorship candidate of the party might be a tall dream going by the scenario that played itself out in the state recently. It is a known fact that there are…
Unarguably Africa’s biggest reality show on television, the Big Brother Africa (BBA) is making a return in 2014 and this is raising adrenaline among the excited fans of the programme. The BBA is known for its drama, suspense and surprises, which have made it one of the widely watched television programme in the continent. For…
Femi Fani-Kayode has explained why he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, a party he dumped in 2013, describing it then as a sinking party. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday night, the former Minister of Aviation called APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed,…
Come August 2014, the who-is-who in the fashion scene will converge in Oshogbo for the Osun Fashion Design Week. The event is precisely slated for August 29 and 30, 2014 and it will be an occasion filled with lots of fun, the organisers have assured. The Osun Fashion Design Week, an initiative of Fashionistar, will…
Two leading players in their respective industries; Diamond Bank and Wakanow, have put heads together to put smiles on the faces of Nigerian travellers. Diamond Bank is one of Nigeria’s foremost retail banks, while Wakanow is regarded as Nigeria’s leading online travel company. The new deal, Aproko247 learnt, will see the introduction of the Wakanow…
No fewer than nine persons were slain on Sunday by some gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram. The terrorists attacked a church in Gwoza, barely three days after the group slaughtered the Enir of Gwoza, Idris Titman, while on his way to the burial of the Emir of Gombe alongside two other Emirs.…