The managements of Chief Pascal Dozie-led MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, Atedo Peterside owned Stanbic IBTC Bank and Hajara Adeola of Lotus Capital Nigeria Limited are facing a tough legal tussle capable of crumbling their financial base if information at our disposal is anything to go by. According to National Enquirer’s dependable sources, the telecommunications giant,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the N804.7 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as bailout to states of the federation. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, the party said the money was got from the Excess Crude Account the President earlier claimed the PDP government…
The deadly attack on civil servants undergoing their biometric screening at the secretariat of Sabon Gari local council area of Kaduna State has claimed 18 lives, Aproko247 has learnt. Governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai also confirmed the attack via his Twitter handle on Tuesday morning. It is believed that a member of Boko Haram…
Aproko247 has learnt that an early morning bomb attack on Tuesday killed many civil servants undergoing their biometric exercise in Sabon Gari area of Zaria in Kaduna State. The workers were directed to undergo the screening by the government and while it was going on this morning, a suicide bomber stormed the centre and detonated…
Another bomb explosion has occurred in the north eastern part of Nigeria. This time, in Kano State barely 24 hours after a twin attack claimed the lives of more than 40 persons in Jos, Plateau State and over 100 people in Borno State last week. It was learnt that a female suicide bomber detonated her…
A former deputy governor of Lagos State, Otunba Femi Pedro last week appealed to the state House of Assembly to revisit his impeachment by the 5th Assembly in 2007. It will be recalled that Pedro was impeached by the state House of Assembly towards the tail end of the administration of the National Leader of…
Few days ago, a star actress in the Yoruba movie industry, Opeyemi Onaduja, was accused of owing a Nigerian Finland-based die-hard fan of Fuji star, Saheed Osupa, Omorose Osarumwense, better known as Olufimo Finlander, the sum of N45,000. Opeyemi Onaduja, fondly called Arike Totalenu, was said to have agreed to help sell clothing material called…
Many rival fans of two of Nigeria’s great Fuji artistes, Ajibola Alabi Pasuma and Saheed Osupa could not believe their eyes, when the artistes embraced each other in a brotherly manner at an event in Ibadan, Oyo. The two ‘rival’ musicians were invited to the Ramadan lecture put together by the Oyo State chapter of…
The Nigerian authorities have confirmed that 44 persons have died in the twin bomb attack that rocked the city of Jos on Sunday night. Suspected members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram attacked a mosque and a restaurant in Jos, the Plateau State capital, which left scores of people dead. The terrorists bombed a…
The Nigeria Police has stressed that they have no plans to apprehend the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over a petition they received alleging that the lawmaker forged a document of the Senate. In a statement issued by the Force Headquarters, it was disclosed that rather than arrest Ekweremadu, he would be invited for questioning…