By Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has hailed the ruling on ALGON matter by Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, noting that “today’s judgement by Justice Theresa Orji Abadua of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, granting leave to the 22 illegally removed elected Chairmen of Local Government…
Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Lagos, Lola Akande, has reiterated the commitment of Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration to child protection, survival and development. Akande made this known at the 2016 Day of the African Child Celebration held at the Combo Hall, LTV 8 Complex Ikeja. The Commissioner stated that Lagos State tops the…
In an effort to address traffic congestion in major parts of the State, the Lagos State Executive Council under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in December last year approved the construction of flyover for two of the State’s high-density traffic zones- Ajah round about and Abule Egba junction. The two major projects shortly after…
Teachers in Lagos State have been assured more commitments by the state government especially in the area of capacity building. This assurance was made by the Permanent Secretary, Teachers’ Establishment and Pensions Office, TEPO, Mrs Sewanu Amosu, at a 3-day capacity building workshop tagged “Emerging Trends in Methodologies of Teaching the Sciences” such as physics,…
Three new public primary schools have been established by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration. This was disclosed in a memo released by the School Support Services Department. The new schools are Local Government Primary School, Oke-Ishagun/Ikola, Alimosho LGEA; Community Primary School, Abule-Eko, Ikorodu LGEA and Tsangaya Primary School, Orofun, Ibeju-Lekki, LGEA. This now brings the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has elected a candidate for the September 2016 governorship election. Last Saturday, the All Progressives Congress, APC, chose its candidate for the polls, which is gradually getting closer by the day. Delegates at the PDP primaries held on Monday, elected Osagie Ize Iyamu to battle it out…
Workers of the Federal Ministry Finance, on Monday, staged a peaceful demonstration at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, demanding the removal of the Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The aggrieved employees accused the Minister of not paying their allowances to the tune of N1.2 billion. They claimed that Adeowun has already collected N30 million as annual…
Residents have been warned to away from the Ogun River, near the Kara Cattle Market, which was recently blocked by vegetation, saying that the river could open up at any time with dire consequences. This warning was given by the Lagos State Government through its Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Engr. Adebowale Akinsanya. Last weekend,…
Popular Nollywood filmmaker, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen aka D’Guvnor is celebrating his 45th birthday today, Monday, June 20, 2016, and in a mixture of happy and sad moods, has called for the reversal of the old Nigeria with a hash tag #bringbacksameoldnigeria. Lancelot, speaking from his movie location in Benin City, where he is shooting a…
The newly introduced flexible exchange rate policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, which will allow market forces to fix rate for Naira has commenced on Monday, June 20, 2016. The new regime was introduced last Wednesday by the government and from what Aproko247 gathered, the Naira is changing in the region of 270…