Governor Akinwunmin Ambode of Lagos State has declared Friday, June 12, 2015 as public holiday. This is to commemorate the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria by former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, which was won by late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. The governor announced this on Thursday in a…
Following the abduction of a Catholic Priest in Ekiti State on Tuesday, the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has offered to give N2 million to anyone that provides useful information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators. Fayose, in a broadcast, expressed worry over the rise in kidnapping in the state. The governor disclosed that he…
Barely four days after a tanker fire exploded after it veered off the Iyana Ipaja flyover bridge on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, a similar incident has occurred not too far away from the scene of the last one. The latest incident, which took place on Friday night at…
An oil vessel carrying about 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil was seized by men of the Joint Task Force in Bayelsa State. Addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Friday, spokesperson of the JTF, Lt Col Ado Isa, disclosed that the vessel, registered as MV Europort, was seized at Foropa waterways in Bayelsa.…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has directed that the appellations; His Excellency and Executive be “dropped in all official and informal communication with him.” The governor said he simply wants to be addressed as Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State. He made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,…
An accident scene Tragedy was let loose on Thursday in Owena, a border town between Osun and Ondo States when an articulated vehicle rammed into a roadside market along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway in the town, leaving not less than 10 persons dead. It was reported that the trailer had a brake failure and in an…
A journalist working with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, has been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen. The victim, Ms Chide Okpara, is the Imo State correspondent of the Federal Government owned news agency. She was abducted on Wednesday night just as she got home from work. Our reporter learnt that Chide was seized by…
Some unknown persons have kidnapped the Regent of Akungba-Akoko, Princess Mojisola Omosowon. She was forcefully picked up by the gunmen on Wednesday morning along the Owo-Akure road in Ondo State. Princess Omosowon was said to be on her way to the inaugural lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, in Akure, the state…
A midnight inferno consumed a market in Iyana Ipapa area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The incident left several vehicles, shops around the market destroyed by the fire. Aproko247 learnt from officials at the scene of the incident that a tanker loaded with fuel veered off the bridge at Iyana Ipaja and went up in…
Jigawa Governor The Emir of Dutse, Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi, has been axed by the new Jigawa State governor, Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru, as Chairman of Dutse Capital Development Authority, DCDA. Badaru made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Dutse, the state capital. The governor also announced the sack of other appointees of the…