Reprieve may have come the way of some former office holders in Local Government/Local Council Development Areas (LGA/LCDAs) of the state, as the Lagos House of Assembly has directed that their backlog of salary arrears, tenure allowances and severance package be paid. The former officer holders are chairmen and councilors that had served in…
Nigerian gospel entertainer, Ranti Alore has started a programme in a UK radio station, Alore made this known in a chat recently. She revealed that the new talk show is known as; ‘Imoran’ (Advice) and is aired every Sunday on www.naijafm.com and 101.1 FM UK. Her dream, which started in 2008 on Facebook through a…
A bill to protect consumers’ rights in Lagos was last week passed into law by the state House of Assembly at plenary. The bill was passed into law after members took the third reading of the bill. It is to be sent to Governor Babatunde Fashola for assent. The bill which is a private member…
Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has categorically declared that the days of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as the ruling party in Nigeria, are now numbered. The former number two citizen of the country under the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo stated this in an interview with Liberty Radio. He also disclosed that the emergence…
The Vice chairman of Etsako Central local government area of Edo State, Charles Eshiesimua, on Friday, slumped and died while waiting to see a doctor at the Irrua Specialist Hospital, also in Edo State. Late Eshiesimua had gone to the hospital for a medical check-up when the sad incident occurred. His demise took those at…
Information reaching Aproko247 confirms that a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Anthony Jeaga, who hails from Edo State, was on Monday killed by some unknown gunmen in Delta State. Until his demise, late Jeaga was the Divisional Traffic Officer in charge of Agbor Divisional Police Headquarters, where he was transferred to few months ago from…
One of the wives of late MKO Abiola, Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, has declared her intention to occupy the Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos Government House in 2015. Onitiri-Abiola made her gubernatorial ambition known in Lagos on Monday. According to her, she has solutions to the problems of unemployment, electricity and education facing Lagos State. She also revealed her…
No fewer than 52 persons were believed to have lost their lives on Sunday evening in a fresh attack in Borno State. The latest attack was reportedly executed by members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group. Also, about 300 houses were reported to have been burnt by the terrorists. The incident, as gathered, occurred…
An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has opposed his re-arraignment for laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2008. The case was again brought before Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday by the prosecuting counsel, Festus Keyamo. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia…
The House of Representatives has disclosed that the new Nigerian Constitution would be available by July 2014. This information was made public by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed, on Sunday in Kwara State. Mohammed noted that the delay in making the country’s Constitution ready was as a result of…