Wednesday, May 11, 2016 marked another milestone in the African film and television industry as Africa Magic and leading Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan officially announced release dates and other plans for the highly anticipated pan-African thriller, ‘The CEO’. The announcement came during a press conference which held at the Silverbird cinemas in Ikeja, and followed…
With Nollywood breaking grounds and making dauntless progress amongst other global film bodies, due to the relentless efforts of a few, but growing, resourceful filmmakers in the industry, who have taken the filmmaking task to another gargantuan level, the sky is just the stepping stone as more laudable projects are embarked on a top notched…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday welcomed his French counterpart at the State House in Abuja. Buhari, who returned to Nigeria on Friday from a trip to the United Kingdom, received the President of France, Francois Hollande at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The President introduced members of his cabinet to Hollande. Both leaders are expected to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied reports in the media that the Federal Government was planning to devalue to country’s currency, Naira. The apex bank further said it is also not true that the Naira has been secretly devalued to N290 to $1 as being speculated. According to CBN Acting Director, Corporate Communications,…
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country on Friday after taking part in an anti-corruption programme in London, England. Buhari was accompanied to the International Anti-Corruption Summit by some officials of his government. At the occasion, the Nigerian leader requested support of the international community in his fight against corruption in the country. After the…
Aproko247 has been informed that popular veteran actor, Elder Maya, is presently languishing in pain because of an ailment he is battling with. Our reporter gathered that Elder Maya, who is arguably the longest surviving Nigerian actor, is down with a liver-related problem. Also, Aproko247 learnt that the actor has a swollen leg, which we…
All things being equal, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and its civil society allies will commence a nationwide industrial action next week. This is to force the Federal Government to rescind its decision to scrap the controversial fuel subsidy and bring down pump price from N145 per litre. Labour said if the government fails to…
Report just reaching us confirms that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, NUPENG, has given thumbs up to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The two major unions in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector made threw their…
Reports reaching us say another explosion has occurred at the facility of Chevron Nigeria Limited on Friday. There have been renewed attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region lately and a new group called the Niger Delta Avengers had claimed responsibility for them. Chevron had in the past few days recorded several attacks…
Controversial singer, Burna Boy, has been accused of threatening to assassinate a young woman who claimed to be carrying his unborn child. The lady identified as Uju Stella, went on the singer’s Instagram page to lay the claim, but Burna Boy, who was recently unveiled as the brand ambassador for the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE,…