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…
Aproko247 has been informed that about 161 students from 141 Nigerian universities will be hosted next week by the House of Representatives. According to information made available to our reporter, the student will have a 2-day interactive forum with the lawmakers on May 9 and 10, 2016 at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The…
It is no longer business as usual for those who find pleasure in seizing others in exchange for money as the Senate has agreed to begin a process for the enactment of a law that would prescribe capital punishment for them. This was reached on Wednesday during plenary. The lawmakers also asked state governments to…
Former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has been taken back into the political party he dumped years ago, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was disclosed in a communiqué released on Wednesday after a meeting of the party in South West, which took place in Ondo State. “That we welcome Governor Adewolu Rashidi Ladoja…
What’s suspected to be a bomb went off in the early hours of Wednesday in the commercial nerve centre of Onitsha, Anambra State. The incident reportedly injured some traders at a market, where the explosion took place. As at the time of filing this report, Aproko247 could not confirm if anyone was killed in the…