Aproko247 can authoritatively report that a notorious oil pipeline vandal that operates in Lagos and Ogun States, Dayo Okiki, has been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Okiki was apprehended on Saturday morning in Lagos, following an intelligent information gathered by the Civil Defence. The security agency got information…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged residents of the state to continue to support the administration of the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi “for the many giant and generational projects and programmes being undertaken by the state government under his able leadership to uplift the living standard of our people,…
The remains of Iyetade, daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, would be laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, January 10, 2014. The “cherished” daughter of the renowned writer and author died on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, after a brief illness. A statement released by the family…
Naijahottestgist has reported that some angry youths in Lagos gave a member of the House of Representatives, Yomi Ogunusi, the beating of his life on Wednesday after the lawmaker only returned to his constituency for the first time since he won at the election in 2011. Ogunusi would have died from the assault if not…
Authority sources within the government circle in Ilorin, Kwara State have revealed that the executive Governor of the State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is once again a darling father of a baby boy, courtesy of his pretty mistress, Yinka Olanrewaju. Our impeccable sources confirmed that the boy, who is said to be a split image of…
If all permutations work in favour of Mrs Joy Ifijie, the widow upbraided by the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, some days ago, she might eventually end up as the First Lady of the state. Mrs Ifijie is beautiful and good to behold. Mrs Ifijie’s matter generated sympathy when Oshiomhole reportedly asked her to…
The Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, has been nabbed by the Rivers State Police Command. Lloyd was apprehended by the police on Thursday over the alleged murder Kingsley Ejeuo (his kinsman) and Urang Obediah (a police sergeant). In a statement made available to Punch on Thursday night by the…
A reporter with The Nation newspaper, Ben Ogbemudia, was on Monday attacked in Benin City, Edo State by some hoodlums. Ogbemudia was inflicted with a deep machete cut in his upper left arm by his attackers. The incident reportedly occurred at Eke Street, not far from St Saviour, Upper Sokponba Road, Benin City at about…
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped the six-year-old son of a former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Godknows Powell. Information available to us reveals that the boy was abducted in the early hours of New Year day along Etegwe road in Yenagoa, the state capital. Powell was the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development during the…
The police in Ibadan, Oyo State, has confirmed that the reported flying object found in the state on Sunday was only a toy and not a US drone as widely speculated in some sections of the media. This disclosure was made after the Chairman of Ido local government area of Oyo State, Professor Joseph Adeniyi…