A usually crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, recorded an explosion on Tuesday morning, with causality figures yet unknown. The incident occurred some minutes past 8am on Tuesday. The market is located near the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCH, office in the area. Rescue officers promptly moved into the scene of the blast…
Those wishing to spread their religious beliefs to communities in Niger State may soon have acquire preaching permit from the government if an executive bill sent to the state House of Assembly is finally approved. The government, in a move to regulate religious preaching and establishment of worship centres in the state, has proposed that…
The management of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, has released the academic calender for the 2013/2014 session as approved by the university’s senate. Kayode Sutton, the school’s spokesman, in a statement issued on Friday, noted that the institution has resumed for the session, revealing also that the first semester of the new session would run…
A blast in Lagos has claimed the lives of three persons, Aproko247 has learnt. The explosion also destroyed some cars and buildings around the scene of the incident. Though this magazine could not yet ascertain if the explosion was a car bomb, as widely claimed, however, an eyewitness near the scene told our reporter that…
Chairman of Sanga Local Government Council of Kaduna State, Emmanuel Adamu, has announced a 24-hour curfew on the council. In a statement released on Wednesday in Kafanchan, the council boss noted that the action became necessary in order to restore peace to the trouble areas of the local government. He added that the curfew was…
A report reaching our newsroom confirms that the Galadima of Adamawa, Aliyu Raji, has died. It was learnt that the reputable son of Adamawa gave up the ghost on Tuesday, June 25, 2014 at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, the state capital. He was said to have died of an undisclosed illness. The late Galadima…
Those very conversant with the happenings of Benue State, according to a report, are much aware of an alleged romance between the state governor, Gabriel Suswam, and an Abuja-based Tiv big girl named Shidoo Imo. According to Global Excellence Magazine, the illicit affair between the number one citizen of the state and this pretty lady…
Mother-in-law of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly has been freed by her abductors. The woman was seized by some gunmen on May 30, 2014 at her Seibiri family compound in Korokorosei community, Southern Ijaw local council area of the state. A statement released on Friday by Special Assistant to the Speaker on…
Several residents of Ibadan trooped out in their numbers to see the remains of Ibadan business mogul, Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao, who died on Wednesday in London, England. The body of the late Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland touched down in Ibadan on Friday morning and was…
Come Saturday, June 21, 2014, Ogidi town in Ijumu local government area of Kogi Statea will welcome the high and mighty in the Yoruba race as the ‘Ogidi Day’ holds in grand style. The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuade will be the royal father of the day, while the Kogi State…