Renovation of the Herbert Macaulay Public Library in Yaba, by the Lagos State Government has commenced. Also, the state government plans to upgrade the educational facility to an international standard. According to what Aproko247 gathered, the project is being carried out through a partnership with Guaranty Trust Bank as part of the Lagos State Government’s…
pdp Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has chided the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government that it has achieved nothing in its one year in office. PDP, mocking the former opposition party, said the only thing the APC can show to Nigerians as its achievement is just photographs. It said if…
A soldier in the Nigerian Army, Peter Temidayo, also known as Dudu Black, has concluded plans to launch his new album, ‘Call Me’, on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The occasion is slated for Community Hall in Mosafejo Amukoko, Lagos by 2pm prompt. The dark-skinned artiste disclosed that his ‘Call Me’ project is a combination of…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been told to appear before the Senate over his threat to withdraw the license of any bank that retrenches its staff. The Senate said it finds the threat alarming and could create more problems. Chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Rafiu Ibrahim, said…
The Nigerian government might have to deal with more groups in the Niger Delta following the floating of a new one called the Ultimate Warriors of Niger Delta. This new cabal has threatened to continue to attack oil and gas facilities across the Niger Delta region unless the Nigerian government agreed to award 60 per…
Members of the dreadful Boko Haram group have been forced to remain caged inside their stronghold in Sambisa Forest, the Nigerian military disclosed on Wednesday in a press conference. Commander of the counter-insurgency operation in the North-East, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, informed newsmen while highlighting the successes of the Nigerian troops against…
Finals of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup Season 7 will take place on Friday, June 10, 2016, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Aproko247 has learnt. The competition is the grassroots soccer tourney in West Africa and this year’s finals promises to be an exhilarating encounter between two teams as they stake their claim as ultimate…
The industrial action threatened by the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, NARD, has commenced on Thursday, June 9, 2016. NARD had given the Federal Government a warning that it members would stay away from government-owned hospitals in the country unless their demands were met. President of the association, Muhammad Askira, announced on Tuesday,…
Publisher of ThisDay newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, has sacked the 13 workers who threatened him with an industrial action over the non-payment of their 12 months’ salaries. The affected members of staff are from the editorial department of the popular journal’s office in Abuja. In a memo issued on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, to Obaigbena, who…
If you have had an extremely busy and long day, and you are finally free to eat at about 11pm, maybe, of course, it makes sense that you would want to gulp down a heavy meal to assuage the persisting hunger no matter how late in the day it is. Eating late at night is…