The monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Lagos State will hold on Saturday, July 30, 2016, and will be dedicated to cleaning of drains and canals across the state to allow for free flow of water as the rainy season nears its peak, the state government has declared. Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare, disclosed in a…
Some protesters who claimed to be street traders and hawkers in Lagos on Thursday, July 28, 2016, stormed the seat of power in the state, Alausa, Ikeja, to kick against ban on their activities by the government. The demonstrators, who trooped in in large number, carried placards conveying different messages. The traders claimed the ban…
Private schools operating in Lagos State which are yet to be registered have been given two weeks to the necessary or incur the wrath of the state government. This, the government said, is in line with its pursuit to ensure delivery of high quality education to all pupils and students in the state. To this…
The Ogun State government has offered to adopt the nine-year-old boy chained by his father, Francis Taiwo. The victim, Korede Taiwo, was handed over to the state government by the Ogun State Police Command in Abeokuta. Korede was rescued last week by a combined team of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Security and…
Reports reaching us indicate that some militants engaged policemen in Lagos on Tuesday morning in a gunfire that lasted hours. It was learnt that the militants stormed the sleepy town of Igando in Lagos and started looting shops, robbing residents as well. Policemen were quickly drafted to the area, which is a suburb of Lagos…
Tragedy was let loose on Monday afternoon in Lagos when a heavy duty vehicle fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol, spilled its content on the ground and burst into flames afterwards. It was learnt that the fire spread to the popular Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, thereby causing traffic gridlock in the area. Several…
Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Henry Ebireri has again disowned John Olose. “I have stated the true position as to the status of Mr. John Olose concerning the office of the Speaker. Perhaps, Sahara Reporters will be kind enough to give us the designation of Olose in the office…
**Describes First Year In Office As Tough By Henry Ebireri Ovie Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Sunday spoke on the challenges, gains and distractions in his first one year in office, describing his colleagues as wonderful people. Igbuya described the first one year as tough. “Before June 8, 2016,…
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State has condoled the government and people of Kano State over the death of their former Deputy Governor, Engineer Magaji Abdullahi. Abubakar described the death of Abdullahi as a monumental loss, not only to Kano state, but to the entire nation. The governor recalled that the late former Deputy…
On Friday, July 22, 2016, the Lagos State government finally commissioned the newly built Alade Market in the Ikeja area of the state. According to what Aproko247 gathered, the ceremony was performed by the wife of Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Bolanle. Mrs Ambode urged traders in the state to continue to support the administration…