There was the disruption of peace in Lekki area of Lagos State on Friday morning when some commercial motorcyclists, hoodlums and policemen tested their strengths. The clash, Aproko247 gathered, was as a result of the ban of motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, within the Lekki Phase 1 estate. Eyewitnesses claimed some suspected thugs from the…
Ex-governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni can now enjoy the benefits of a former number one citizen of the state courtesy the incumbent helmsman of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose expressed appreciation to the contributions…
Aproko247 has learnt that pandemonium has been let loose in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as some police officers and suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress, APC, engaged in a free-for-all. It was reliably gathered that some members of the party had converged at the Abiola Ajimobi Vocational Centre in Oke Ado, Ibadan for…
Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Rivers State staged a protest on Friday morning, demanding for the payment of their allowances. The aggrieved Corpers, at the orientation camp in Nonwa Gbam Tai area of the state, claimed the government has refused to pay them their allowances. The protesting Corps members barricaded the…
Following the removal of Adewale Omirin as Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly by few members of the Assembly on Thursday, the Police and Department of State Security have withdrawn their personnel from the security teams of the embattled Speaker. Seven members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, out of the 26 members of the…
A five-man panel, on Wednesday, drilled Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State for the Delta South Senatorial Primary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The screening took place at the PDP Secretariat in Asaba and was headed by Mohammed Babaginda. Other members of the panel were Frank Okafor, Mike Ewausia, Rev Yakubu Abudullahi and Kabi…
The atmosphere in the Ekiti political arena is tensed and the reason is not far-fetched. The man at the helm of affairs of the state, Ayo Fayose, has relieved the duties of all political office holders attached to Speaker of the Ekiti House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin. The governor also sacked the aides attached to…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has explained why he is aiming to be at Senate in 2015 after the expiration of his tenure same year. The governor of the oil-rich state disclosed that his ambition to represent the people of Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly is fuelled by the need to…
Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday morning, cheated death when his convoy was involved in a ghastly motor accident. The incident occurred at the Angbaaye village on the busy Makurdi-Gboko road. His deputy, Steven Lawani, was also involved in the crash, though he was unhurt. It was gathered that Suswam was on his way…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has charged governorship aspirants in the State to desist from engaging in divisive actions that are capable of breaching the peace of the state and urged them to be truthful. The Governor gave the charge Friday in Asaba during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of Ndokwa East…