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…
The recent postponement of the Kogi State governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, earlier scheduled to hold on Thursday, September 10, 2015 by the National Working Committee, NWC, has thrown up a deep-rooted crisis brewing within the National leadership of the party. The postponement, according to a statement by the party’s spokesperson, Olisa…
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, fired four Commissioners in his cabinet. The governor disclosed that the sack of the affected officials is with immediate effect. Oshiomhole said he took this action in line with his commitment to fortify the system towards optimal performance. The affected persons are Mrs Blessing Maigida,…
Governor Atiku Bagudu has appointed Babale Yauri as Secretary to the State Government, SSG. A statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Muazu Dakingari, disclosed that the former Head of Civil Service of the state was appointed to the position based on his past records. Yauri holds a Political Science certificate from…
No fewer than two persons were feared dead on Monday in a clash between two rival cult groups in Ogun State. Our reporter gathered that the fight was between members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities in Ago Odo and Elega area of Abeokuta, the state capital. It was further gathered that not less than…
A new Emir has been announced for Missau community and he is the present Secretary to Bauchi State Government, Ahmed Suleiman. Suleiman is ascending the throne came after the demise of the former Emir of Misau, Muhammadu Manga III on Monday, August 17, 2015. A statement issued on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary in charge…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has vowed not to be moved by blackmail, a tool being used by his distractors to misinform the public on his stand to grow Internally Generated Revenue of the state. In a statement issued in Ilorin by his media aide, Dr Muideen Akorede, the governor stressed that IGR is…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has ordered the reinstatement of some non-indigene fired from the state civil service by his predecessor, Theodore Orji. The workers on the Abia State payroll were disengaged from the service by Orji because they were not from the state. This action sparked criticisms back then. Information reaching us shows…
The lifeless body of Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Caroline Oriola, was said to have been found in her office within the Assembly premises on Monday, August 24, 2015. It was learnt that Oriola had gone to the office on Saturday, August 22, but did not return home and her…
The Kwara State Government has shed light on its decision to take the Federal Government bailout loan of N5 billion. According to a statement issued in Ilorin by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Kwara State Governor, Dr Muideen Akorede, the loan was requested for to pay accumulated arrears of salaries…