Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has eventually returned to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, which he left in 2013 for the All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawyer turned politician made the switch on Monday shortly after the main opposition party said he was not a card carrying member of APC. His ‘port’ from APC…
The police has explained its reason for putting a stop to the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ protests in Abuja. Commissioner of Police in Abuja, Joseph Mbu, speaking with newsmen on Monday, noted that the protests were becoming a nuisance to the government and the FCT, Abuja. He also stated that the protests posed a serious security threat, pointing…
The Nigerian Police has placed a ban on all forms of protests relating to the abduction of some secondary school girls by some Boko Haram members on April 15, 2015 in Chibok, Borno State. This came days after the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ campaigners, led by Oby Ezekwesili, were attacked by some alleged pro-government-sponsored hoodlums at the Freedom…
One of Nigeria’s most creative indigenous fashion designers, Tony Okoye, has unveiled new designs of his unisex clothing line, Ajeh Wears. Those conversant with trendy fashion designs will attest to the fact that Ajeh designs are highly requested in the market, which has placed the brand among the respected in the fashion industry. Tony, who…
Come Saturday, June 21, 2014, Paris, France will be agog as some top Nigerian entertainers as well as political heavyweights in the country would storm Paris, the capital of France, for ‘Living Legends Awards’. The event is billed to hold at the prestigious Avenue Capitaine Rene Fonk, 93150, Le Blanc Mesnil, France at 10pm prompt.…
The pretty wife of the son of the Chairman of Oranto Petroleum International, Prince Arthur Eze, Prince Onyeka Eze, Princess Ujunwa Nkem Eze was delivered of a set of twins last week at a London hospital. The babies have since been named Prince Chinemeleum Melvin and Princess Kamsiyochukwu Mavia Eze. Sources disclosed that the news…
There is tension in Anambra State over the fate of Governor Willy Obiano as the state’s election and petition tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the petition brought against the Governor by the candidates of the APC and PDP, in the last gubernatorial elections, which held in the Sstate few months back, Senator Chris…
Bomb explosion occurred near a military base in Adamawa State, on Sunday evening, Aproko247 has learnt. The incident claimed the lives of at least 56 persons, we further reliably gathered. It was also learnt that suspected members of Boko Haram may have carried out the Sunday’s attack at a bar and brothel situated near a…
No fewer than 40 members of the deadly Islamic sect called Boko Haram have been killed, a Cameroonian media has disclosed. The insurgents were reportedly killed in Kouserri, a town in northwest Cameroon which shares boundaries with both Nigeria and Chad. The terrorists were feared dead over the weekend by the country’s army officers after…
Following an allegation made by the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the state governor, Seriake Dickson sponsored the recently-concluded African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, the media representative of the major movie awards event in Africa, Tope Ajayi, has rose in defence of his reputable client. Ajayi slammed the party for…