The Nigerian Senate has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint 15 Special Advisers to aid his day-to-day running of his administration. Buhari had written to the red chamber, seeking the consent of the lawmakers to appoint qualified Nigerians as his advisers. Members of the Senate, who sat on Wednesday at the National…
Nigeria has been congratulated by Brand South Africa on the appointment of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank, AfDB. Chief Executive Officer of Brand South Africa, Ms Alice Puoane, in a statement she personally signed, noted that Adesina’s appointment is for the African continent, which recently adopted the Agenda 2063, a…
On Children’s Day in Nigeria on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, some kids were treated to a week-long fun by Heritage Bank. The occasion took place at the famous Dream World Carnival in Lekki, Lagos in collaboration with Inspiration FM. Apart from different activities the participating children were involved in, they went home with several gift…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has begun investigations into the administration of his predecessor and perceived political enemy, Rotimi Amaechi. Addressing Permanent Secretaries in the state on Tuesday, the governor ordered them to produce full account details of their ministries’ expenditure in the last 18 months. The meeting was held at the Government House…
Some unknown persons have kidnapped the Regent of Akungba-Akoko, Princess Mojisola Omosowon. She was forcefully picked up by the gunmen on Wednesday morning along the Owo-Akure road in Ondo State. Princess Omosowon was said to be on her way to the inaugural lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Akure, the state…
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…