No fewer than 45 drug suspects have been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Gombe State. The alleged criminals were arrested by the agency between January and March 2014. The Gombe State Commander of the NDLEA, Aliyu Adole, disclosed last Friday that his men also seized 20kg of cannabis from the suspects…
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Gov Akpabio Employs 5000 Teachers
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has approved the immediate employment of 5000 teachers into public secondary schools in the state. The governor disclosed this last Thursday during a courtesy visit to his office in Uyo by the National President of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Michael Alogbe Olukoya. Akpabio emphasised that this gesture…
Ondo Bye-Election Inconclusive–INEC
Bye-election held on Saturday in the Ilaje Ese-Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which conducted the poll yesterday. The Returning Officer of the Commission in charge of the election, Professor Babatunde Adeyemi of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, disclosed that the results…
Police Arrests APC Women Leader's Murder Suspects
Some suspects have been apprehended in connection with the killing of an elected women leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State. On Saturday, March 29, 2014, the party in the state held its ward primaries and the deceased, Hadiza ‘Yarauta, emerged as the women leader in her ward, Morai, but was later…
Osun 2014: Omisore To Fly PDP Flag
Senator Iyiola Omisore has emerged the flagbearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2014 governorship election in Osun State. In a primary organised by the ‘umbrella party’ on Saturday in Osun State, Omisore defeated others who indicated interest in flying the party’s colour at the poll, which holds in August. Omisore won with…
Court Stops Toll Collection On Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the Lagos State government to stop the collection of any toll or tariff on the Lekki-Ikoyi suspension bridge. The bridge was recently opened for public use by the state governor, Babatunde Fashola. In its judgement, the court ruled that since the project was done by…
Court Frees Rivers Lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd Of Attempted Murder
Justice Ledan Nyordee of a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has discharged and acquitted the Majority Leader of the Rivers House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, of an attempted murder. The court held on Thursday that there was nothing it could do in the matter since the police was not willing to prosecute…
Lagos CBN Building In Flames
An afternoon fire affected a part of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, building in Lagos. The inferno, Aproko247 gathered, occurred on Tuesday at the Marina office of the Bank. The fire started from the ground floor of the building and spread to other parts, affecting some offices in the building. Men of both the…
Ekiti 2014: I Will Arrest You If…Fayemi Warns Fayose
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has warned the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the oncoming June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state, Ayo Fayose, not to cause violence in Ekiti State ahead of the poll. Fayemi, in a press statement on Monday, through his campaign organisation’s spokesman, Dimeji Daniels,…
Fire Destroys Gov Amosun’s Office
A fire incident was recorded in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday afternoon, which affected a part of the office of the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun. The incident left panic among members of staff of the office, who ran to safety. Office equipment, including computers and files were lost to the inferno. The old Protocol Officers’…