Members of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army are in Rivers State to see places damaged by the military earlier in 2016. The committee, led by Rimande Shawulu Kwewum, was taken round properties destroyed by soldiers, who unleashed terror on inhabitants of Ogoni communities. Part of the places visited on Tuesday, April 19,…
The trial of former Chairman, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, Akerejola Joseph Folorunsho and five others slated to begin on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 before Justice E. A. Edigin of the State High Court, Benin could not go on as planned as the defence is challenging the competence of the court to entertain…
For stealing a Holy Bible from a man returning from fellowship, two men have found themselves in prison, where they will live for the next 60 days. Augustine Victor, 28 and Richard Ejiofor, 20, were convicted at the Lagos Magistrate’s court in Lagos on Monday by presiding magistrate, Mrs J.O.E Adeyemi without an option of…
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…