The Federal Government has announced the prohibition of unauthorised drones within the Nigerian airspace. This ban was contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by the General Manager, Public Relations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye. Adurogboye noted that before Remotely Piloted Aircraft, RPA, also known as drone, can be…
The Edo State House of Assembly has been taken over by the Nigeria Police to forestall any breakdown of law and order. Last week, the Assembly was plunged into leadership crisis, which led to the emergence of two Speakers, Victor Eboror and Mrs Elizabeth Ativie. On Monday morning, armed policemen were seen at the premises…
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday morning, presented himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The former spokesman to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo was invited last Friday by the anti-graft agency over allegation bordering on fraud. He was asked to be at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday by 11am for…
Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki escaped death by whisker on Sunday when some gunmen opened fire on him and his supporters at Sobe in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki, who expressed shock at the ugly incident, said he was lucky not to have…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South South region of Nigeria converged in Delta State on Sunday to strategise on how to claim back Edo State, which was lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2008. The governors held a closed-door meeting at the Government House in Asaba and had five…
Four persons have been confirmed dead in the unfortunate train accident that occurred on Saturday in Jebba, Kwara State. Assistant Director in charge of Publicity in the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, Rauf Akinloye, disclosed to journalists on Sunday that three other passengers also sustained injuries in the accident involving the Lagos-Kano train. According to Akinloye,…
The general public will have the opportunity to access the controversial Panama Papers that have revealed how top figures in the world keep offshore companies not known to many. Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Wale Tinubu, a relative of Bola Ahmed Tinubu are among those already named in the leaks. Aproko247 gathered that the…
Members of a kidnapping syndicate terrorising residents of Kaduna State have finally been apprehended by the police. The group, comprising six persons, was captured by the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team. Those nabbed were Kashimu Shehu ‘m’ aka Baliago (the gang leader); Aliyu Mato ‘m’ aka yellow; Muhammedu Mamman ‘m’; Hassan Bello ‘m’; Bala…
It was an awesome miracle night in Lusaka Zambia as the crippled, blind, deaf and possessed who thronged the Heroes stadium during the prophetic invasion crusade anchored by Bro Joshua Iginla received instant healings and deliverance. The three days crusade which began on Thursday, witnessed an unusual turn out as the whole stadium was filled…
The important roles of midwives and nurses in the health sector and the society were appreciated during a programme organised in Abuja on May 4 and 5 by Toyin Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa, WBFA. The organisation partnered with the International Confederation of Midwives, UNFPA and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, to…