More than 20,000 indigenes of Ogun State residing in Abuja and Federal Capital Territory have applauded Senator Solomon Adeola, aka Yayi, as the number one leader of the state origin in Abuja that identify with the cause of the indigenes in Abuja since they came together as a group a few years back. Giving the…
The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates in five of the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been declared winners of the Saturday April 9, 2016, Chairmanship elections. The Commission further said the APGA candidate in Gwagwalada Area Council was declared winner in…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that the management of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze and the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, are exploring the possibilities of partnership to boost the security and bring peace to the campus. The Corps, led by the State Commandant, Abdullahi Salau, was…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State says he was able to secure $1.2 billion investment from China to the state during his one-week work visit to the Asia country with President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Adejuwon Soyinka. During the visit, Amosun…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was kept waiting on Tuesday afternoon at the resumption of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Aproko247 gathered that Chairman of the CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, resumed late today, after he gave Saraki’s team two hours, from 10am to 12noon, to verify documents with banks. However, when…
As part of efforts to curb examination malpractices in public and private secondary schools in the on-going West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the Lagos State Government has concluded plans to send out different teams for an unscheduled visit to various Senior Secondary Schools during the examinations in order to ensure that malpractices is eradicated…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has stressed the need for the state government to collaborate with the Nigerian Air Force to checkmate activities of vandals and other criminals on the waterways. Ambode made this known on Tuesday when he received the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar, at the Lagos House,…
Social media can be used to do a lot of things today including complaining and getting the complaint resolved. Twitter is one of the best interactive networks to use to get a quick response especially as many organizations now have a strong Social Media presence. With the versatility of social media, some users still have…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, has paid glowing tribute to the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro who attained the age of 48 on Saturday. Igbuya described Otuaro’s life as one of huge professional and political accomplishments. In a congratulatory letter to the Deputy Governor, Igbuya said that he…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has highlighted the significance of the proposed amendment to the Local Government Law. At a one-day Stakeholders’ Meeting on the proposed amendment, which took place at the Lateef Jakande Auditorium in the Assembly complex, Alausa Ikeja, on Monday, Obasa explained that it is not to…