Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has confirmed the appointments of three persons to serve as his aides. A statement issued on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, disclosed that appointments are with immediate effect. The news appointees are Onoriode Kevin Akpe, who will serve as the Head of Events, Abuja office;…
..Says Amori not contesting Delta PDP Chair Position Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Friday said contrary to speculations, Senator Ighoyota Amori, will not contest the state’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairmanship election. “Senator Ighoyota Amori is not contesting the post of PDP chairman in Delta State. He is not…
For those who have been to Ebonyi State in the last 10 months, they will attest to the fact that the state is gradually wearing a new look under Governor David Nweze Umahi, fondly called DNU. From the metropolis to the rural areas in the state, the action governor, as some locals love to call…
As part of efforts to reduce cost of governance and establish public procurement processes, the Ondo State Government has sent some of its officials to the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency to understudy the latter’s strategies and modalities on procurement. In her remark while receiving the four-man Technical Committee from Ondo State, the State Head…
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Bar Beach Division, Lagos, CSP Olusegun Ajamolaya, recently combed suspected criminals’ hideout in Victoria Island area of Lagos and its environs. The senior cop led his men to the operation, which lasted about two hours. Areas raided include Ahmadu Bello Way, Kuramo junction, Eko Hotel roundabout, Adeola…
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ordered the reopening of the Mile 12 Market, which was closed about two weeks ago. It would be recalled that 14 days ago, the governor directed the closure of the market due to a violence that broke out in the area. Several persons were killed during a riot that…
Nominees of governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for the board membership of the Lagos Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, have now been confirmed. The four-member LASIEC board were confirmed by the Lagos State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Lagos is already preparing to conduct election into its local government councils and…
A woman believed to be in her 50s was on Tuesday maltreated in the Dopemu area of Lagos State by some irate youths. Aproko247 gathered that the unidentified woman was accused of attempting to kidnap a child around Okeho Street in Dopemu, near Akowonjo, Egbeda, Lagos, when she was caught. The angry mob did not…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday appealed to occupants of Lekki Gardens to leave the premises immediately as the government begins a stability test on all buildings constructed by the developer to ascertain their structural integrity. Ambode said any of the structures found to have failed the test would be demolished. He further set up a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to resuscitate the War Against Indiscipline, WAI, he introduced when he was a military ruler in 1983. The WAI programme was brought up in the 80s by the then Buhari military regime, which was meant to restore orderliness, sanity and discipline in the country. At the plenary last Thursday,…