Some workers on the Ekiti State payroll, on Monday, August 31, 2015, were caught unawares, and when they sensed troubled, they quickly threw away shame to save their jobs. Aproko247 learnt that the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, paid an unscheduled visit to the State Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Monday morning and…
Nigeria’s basketball team called D’Tigers, on Sunday, August 30, 2015, defeated Angola to win the AfroBasket Championship in Tunisia. Angola was beaten by Nigeria 65-74 and it is the first title D’Tigers is winning since the inception of the tournament. Nigeria now qualifies for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s basketball event. D’Tigers defeated Senegal…
All is now set for the 2015 edition of Camp GTBank, an annual football development programme sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank plc, scheduled to hold between the August 31 and September 7, 2015. Camp GTBank is a residential camp designed to train and develop outstanding footballing talents discovered from GTBank sponsored youth football leagues; Principals’…
Two Al Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years’ jail after being found guilty of “aiding a terrorist organisation” have arrived back at Tora prison in southern Cairo, according to Egyptian media. Security sources told the Egyptian MENA state news agency that Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Canadian Mohamed Fahmy had arrived at the prison, just hours…
Organisers of the annual glamorous Classic Africa Merit Award, CAMA, have unveiled hosts of the 2015 edition of the ceremony. CAMA, packaged by Classic International Magazine, recognises and rewards those who have excelled in their various professions. Aproko247 learnt that Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar and a top OAP in Nigeria, Covenant Child, will host…
Ten members of Nigeria-based Islamist group called Boko Haram were killed on Saturday by the Chadian authorities. The convicts were executed by firing squad in the country’s capital, N’Djamena. They were found guilty of a double suicide that left 38 persons dead in N’Djamena. It was said that the insurgents were sentenced to death on…
Former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday morning, stormed Port Harcourt, the state capital amid rumour that he angrily jetted out of Nigeria to London on Friday after President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Engr Babachir David Lawal and Abba Kyari as his Secretary to the Federal Government and Chief Of Staff respectively. Before the…
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, has left the Nigerian economy in a “shambolic state” since “it took office at the centre three months ago,” the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed. The opposition party made this allegation Saturday via a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh. PDP said “the…
The appointment of Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service has been kicked against by the League of Maritime Editors. The group, in a statement issued Friday by its president, Ovie Edomi, urged the President to reconsider the matter and appoint a serving Customs…
Facts are beginning to emerge at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to probe the sale of valued assets of the state by the immediate past government of Rotimi Amaechi. At the sitting on Friday, the Managing Director of Arcus Gibbs Nig Ltd, the technical consultant to the state…