Have you ever purchased chocolate or any other product at the famous Chocolate Royale on Etim Inyang Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos? If yes is your answer, then it would be advisable that you quickly visit a competent hospital to ascertain your current health status, especially if you have done a check up for a long…
Category: Society
Oshiomhole Finally Remarries
Five years after losing his wife to cancer, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has given marriage a second shot. The Edo State number one citizen took his new found love, Lara Forte, to the Marriage Registry tucked inside the Auchi Etsako West local government area of the state to legalise his union with the charming Forte. Some…
EKSUTH Doctors Begin Strike
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…
Workers Begin Indefinite Strike In Plateau
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…
Lagos Light Rail To Begin Operations Soon
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…
Lagos Constructs New Fire Stations
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…
Ondo Government Bans Production Of Locally Made Gin
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,…
TRAGEDY: 4 Perish As Container Falls On Vehicles In Lagos
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…
Lagos Cancels Restriction During April Sanitation
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…
2015 Lagos Carnival Holds May 2
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…