News reaching Aproko247 shows that an inferno has engulfed the factory of a paint company, Fine Coat, in Lagos. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but we gathered that thick smoke filled the air in the area. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly destroyed some properties in the company. However,…
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, scaled through his screening at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. The former Minister of State for Defence was only asked to take a bow by Senate President, David Mark, when he appeared before the lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon. This is the tradition for former members of the National…
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, engaged themselves in a free-for-all on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the state capital, causing the disruption of public peace in the area. However, no life was lost in the fracas. The youth wing of the opposition party in the state,…
Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, Martin Luther Agwai, has been removed from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement issued on Tuesday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed that Ishaya Dare Akau has been appointed to take over from Agwai. Abati explained in the statement that…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has declared a week of mourning for nine of its members who were killed in two separate incidents in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday night. While five of the men were killed in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt, the other four met their…
Leader of Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new audio release that his group will run to the Islamic State, ISIS, militant group when the need arises. The audio was released on the group’s Twitter account on Saturday. ISIS controls most parts of Syria and Iraq and has brutally killed several…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of paying N5000 each to those who took part in Saturday’s ‘one million March4Buhari’ in Lagos. This allegation was made by the PDP via a press statement issued by its spokesman, Taofik Gani. The opposition party in Lagos State said…
bomb A suicide bomb attack in Borno State has left about eight persons dead on Saturday morning. The development is coming just as the Nigerian troops, with the help of their foreign counterparts, are reclaiming some lost towns under the control of Boko Haram. It was learnt that the suicide bomber, who was riding a…
The scheduled ‘walk for change’ in Lagos on Saturday was attended by several Nigerians from all walks of life. The walk, tagged ‘March4Buhari’, was organised by the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the March 28, 2015 presidential poll. According to the organisers of the event, the ‘March4Buhari’ was also staged to reject any further…
By Oladipupo Awojobi The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Taiwo Kolawole has said that there is nothing like a Bill on Life Pension for Speakers and Deputy Speakers of the House in the Assembly. He stated this in a telephone interview on Thursday, saying the issue was part of the…