Category: Society

14 Perish In Lagos Boat Mishap

No fewer than 14 persons are believed to have died in Festac Town area of Lagos State. They reportedly died on Tuesday night after their boat capsized. The unfortunate incident reportedly occurred in a river around 41 Road in Festac Town at about 11: 30pm. The boat was ferrying about 15 people, which include 12…

Ex-House Of Reps Member Abducted In Rivers

Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former member of House of Representatives, Chiyere Igwe. The former lawmaker was abducted on Wednesday at the Eagle Island in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Victor Ihunwo, member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, informed newsmen in Port Harcourt that two other persons were abducted along with…

Ondo Loses Speaker, Samuel Adesina

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina, has passed on. Adesina died on Tuesday after a protracted illness. A statement released on Tuesday by the state government revealed that the deceased died after battling with cancer of the urinary bladder. “The untimely death of the Speaker occurred in the early hours of…

Fashola Inspects Ikorodu Housing Site

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has inspected a housing site in Agbowa, Ikorodu, a suburb of the metropolis. At a ceremony held on Thursday, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitments in providing affordable housing schemes for residents of the state. Fashola told newsmen, after the event, that he is more committed than ever before to…

Balat Goes Home Next Thursday

Late Senator Isaiah Balat would be buried next week Thursday, Aproko247 has learnt. The former Minister of Works died on Tuesday at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness. It was gathered that the late lawmaker will be buried at his hometown in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. He was…

Fashola Appends 'No Smoking' Bill

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State has signed into the ‘No Smoking in Public Places Bill’ earlier passed by the State House of Assembly. The Governor stated that the law would further complement his administration’s effort towards protecting the lives of residents of the ‘aquatic state’, as Lagos is also called. The law stipulates…

Kogi To Sack 520 Teachers

The Kogi State government has said that it would soon sack about 520 teachers in its workforce. Chairman of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Uman Jibrin, made this disclosure while defending the 2014 budget at the State House of Assembly complex in Lokoja, the state capital. Jibrin noted that the affected teachers…

LASU Reopens February 24

Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, will return to classes from Monday, February 24, 2014, a memo by its Senate has said. The Senate of the institution met on Friday last week to deliberate on the issue. The school was shut by its management on Thursday, January 23, 2014 after some students staged a…