The use of commercial motorcycles popular called ‘achaba’ in the northern part of Nigeria, is to be prohibited in some areas in Kaduna State. The State House of Assembly recently passed a bill to that effect and proscribed jail term or fine or both for violators when the bill is signed into law. The bill…
Adam Attah, first civilian governor of Kwara State, has died. Attah passed away on Thursday at his residence along Airport Road in Abuja. The deceased was a lawyer by profession and was a former Federal Permanent Secretary. Late Attah was buried this evening according to Islamic rites at his Kuroko residence in Okene, Kogi State.…
A mob pounced on three men suspected to be kidnappers in Ota area of Ogun State on Wednesday, burning them to ashes before the police could rescue them. The incident took place on Ijoko road, Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of the state. The hoodlums were attracted to the scene when the kidnapped victim…
Deputy Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Blaise Orji, has been asked to step down by his colleagues in the Assembly. The lawmaker was suspended from office on Tuesday along with two others. Orji was accused of insubordination by the House. At the plenary on Tuesday, Orji, representing Afikpo South East, with two…
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday axed two Commissioners and board Chairmen in the state. The affected Commissioners were Bassey Albert Akpan (Finance) and Effiong Abia (Rural Development). The two men were shown the way out “in view of the need to reinvigorate the machinery of government and drive further the Uncommon…
No fewer than 10 persons were rescued from a collapsed building in Oworonsoki area of Lagos State. They were trapped in the property, which went down on Thursday. Aproko247 learnt that the incident happened at 11, Sand Beach Lane, Off Alonge Street, Off Surulere, Oworonsoki, Lagos and it involved a two-storey building in the area.…
A raging inferno on Thursday engulfed a Mammy Market in Lagos, destroying several properties in the process. The fire affected some shops at the market tucked inside the Army Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos. The Public Information Officer, South West Zone of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident and disclosed that…
Chairman of Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Tajudeen Agbede, has promised to install Circuit Camera Televisions, CCTV, in motor parks in the state as part of the union’s effort to strengthen its security systems. Agbede disclosed this on Thursday while reacting to the bomb explosion that killed over…
Ubale Sa’idu Dotsa, an alleged rapist, has been sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in Kano. The 63 years old man was found guilty of the offence by the court. Dotsa was accused of raping a 10-year-old girl and infected her with the HIV disease. His two late wives allegedly died of…
Late Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adeshina, will be finally laid to rest on Friday, April 25, 2014, the state House of Assembly has announced. Chairman of the House committee on Information, Oyebo Aladetan, while briefing newsmen at the Assembly Complex disclosed that arrangements have been finalised to give the late Speaker…