**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…
The man of God who chained and tortured his nine-year-old son inside a room is reportedly on the run. On Friday, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State, rescued on Korede Taiwo, where he was chained with a padlock at a church in the state. According to facts emerging…
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has resigned from his position. Jegede made this known on Friday in a statement issued in Akure, the state capital. According to the Commission, he is leaving the Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s administration to enable him contest for the governorship seat in November 2016.…
Placement test into Public Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State for the 2016/2017 academic session will hold on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 255 designated centres across the State by 9am prompt. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, Hassan Olufemi, disclosed that over one hundred and forty thousand (140,000)…
The Kwara State government has released its federal allocation figures for the month of July, 2016. According to a statement issued on Friday by the State Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu, the State government received a total sum of N3, 117, 634, 155.58 from the federation account as allocation for July. Giving a breakdown, Banu…
Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has commissioned a newly reconstructed Police Station in Ikosi-Isheri area of the state, saying that no investment in the protection of lives and properties of Lagosians is too great regardless of the resources spent in achieving such feat. The governor said the construction and delivery of the modern Police Station…
Not less than 11 persons were on Thursday night burnt to death in an accident that occurred on Otedola Bridge near Berger on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Eight of the victims were men, while the three others were women. According to reports, the unfortunate incident took place around 6:10pm when the brake of a 14-seater passenger…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to always prioritise welfare of workers in the state. He made this promise while delivering an address at the 5th Triennial Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Rivers State Council in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor also assured the state civil servants…