The fight between Association of Igbo Youths, AIYO, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a new twist with the youth group giving an ultimatum to the Ralph Uwazurike-led MASSOB to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013. In…
The 4th of January of every year is not just a day on the calendar but a very important day for one of Nigeria’s brightest stars. Prince Tonye TJT Princewill, the son of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, King (Prof) TJT Princewill, CFR, Amachree XI, is that bright star. Prince Tonye Princewill was born on…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that a notorious oil pipeline vandal that operates in Lagos and Ogun States, Dayo Okiki, has been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Okiki was apprehended on Saturday morning in Lagos, following an intelligent information gathered by the Civil Defence. The security agency got information…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged residents of the state to continue to support the administration of the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi “for the many giant and generational projects and programmes being undertaken by the state government under his able leadership to uplift the living standard of our people,…
‘African Queen’ crooner, 2Face Idibia, and his wife, Annie Macaulay, have welcomed the arrival of their second child together. The couple got the newest child in the United States of America, USA, on Friday, January 3, 2014. The mother of the child, Annie, was delivered of the baby in an Atlanta hospital, where she was…
The remains of Iyetade, daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, would be laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, January 10, 2014. The “cherished” daughter of the renowned writer and author died on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, after a brief illness. A statement released by the family…
The news of Nigeria’s music producer, OJB Jezreel’s kidney predicament drew public sympathy and attention to the extent that few hours after the news broke that he needed a matching kidney donor, phone buzzed and enquiries were made to some media people who reported the news that some people were willing to donate kidney to…
The popular saying that thunder doesn’t strike twice in the same place does not seem to apply to the crisis which is rocking Diamond Bank presently. Because in the case of this bank, thunder can struck more than three times. Weeks back, when Mi5 reported a fraud in the bank, which took place in Osogbo,…
When you listen to radio or watch television these days, you are sure to see the new Globacom Telecommunications advert which moved from using “Rule Your World” as their pay off line to using “Glo Unlimited”. But the one million dollar question here is: Is Glo Truly Unlimited? If it is, how unlimited it is?…
Naijahottestgist has reported that some angry youths in Lagos gave a member of the House of Representatives, Yomi Ogunusi, the beating of his life on Wednesday after the lawmaker only returned to his constituency for the first time since he won at the election in 2011. Ogunusi would have died from the assault if not…