Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says there is no way he can sell off his family or himself just to pay the striking Ekiti workers. Fayose made this known on Thursday while addressing newsmen on salient issues affecting the state, top of which is the inability of the government to meet its obligation in the…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has called for the creation of a Nigerian Army Division in the state. The governor made this call, on Thursday, while playing host to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai who had paid him a courtesy visit at his Oke Mosan, Abeokuta office. While receiving the Army…
The Nigeria Police Force in its renewed determination to rid the society of crimes and all forms of criminality, has arrested five of the suspects involved in the midnight raid on Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on April 25, 2016. The suspects were reportedly apprehended by the IGP’s Intelligence Response…
On Thursday, members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Concerned Group led by Senator Ibrahim Mantu, met with the PDP National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the members of the Board of Trustees, BOT, at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja. During the meeting, issues concerning the party were discussed. Also in attendance were…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged that Nigeria will continue to meet all its obligations to the ECOWAS Commission. Receiving the new President of the Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza at the Presidential Villa, the President assured him that Nigeria will go on playing its leadership role in ECOWAS. The President told de Souza that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that his administration would do everything possible to protect children from “violence, child-labour, child-trafficking, forced marriages and other related offences.” He made this known in his Children’s Day message to the nation on Thursday. Buhari noted that “our children and youth have a very significant role to play in ensuring…
Twelve officers of Air Rank comprising 10 Air Vice Marshals, AVM, and two Air Commodores, Air Cdre, have been redeployed by authorities of the Nigerian Air Force. Aproko247 gathered that those affected by the new deployment include AVMs Auwal Muhammed as Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command (AOC TAC) Makurdi; Emmanuel Agwungwu as Air Officer…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Thursday, signed into law, the Bill creating 37 new Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs in the state. The ceremony was witnessed in Abeokuta, the state capital, by members of his cabinet. In his speech shortly after signing the Bill into law, Amosun noted that the creation of the…
Jose Mourinho is believed to have concluded a three-year deal as the new manager of Manchester United after being out of job since December 2015. Mourinho was relieved of his duties at Chelsea last December after a series of poor form at Stamford Bridge. The former Chelsea boss signed a deal with the current FA…
At the 51st Annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank, AfDB, African philanthropist Tony Elumelu, urged the private sector to tackle unemployment among African youths on the continent. Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and pan-African investment company Heirs Holdings, said during a panel session at the event…