Aproko247 has learnt that the remains of late actress, Henrietta Kosoko, have been taken to her hometown in Delta State. Late Thursday, it was learnt that the woman would no longer be buried at the Atan Cemetery in Yaba, Lagos, as earlier planned. This was because her husband, Jide Kosoko, a top actor in Nollywood,…
A 10-year-old girl has narrated how her father allegedly slept with her for about one and half years and almost lost her life in one of the days. The matter was brought before Justice Kudirat Jose of Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday. It was alleged that the suspect, Ajayi Gbadegesin, 40,…
An explosion has been reported to have occurred at Sanomi Creek, in the Ogidigben area of Warri South West in Delta State. According to Reuters, the blast affected a pipeline operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. Reuters said a security official and a community leader disclosed to it on Friday that the pipeline…
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has again called for close synergy and intelligence sharing among relevant Agencies for the security of the Nation’s waterways and the economic prosperity of Nigeria. Dakuku, who said this when the Comptroller, Lagos Seaports and Marine Command of the Nigerian Immigration…
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian military of killing not less than 17 unharmed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, during a protest in May 2016. Members of the group had planned a march to celebrate heroes of the Biafran War. Amnesty said it based its report on details from eyewitnesses, morgues and…
Barely two weeks after the militants of the Niger Delta Avengers group blew up an oil facility belonging to Agip in Bayelsa State, another property of the company has been destroyed again. In the early hours of Friday, June 10, 2016, the militants bombed a trunk line belonging to Agip in Bayelsa State. The latest…
The burial ceremony of late actress, Henrietta Kosoko, earlier scheduled for Friday, June 10, 2016 (today), has been cancelled. This is as a result of a disagreement between family of the actress in Delta State and her husband, Jide Kosoko, who is a veteran actor. It was gathered that the family of the deceased claimed…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has granted pardon to 17 prisoners serving various jail terms in the state. He equally commuted the death sentences on four other prisoners to life imprisonment. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Adejuwon Soyinka, made this known in a statement issued and signed in Abeokuta on Thursday. Soyinka…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has restated the readiness of the Ministry to partner with the Lagos State Government on better ways of utilising the inland water ways to improve transportation system in the state. The Minister who was the Lead Speaker at the 1st Lagos Traffic Radio Lecture Series with the theme “Migrating Workforce:…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that his administration will establish a state-of-the-art Teaching Hospital to support the College of Medical Sciences set up for the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST. Addressing journalists at the Old Site of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching on Thursday, Wike said that the…