Gunmen on Monday night stormed Amodu Street, off Akala Street, Mushin, Lagos State, killing an eight-month pregnant woman, Musili Bello, and her 12-year-old daughter, Suliat Olowu. Punch Metro learnt that a commercial motorcycle rider, identified simply as Baba Monday, was also shot to death in the operation which was said to have lasted for about…
On Wednesday morning, 11 Senators of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Senate President, according to Lai Mohammed, was formally written to on the development. As part of our effort to update our readers, we have now gotten hold of the list of the 11 defecting Senators. They…
Must Lai Mohammed lie to be relevant in the All Progressives Congress (APC)? Even when other discerning members of his party make public statements that are devoid of the bias that has been his lot, he declares the opposite as the spokesman of a party that is trying to win the hearts of Nigerians. An…
Aproko247 has learnt that 11 Senators elected under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, at the National Assembly have defected to the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. This news was confirmed by the interim National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed, in a press statement. He stated that the affected…
The media is seen by many people as tools that can be used to fight real and perceived enemies in this part of the world. While the mass media is expected to serve as the watchdog of the society, they are now seen as avenues of promoting the political agenda of some people and run…
Report reaching us indicates that some members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, presently serving in Kogi State have found themselves in a big trouble. It was learnt that the Corpers, serving at Victory Model College, Efodo, Okpo in Olamaboro local government area of Kogi State, are being threatened by some aggrieved students of…
New kid in the bloc, Otiz Maho, has dropped a new single entitled ‘Ololufemi’. The song features Kennis Music artiste, Jaywon, who put in one of best performances in the work. The new song has started yielding good fruits as the scintillating tune has earned Otiz Maho paid gigs in Europe. He has also been…
Barely 24 hours after former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, was release from the custody of the State Security Service, SSS, in Abuja, for making ‘provocative’ remarks on the 2015 general elections in Nigeria, he has again maintained that the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, plans to rig the polls. El-Rufai made this latest comment…
Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan on how to tackle the enormous challenges presently facing his administration. He urged Jonathan to do away with sentiments in handling matters but imbibe statesmanlike traits. Speaking via a statement, Babangida disclosed that his warning became necessary because of the various distractions…
There employees of First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, have been arraigned before Chief Magistrate A Awogboro over the theft of N6.5 million from a customer’s account. Some people have regarded First Bank of Nigeria Plc as bank that breeds fraudsters. The three First Bank staffers were arraigned on Monday, January 27, 2014 on a 12-count…