Justice Grace Onyeabo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out a case brought before her by the Muslim Student Society of Nigeria, MSSN, challenging the ban on the use of religious veil commonly used by female Muslims called Hijab, in public primary and secondary schools in the state. After the state…
A plank market in Lagos was gutted by fire on Monday, destroying properties worth several millions of naira in the process. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday at the Abule-Egba plank market in Lagos.. Going by what some shop owners in the market told our reporter, the inferno was caused by…
The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has taken yet another giant step in educational development by constructing a new 20-classroom blocks Model Primary School to commemorate the status of the state capital as the current World Book Capital City. Known as World Capital City Model Primary School, the edifice is located in Port Harcourt…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has expressed satisfaction with the way and manner the Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi administration has decisively tackled the Ebola outbreak in the State, urging people not to panic as the situation is under control. “Governor Amaechi did not only declare war on Ebola…
The repaired part of the bridge Report reaching us from Ogun State, Ijebu-Ode in particular, is not a good one. The newly constructed flyover bridge by the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, at the popular Lagos Garage, has developed fault, Aproko247 learnt. It was gathered that renovation work was recently carried out on the bridge, which…
By Henry Ovie The Chairman, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Dr Ngozi Olejeme, has praised the Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, for setting high standards in sports, security and management of public finances, promising to continue where the governor will stop in 2015. “I must thank His Excellency, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for a job…
The Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has been shut by the state government. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Taiwo Adeoluwa, disclosed that the action was taken to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order in the state by the students, who recently protested against the reduction…
No fewer than three persons were killed in a clash between supporters of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nasarawa State. The clash occurred on Tuesday when a lawmaker in the State House of Assembly visited his constituency. The legislator, Sidi Bako, a PDP member, visited his area, Dadere,…
Director of Public Health in the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services, Joseph Kumba, has confirmed that two persons have died in the state after drinking and bathing with hot salted water due to the fear of contracting the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, which has killed many in West Africa. Some days ago,…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a teenager in the state capital, Benin City, for allegedly having s3x with a dog in an uncompleted building. The boy, Osagiator Ighodaro, 19, a resident of 13, Midwest Lane, off New Lagos Road, Benin City, was trailed to the unfinished building by a man who thought he…