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.…
A car bomb attack occurred on Saturday morning at a polling unit in Enugu State, though no life was lost. It was gathered that a black colour Honda baby boy car. with registration number KUJ 971 LB, driven by yet to be identified persons and allegedly with some suspected Improvise Explosive Device, IED, exploded, shattering…
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sheu Abdulgafar as the new Chairman of the Kwara State Quranic Recitation Committee. Abdulgafar’s appointment was confirmed on Friday by the state governor, who wished him a fruitful and rewarding tenure in task of promoting Arabic recitation and education in the state. According…
Aproko247 has gathered that the Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday evening, escaped death by a whisker when some hoodlums believed to be loyal to governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Nyesom Wike, attacked his convoy. The incident took place at Rumuolumeni town in Rivers State, an area…