An aide to Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Sunny Ofili, on Saturday, died in a car accident along Benin-Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in the state. Ofili, who until his demise was the Special Adviser on Information and Communication Technology to Uduaghan, died in the auto crash alongside the Obi of Issele-Uku, Henry Ezeagwunam, and his son. They…
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Enugu Assembly Sets Up Panel To Probe Dep Gov
A panel has been instituted by the Enugu State House of Assembly to look into allegations of misconduct against the state’s deputy governor, Sunday Onyebuchi. The Assembly, on Thursday, directed the state’s Chief Judge, Innocent Umezurike, to set up the committee, which comprises seven members, within a week. Onyebuchi was accused of running a poultry…
Police Foils Bomb Attack In Kano
What would have been a bloody Ed Fitr celebration in Kano was averted in Kano by the state Police Command. The Kano Commissioner of Police, Aderenle Shinaba, addressing journalists in the state, disclosed that a car loaded with explosives was discovered at the Kano Eid prayer ground on Saturday. According to police chief, a 406…
Lagos Declares 6 Months Maternity Leave
Henceforth, female workers in the Lagos State Civil Service will be entitled to six months maternity leave, the state government has declared. Making this pronouncement on Thursday, Lagos State Head of Service, Josephine Williams, at a press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital, explained that the new policy…
Apete Bridge Collapses Days After Completion
Barely 10 days after the Oyo State commissioned the newly completed pedestrian bridge in Apete, Ibadan, Aproko247 can report that the facility has collapsed. The bridge, built to ease movement of people from Apete town through The Polytechnic Ibadan, crumbled on Tuesday night, according to information gathered by our reporter. At the commissioning of the…
Ekiti Tribunal Strikes Out APC Motion
Chairman of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, Justice Mohammad Sirajo, on Wednesday, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, struck out a motion exparte filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the governorship election that took place on June 21, 2014, which was won by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ayo…
N3b Loan Tears Zamfara Assembly Apart, Mace Destroyed
Members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly engaged themselves in a free-for-all on Tuesday and broke the official mace of the House in the process. During the melee, the mace was broken to pieces. This was as a result of the debate over the request by the state government to secure a loan of…
Shot Abia Commissioner, Ken Nwosu, Dies In Hospital
Ken Nwosu, the Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, who shot last Wednesday by some gunmen, has died. Nwosu died after six days he was shot around Umuajata/Amakamma Road in Umuahia, the state capital of Abia, at about 8pm. The hoodlums shot the deceased while he was driving his car. After he was shot, the late…
Ex-Oyo SSG, Dejo Raimi Passes On
A former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Dejo Raimi, has died. The astute politician gave up the ghost in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased was aged 80 and served as SSG in the administration of former Oyo State governor, late Kolapo Ishola. He was instrumental to the emergence of late Ishola as…
Gunmen Slain Journalist In Kaduna
One Ustaz Yunus, a journalist with a Kaduna-based weekly magazine, New Democrat, has been assassinated by some unknown hoodlums. Yunus was the Managing Director of the newspaper. It was learnt that the deceased was shot dead on Friday evening by the gunmen. The newspaper is owned by Senator Ahmed Aruwa, a two-term Nigerian Senator from 1999 to 2007.…