A village in Borno State was on Friday morning invaded by hoodlums believed to be members of Boko Haram sect. The gunmen, at about 5am on Friday, stormed Damboa community, killing several residents of the area and also burning down many houses. It was learnt that security officials were not on ground to repel the…
Month: July 2014
Lagos Declares 6 Months Maternity Leave
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…
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…
Candlelight For Late Cynthomania Holds July 19
Information reaching us indicates that the candlelight procession for late Nigerian singer, Cynthomania, better known as Ada Owerri, will hold on Saturday, July 19, 2014. It was gathered by our reporter that the event will take place at the Obele Oniwala Sports Centre in Surulere, Lagos, by 5pm prompt. Aproko247 gathered that up and coming…
Ak-Makura Runs To Jonathan Over Impeachment Plot
Embattled governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has gone to Abuja to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan, over move by the State House of Assembly to remove him from office, Leadership Newspaper reports. Al-Mukura was served an impeachment notice by the Assembly, which is bent on impeaching him, just like his counterpart in Adamawa…
Ngilari Still Adamawa Dep Gov—Nyako Speaks
Ejected governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has reacted to his removal from office by the State House of Assembly on Tuesday afternoon. Nyako, in a press statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, disclosed that “in the eyes of the law, the deputy governor (Bala James Ngilari) has not…
N3b Loan Tears Zamfara Assembly Apart, Mace Destroyed
Members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly engaged themselves in a free-for-all on Tuesday and broke the official mace of the House in the process. During the melee, the mace was broken to pieces. This was as a result of the debate over the request by the state government to secure a loan of…