Former Senate President, David Mark has threatened to contact his lawyers over reports linking him with the controversial Panama Paper Leaks that he operated offshore companies. The lawmaker from Benue State, in a statement issued on Thursday via his media team and signed by Paul Mumeh, maintained that his hands are clean. Mark said he…
Trial of the former Niger Delta Minister, Godsday Orubebe, has begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The first prosecuting witness, one Samuel Madujemu, who is an investigator in the Asset Tracing Department of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, started his testimony against the former Minister. Madujemu claimed Orubebe was issued asset declaration…
Three committees have been inaugurated by the governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Thursday. The Committees are Asset and Liability Sharing, Boundary Adjustment and Take-Off for Local Governments and the newly created Local Council Development Areas, Area Offices and Administrative Offices in the state. Performing the inauguration ceremony, the governor explained that the…
There is currently a move by the National Assembly to scrap the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Leadership reports. This will be done through the new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, and the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB.…
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, April 7, 2016, paid a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Head of State was at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to see the President ostensibly for a serious matter. Obasanjo was seeing Buhari again after he made a similar visit to him in 2015, soon…
Lagos’ fascinating capital, and the administrative capital of Lagos state, Ikeja is historic yet modish, bureaucratic yet malleable, and multicultural to its roots. It has all the advantages of a big city: rich culture, lively nightlife, international restaurants and good transport- although quite rowdy with a lot of road traffic. Wherever else you go in…
Thanks to online shops and digital retailers, independent bookstores in Lagos are suffering a significant demise. Luckily, there are some stores that are yet to succumb to the online competition and still have a robust selection of books to offer buyers who wander into their shops. If you are visiting Lagos and searching for places…
A Lagos court has finally granted bail to president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima. Her bail application was heard on Thursday, April 7, 2016, by the court. Her prayer for bail was eventually granted. It was gathered that the former beauty queen was granted bail in the sum of N2 million…
Mysterious things they say happen in the world, especially in Africa, which leave many mouths opened. The story you are about to read and watch on video is strange but true. A young girl of 11 years old born and bred in Cameroon turned into a python during the second day Apostolic Invasion of Bro…
Aproko247 has confirmed that the Presidency has received details of the controversial 2016 national budget approved by the National Assembly. The document was received on behalf of the Presidency on Thursday, April 6, 2016, at the State House by the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari. It was gathered that the budget…