The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Engr Razaq Fadipe, has confirmed to Aproko247 that only 11 shops were affected in the early morning fire incident that occurred at a Sawmill Market in Ipaja area of Lagos State on Tuesday. Speaking with our reporter when contacted, Engr Fadipe stated that the prompt response of his…
A fire incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday at a Sawmill Market in Lagos. Information gathered by Aproko247, however, confirms that there were no human casualties recorded in the inferno, which destroyed lots of properties in the market. The incident happened at the Sawmill Market at Pako Bus Stop, along Ipaja Road, Lagos.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it will conduct the Ekiti State governorship election in June 2014. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, on Sunday, revealed this to Punch in an interview in Abuja. He said the timetable for the polls would be agreed on within the timeframe speculated…
When some years ago, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, was established, not many thought it would today be a viable security organ in the country. Now, the Civil Defence, as the agency is also called, has turned out to be one of the most trusted and effective security agencies in Nigeria, despite…
The fight between Association of Igbo Youths, AIYO, and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a new twist with the youth group giving an ultimatum to the Ralph Uwazurike-led MASSOB to evacuate and bury the corpses of slain members abandoned in mortuaries between 2003 and 2013. In…
Aproko247 can authoritatively report that a notorious oil pipeline vandal that operates in Lagos and Ogun States, Dayo Okiki, has been arrested by officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Okiki was apprehended on Saturday morning in Lagos, following an intelligent information gathered by the Civil Defence. The security agency got information…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged residents of the state to continue to support the administration of the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi “for the many giant and generational projects and programmes being undertaken by the state government under his able leadership to uplift the living standard of our people,…
The remains of Iyetade, daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, would be laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, January 10, 2014. The “cherished” daughter of the renowned writer and author died on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the University Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, after a brief illness. A statement released by the family…
Naijahottestgist has reported that some angry youths in Lagos gave a member of the House of Representatives, Yomi Ogunusi, the beating of his life on Wednesday after the lawmaker only returned to his constituency for the first time since he won at the election in 2011. Ogunusi would have died from the assault if not…
Authority sources within the government circle in Ilorin, Kwara State have revealed that the executive Governor of the State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed is once again a darling father of a baby boy, courtesy of his pretty mistress, Yinka Olanrewaju. Our impeccable sources confirmed that the boy, who is said to be a split image of…