Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election held in the state on Tuesday. Sylva defeated his closest contender, Timi Alaibe, to grab the sole ticket of the party for the governorship election, which holds later in 2015. The former governor polled 726 votes, while…
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State distributed rams and food items to some Islamic clerics in the state despite a directive from the League of Imams and Alfas in the state banning its members from collecting the governor’s gift. A communiqué signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary of the clerics’ body, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase, and…
A two-storey building under construction in Lekki area of Lagos State has collapsed. The structure reportedly went down on Tuesday morning. However, our reporter could not confirm if there was any human casualty at the scene of the unfortunate incident as at press time. Details later.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sent names of his would-be Commissioners and Special Advisers to the state House of Assembly for approval. In the list are 23 Commissioners and 13 Special Advisers, who are mainly technocrats and the governor hopes to work with them to move the state forward. At the moment, Ambode…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 17, 2015 arraigned a pastor, Emmanuel Anga, and Atin Victor Generous, before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe State on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N500,000. Anga and Generous, are alleged…
Two suspected hoodlums in Ogun State were arrested by police in the state on Thursday with a single barrel gun and a Police warrant identify card. They were said to have been collecting money from drivers plying the Agbara Road, Ota, in Ado Odo Ota local government area of Ogun State. According to spokesman of…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Ovwigho Igbuya, has described the former Commissioner for Housing in the state, Paulinus Akpeki as a curse to the state, particularly Sapele Local Government, stating further that his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is a good riddance to bad rubbish. Igbuya, in a statement signed…
A raid by some gangsters in a community in Plateau State on Wednesday morning left not less than 17 persons dead. It was said that the gunmen, numbering over 20, stormed Kadunung village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, destroying houses and shops in the area. Many residents of the village were said…
At least two churches in Kaduna State have been closed down immediately on the directive of the state governor, Nasir El Rufai. Also shut were a seminary and a church-owned hospitals and secondary school all in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna by El-Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel…
ambode Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has sacked the Managing Director of LAGBUS Asset Management Limited, Tunde Disu, Aproko247 has learnt. Ambode also removed the Director General of the Lagos Safety Commission, Odebunmi Dominga; and the General Manager of Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Authority, LASIMRA, Joe Igbokwe. It was learnt that Disu was sacked some…