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…
Workers in Ekiti on Thursday began an indefinite industrial action over the non-payment of their salaries by the state government. This move came after the expiration of the 48 hours given to the state government to meet their demands. Chairman of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, in Ekiti State, Kolawole Olaiya, addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti,…
Ahead of the Children’s Day celebration on May 27, Heritage Bank has launched, The Protector, a comic book to deepen financial literacy among school children. The initiative is a fall-out of the declaration of May as “Children Banking Month” by the bank. The project, according to the bank, is in recognition of the pivotal role…
A tank farm belonging to leading oil and gas company, Chevron, has been destroyed by the new militant group, the Niger Delta Avenger. The group disclosed on Thursday, May 26, 2016, via it Twitter handle, @NDAvengers, that it blew up the facility because the company failed to listen to its (NDA) instructions. According to the…
The appointment of Mohammed Lawan Buba as Chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has been announced by the Federal Government. Buba’s appointment was disclosed in Abuna on Wednesday by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, after a meeting with leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to review…
Yes! It is another May 27th, a day set aside for children to celebrate. On this day, although kids will be away from school, very few of them expect to be at home throughout the day. The minds of children are very imaginative and there are certain activities you can engage in to bring them…