Henceforth, female workers in the Lagos State Civil Service will be entitled to six months maternity leave, the state government has declared. Making this pronouncement on Thursday, Lagos State Head of Service, Josephine Williams, at a press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital, explained that the new policy…
Day: July 17, 2014
Apete Bridge Collapses Days After Completion
Barely 10 days after the Oyo State commissioned the newly completed pedestrian bridge in Apete, Ibadan, Aproko247 can report that the facility has collapsed. The bridge, built to ease movement of people from Apete town through The Polytechnic Ibadan, crumbled on Tuesday night, according to information gathered by our reporter. At the commissioning of the…
Jonathan's 2015 Ambition May Break Nigeria–Joe Igbokwe
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, has warned that Nigeria’s democracy is on the brick of collapse if necessary steps are not urgently taken. Igbokwe, addressing a news conference in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, also expressed fears that President Goodluck Jonathan’s alleged ambition to contest in the 2015…
Jonathan Seeks $1b To Fight Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly requesting the approval of about $1 billion external loan to tackle the mounting security issues in the country. In a letter sent to both the Senate and the House of Representatives titled ‘Tackling Ongoing Security Challenges For Urgent Action’, the President explained that the money will…
Ekiti Tribunal Strikes Out APC Motion
Chairman of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Mohammad Sirajo, on Wednesday, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, struck out a motion exparte filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the governorship election that took place on June 21, 2014, which was won by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ayo…