An early morning inferno on Monday destroyed properties at the popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island of Lagos State. The fire, which started around 4:3am, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, consumed properties worth millions of Naira. No human casualty has been confirmed as at the time of filing this report. The inferno…
Ivorian footballer, Yaya Toure, has emerged 2014 African Footballer of Year for the fourth time in a row. The Manchester City FC of England midfielder defeated two other nominees to grab the coveted award in the African football. He was named at the Glo/CAF award ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday night. The two other…
Barely a year after popular media guru and showbiz personality, Dayo Adeneye, fondly called D1, established a hotel in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, tragedy has struck in the hospitality abode. Reports making the rounds have it that a teenager died at the hotel’s swimming pool on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Aproko247 gathered from reports…
Former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, held in Lagos on Monday as a “sham”. The former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana was defeated at the primaries by Jimi Agbaje, after he (Obanikoro) had been touted to emerge the party’s candidate based on his experience…
There was the disruption of peace in Lekki area of Lagos State on Friday morning when some commercial motorcyclists, hoodlums and policemen tested their strengths. The clash, Aproko247 gathered, was as a result of the ban of motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, within the Lekki Phase 1 estate. Eyewitnesses claimed some suspected thugs from the…
On Saturday, some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, and the military invaded the office of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos. The security operatives stormed the opposition party’s office located at 10, Bola Ajibola Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, between 5:30am and 7:30am on Saturday. The property is used by the party…
On Saturday, some officials of the State Security Service, SSS, and the military invaded the office of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos. The security operatives stormed the opposition party’s office located at 10, Bola Ajibola Street, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, between 5:30am and 7:30am on Saturday. The property is used by the party…
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has again lost his case against the Guardian Newspaper Limited and his opponent in the 2007 governorship election, Okechukwu Ezea. Chime dragged Ezea and the newspaper to court seeking N1.5 million as damages. He claimed Ezea defamed his character when he (Ezea) alleged that the governor planned to kill…
Popular comedian in Nigeria, Ayo Makun, famously known as AY, has moved into his new home in Lekki area of Lagos, Aproko247 has learnt. The humour merchant is now stays near superstar singer, 2Face Idibia, who relocated to the Lagos choice area from his Festac base. AY is one of the top earners in the…
It would be recalled that some months ago, Fuji maestro, Abass Akande Obesere was alleged to have forcefully had a carnal knowledge of a lady, who he claimed he was dating at the time the incident occurred at his Okota home in Lagos. He was then arrested by the Police, who later freed him. Aproko247…