More than 20,000 indigenes of Ogun State residing in Abuja and Federal Capital Territory have applauded Senator Solomon Adeola, aka Yayi, as the number one leader of the state origin in Abuja that identify with the cause of the indigenes in Abuja since they came together as a group a few years back. Giving the…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State says he was able to secure $1.2 billion investment from China to the state during his one-week work visit to the Asia country with President Muhammadu Buhari. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Adejuwon Soyinka. During the visit, Amosun…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has stressed the need for the state government to collaborate with the Nigerian Air Force to checkmate activities of vandals and other criminals on the waterways. Ambode made this known on Tuesday when he received the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar, at the Lagos House,…
Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, has paid glowing tribute to the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barrister Kingsley Burutu Otuaro who attained the age of 48 on Saturday. Igbuya described Otuaro’s life as one of huge professional and political accomplishments. In a congratulatory letter to the Deputy Governor, Igbuya said that he…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has highlighted the significance of the proposed amendment to the Local Government Law. At a one-day Stakeholders’ Meeting on the proposed amendment, which took place at the Lateef Jakande Auditorium in the Assembly complex, Alausa Ikeja, on Monday, Obasa explained that it is not to…
The Lagos Government on Monday said it would not hesitate to seal the properties of residents who default in paying their Land Use Charge (LUC), just as it warned that it may explore the option of prosecuting defaulters according to the Law. Addressing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa Secretariat, Commissioner for…
A tragic incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Lagos at the popular Oshodi of Lagos State. Aproko247 gathered that a commercial bus reportedly burst into flames and efforts to quench the inferno were not successful. According to an eyewitness, who informed this magazine of the incident, the vehicle suddenly caught fire under the Oshodi overhead…
Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Jonathan Obuebite, has appealed to journalists in the state to support the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, disclosed that the government will operate an open door policy in the dissemination of information to the media and the general public. Obuebite, while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Monday,…
There are currently ripples in Bayelsa State over the letter purportedly written by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Peter Ogunyanwo to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on threats of security breach due to the refusal of the House of Assembly to swear-in three opposition elected lawmakers. Ogunyanwo had received a letter from the three…
In a move to restore law and order in Plateau and Bauchi States, the governments, through the Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, have placed curfew on the herdsmen and cattle. The task force announced that from 7pm, cattle and herdsmen would not be allowed to move in the Plateau State and parts of Bauchi State in…