Doctors under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, Ekiti State Chapter, have been directed to withdraw their services at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH. The order follows the abduction of one of its members by some unknown gunmen on Thursday evening in Ado Ekiti. A former Chief Medical…
An indefinite industrial action has been embarked upon by workers in Plateau State. The employees are furious over the refusal of the government to pay their salaries, gratuity and pension to retirees for over five months. Organised labour in the state, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Trade Union Congress, TUC; and the Joint Negotiating…
If reports reaching our newsroom are anything to go by, then residents of Lagos State may soon heave a sigh of relief. This is because the daily traffic gridlocks commuters go through may soon become a thing of the past. Aproko247 learnt that there are serious plans by the state government to ensure the rail…
The Lagos State Government has constructed two new fire stations in the state, bringing the total number of such in the state to 15. This, according to the Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Oyinlomo Danmole, is in furtherance with the determination of the Governor Babatunde Fashola-led administration to build at least a fire station…
The production of locally made gin otherwise called ogogoro has been banned by the Ondo State government. This followed the strange death of no fewer than 18 persons in the state some days ago, after they reportedly consumed a ‘contaminated’ gin. Addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital at the weekend, the Commissioner for Health,…
Some residents of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, woke up on Saturday morning to witness a horrifying death of no fewer than four persons, who were reportedly killed by a truck carrying fully loaded container. Our reporter gathered that the ugly incident occurred in Agric Bus Stop area of Ikorodu while some residents were still…
The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of human and vehicular activities during the April sanitation exercise across the state. In a statement issued by Fola Adeyemi on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment, it was disclosed that the decision to remove the restriction in this month’s exercise is as a result of…
The Lagos State Government has announced Saturday, May 2, 2015 as the new date for the 2015 edition of the glamorous Lagos Carnival. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-governmental Affairs, Disun Holloway, the state government explained that the event was earlier postponed from the traditional Easter Monday because of the…
A peaceful demonstration was staged on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, by members of the state House of Assembly. The lawmakers were protesting the non-payment of their salaries for two months by the state government. The angry congressmen rose from a plenary and marched straight to the office of the Accountant-General of Imo…
Some angry supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State staged a demonstration on Friday to kicked against an alleged attempt to divert election materials meant for Saturday’s governorship and State House of Assembly polls in an area of the state. However, the alleged diversion was foiled by some members of the party.…