Afro-beat legend, Femi Kuti, has again lost out at the 56th Grammy Awards held on Sunday January 26, 2014. This is the fourth time the son of the late ‘Abami Eda, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, would be failing to clinch the prestigious award. Femi lost the award to a tie between winners Gipsy Kings and Ladysmith Black…
There seems to be a big crisis looming in Monalisa Chinda’s magazine outfit as another senior staff of her magazine, Monalisa, has dumped the organisation. This is coming when the dust raised by the bitter resignation of the publication’s pioneer editor, Kelvin Keshi, is yet to settle. After Keshi left the organisation, the Fashion editor…
Nollywood actor-cum-producer, Yomi Fabiyi has debunked rumour that his marriage to his London–based wife, Fran has crashed. The handsome dude told Aproko247 that his union is still intact, contrary to widespread speculation that it has packed up like a badly arranged cards. Few days ago, it was reported that the duo were no more together…
A pastor in Kogi State identified as Pastor Kingsley has been arrested and paraded by the police in the state for impregnating the daughter of his church’s Sunday School teacher identified as Mary. Pastor Kingsley, who is the General Overseer of Zion International Christian Church, Idah, Kogi State, allegedly slept with the 18-year-old girl after…
Twenty four years old undergraduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Bello Godwin Onimisi, has been convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Onimisi, a student of Industrial Engineering of the university, was jailed for impersonating the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdullahi. Onimisi, a native of Igarra, Akoko…
One of the daughters of late Nigerian businessman and acclaimed winner of 1993 Presidential election, MKO Abiola, Fola, has married her Serbian lover identified as Srdjan Banjac. The two lovebirds were joined together as husband and wife few days ago. Fola, a senior forensic accountant, found love in Srdjan, who works for the United…
Fast-rising Afro-pop artiste, D-Tee, has featured star rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, in his latest single entitled ‘Kilode’. The budding singer, who comfortably sings genres of music ranging from Afro-pop to hip hop to reggae and medley, is well known for his hot hit single titled ‘Sekolwale’. He is signed to Blackwall Street Records. His latest…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has charged the Super Eagles to bring home the African Nations Championship, CHAN, trophy. The Eagles are making their debut at the competition, which is currently taking place in South Africa. On Saturday, Nigeria came from a three-goal deficit at the first half of the match to…
Former FCT Minister, Nasir El-Rufai, will finally surrender himself to the Department of State Security Services, SSS, on Monday, by 9am, Aproko247 has learnt. This development was confirmed to newsmen by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, via a text message sent to journalists on Sunday afternoon. In the said SMS,…
Report reaching us confirms that the newly appointed National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Abeokuta, Ogun State home. The meeting was held as part of Mu’azu’s intention to reconcile aggrieved members of the ruling party, who expressed their grievances over…