Aproko247 has learnt that some residents of Ekiti State are worried over presence of hoodlums on major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The thugs, we were told, have blocked the roads, apparently to prevent the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from entering the city, and eventually getting to the State…
A midnight inferno consumed a market in Iyana Ipapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The incident left several vehicles, shops around the market destroyed by the fire. Aproko247 learnt from officials at the scene of the incident that a tanker loaded with fuel veered off the bridge at Iyana Ipaja and went up in…
Jigawa Governor The Emir of Dutse, Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi, has been axed by the new Jigawa State governor, Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru, as Chairman of Dutse Capital Development Authority, DCDA. Badaru made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Dutse, the state capital. The governor also announced the sack of other appointees of the…
Governor Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari “to intervene” in the lingering crisis between him and the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who are bent on removing him as the state governor. Tension rose again in the state on Monday when it was…
**Vows To Reduce Cost Of Governance Newly sworn-in governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has promised to do his best to cut down the cost of running government in the state. Ambode made this disclosure at the meeting he held with Permanent Secretaries in the state last Saturday, a day after he assumed office as…
The marriage between Elohor and Owen Aisien is presently going through a turbulent time, reports say. And the reason for this is because of an allegation of infidelity hanging on the man of the house, Owen. It was gathered that Elohor, owner of Beth Models, who is presently carrying their first child from the marriage,…
The Nigerian Under 20 team at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in New Zealand opened their Group E match against Brazil with a loss. The Flying Eagles lost 4-2 to Brazil in a match played in the early hours of Monday (Nigerian time). Gabriel Fernando de Jesus opened the scoreline for Brazil in the 4th…
President Muhammadu Buhari has made his first set of appointments since he was sworn-in as the number one citizen of Nigeria last Friday. He has approved the appointment of Femi Adesina as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, and Garba Shehu as his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. Their appointments were confirmed…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, and his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, have declared their assets, however, not publicly as many Nigerians had expected them to do. Buhari had promised Nigerians during his campaign that if he is eventually elected President of Nigeria, he would publicly declare his assets. Garba Shehu, Head, President Muhammadu Buhari Media Team,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the terrorists who attacked a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Saturday as “criminal elements” and “cowardly murderers that target innocent people.” In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by head of his media team, Garba Shehu, Buhari warned that “his new administration won’t tolerate wanton and…