As part of celebrating the Eid-el-Fitri and his usual style of giving out to the needy in the society, the Bode Edun Foundation, BEF, on Friday, distributed 100 bags of rice to beneficiaries in Oshodi area of Lagos State. Speaking during the occasion, founder and director of the foundation, Bababode Edun, stated that, “it beats my…
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has made clarification concerning the State Congress in Anambra State. In a statement issued on Sunday by its National Secretary, Prof Adewale Oladipo, the party said the stand of the NWC on the issue was based on obedience to a court directive. “The NWC…
A joint team of the Police Anti-Cattle Rustling Squad, the military and the Department of State Security, DSS, have recovered about 1000 livestock from some suspects in Kaduna State. According to information gathered on Sunday by Aproko247 from the police website, the combined security forces combed a criminal hideout in Birnin Gwari area of the…
Not less than five persons were wounded in an auto crash that took place on Saturday, July 18, 2015 in Osun State. The unfortunate incident occurred at Ikeji junction in Ilesa area of the state and it involved one male adult, one male child and 3 female adults. It was gathered that the victims suffered…
The Department of State Service, DSS, formerly known as the State Security Service, SSS, has disclosed that it found some implicating materials from the residence of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. The retired military officer was fired by President Muhammadu Buhari few days ago and the DSS stormed his houses in Abuja to…
Former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obuah, has been arrested by the State Security Service, SSS. Obuah was nabbed by the country’s secret police and detained for questioning over his alleged role in oil bunkering. It was gathered that he was implicated in the dirty deal. According to media reports, he…
Multiple female award-winning singer, Omawumi Megbele, has given birth to her second child in the United States of America. The Delta State-born songstress was delivered of a bouncing baby boy in a hospital in the Uncle Sam’s land on Saturday morning. She welcomed her first child also in the US few years ago, a daughter.…
The 2015 edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards, MAMA, was not without the expected fun and glamour on Saturday, July 18, 2015 in South Africa as the who-is-who in the African showbiz industry converged at the occasion. Nigerian artiste practically raked all the categories of the awards ceremony. Some of the winners were Don…
A former spokesman of the new Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, recently survived a surgery he underwent to rectify his voice. In a statement made available to Aproko247, the politician, who is now with the All Progressives Congress, APC, explained how he had a close shave with death in the six-hour operation. He…
Nigeria’s major opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has come under severe attack from the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A over what the group described as the frivolities of a party at the verge of extinction adding that the party was celebrating frivolities. The group made this known through its National…