Report reaching Aproko247 has it that some pensioners in Imo State have taken to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to stage a peaceful demonstration over the non payment of their pension arrears for about 26 months by the state government. The angry retired workers called on the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to immediately…
There was pandemonium in Osun State on Tuesday, when some students of Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo, stormed the school in their church garments. It would be recalled that there had been controversies in Osun State over a ruling that authorised the wearing of hijab, a veil worn by Muslim women, to school. Christians in…
Workers in Ekiti State who have embarked on an industrial action for the last three weeks have declared a three-day fast to seek God’s intervention in their case. The aggrieved employees resorted to go spiritual in a bid to hasten the payment of their five months salaries owed by the state governor, Ayodele Fayose. A…
Sikirulai Ogundele Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has been berated for what the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, termed ‘insensitivity to matters of importance to members of the public and indigenes of the state. According to the party, the fact that Amosun did not declare Monday, June 13, as public holiday…
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday said his administration has commenced the process of developing a top class International Convention Centre that would boost trade and investments, just as he reiterated his unwavering commitment to ensuring the ease of doing business in the state. The governor made this known while speaking at the Lagos…
On Monday, June13, 2016, the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, swore-in new sole administrators to take charge of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in the state, with a reassurance that his administration would spare nothing to make governance at the grassroots vibrant and responsive. Ambode, who spoke at the…
By Fidel Njamanze Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, Wednesday made a critical appraisal of the Delta State House of Assembly, describing the Sixth Assembly as “the most stable and promising.” Igbuya who spoke in Asaba on the occasion of the first anniversary celebration of the Sixth Assembly said the House…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has granted pardon to 17 prisoners serving various jail terms in the state. He equally commuted the death sentences on four other prisoners to life imprisonment. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Adejuwon Soyinka, made this known in a statement issued and signed in Abeokuta on Thursday. Soyinka…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that his administration will establish a state-of-the-art Teaching Hospital to support the College of Medical Sciences set up for the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST. Addressing journalists at the Old Site of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching on Thursday, Wike said that the…
Serving Magistrates in Rivers State have been splashed with official vehicles by the state governor, Nyesom Wike. The cars were presented to the beneficiaries in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Wike disclosed that he was doing the gesture as a way of making life comfortable to them. The governor commissioned…