Some gunmen numbering about six, according to an eyewitness, shot dead a community leader in Bayelsa State at the early hours of Monday. The victim, Morris Jonathan, 34, was a former Chairman of Peremabiri Community Development Committee, CDC, where he hails from. He was assassinated at his residence in Akenpaiarea in Yenagoa, the state capital.…
Exactly a week after a rally of the Save Rivers Movement was disrupted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, the group has again been attacked by some hoodlums in the state. On Sunday, the planned rally at Khana local government area of Rivers State was marred by violence when hundreds of suspected thugs unleashed terror…
An alleged admission scammer, Obinna Okoro, has been arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspect was nabbed in Owerri, Imo State by the anti-graft body for allegedly obtaining money from his victim under false pretence. He was accused of duping one Dr Essien Edet of € 5,000, 00 under…
Barely five days after a former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State, Ranti Akerele, died in the state, another Commissioner has kicked the bucket. This time, it is the former Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Akerele Adu. He served under the administration of former Governor Adebayo Adefarati, who died in 2007. Adu died at…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Television, LTV 8, Ikeja, Lekan Ogunbanwo, has left the organisation in that capacity. Information available at our disposal confirms that the astute broadcaster has now been redeployed to the Parastatal Ministry Office, PMO, also in Alausa, Ikeja. The redeployment was approved by the state…
The Ekiti State government has inaugurated a committee to look into the creation of Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state. Justice Akin Ajakaiye, a renowned historian, was named as Chairman of the committee. The state governor, Kayode Fayemi, speaking at the inauguration of the committee, which was held at Lady Jibowu Hall, Government…
Information reaching Aproko247 from the city of Onitsha, Anambra State indicates that there was pandemonium in the area on Wednesday morning. Some residents of the commercial city confirmed to this magazine that some members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, unleashed terror on some Northerners in the area.…
A former Commissioner in Ondo State, Ranti Akerele, has died. Late Akerele was the ex-Commissioner for Information in the state. The veteran broadcaster gave up the ghost on Tuesday morning. Late Akerele was the first Commissioner of Information under the current administration of governor Olusegun Mimiko. Until his death, the broadcaster was a Pastor at…
Thousands of revellers had horrific experience making their way into the clear space for the Lagos Countdown 2013, making the event dubbed as ‘Africa’s biggest New Year eve party’, a major letdown. The countdown into the New Year was marred by very poor organization, barring a lot of revellers from enjoying the night as unannounced…
The abductors of the mother of a Bayelsa State monarch, Walter Agiri, Ikhiogha Walter, and his daughter, Yellow Joseph, have regained freedom after spending some days in the den of the kidnappers. It’s not certain if any ransom was paid to the hoodlums to secure the release of the 74-year-old woman and the 24-year-old lady.…