The Association Of Music Artiste Managers of Nigeria, AMAMN, will on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, hold a seminar in Lagos on the rudiments of artiste management. The body of artiste managers in Nigeria, according to information made available to Aproko247, plans the workshop to improve the knowledge of its members. The seminar, we learnt, is…
Day: July 18, 2016
Lagos Re-echoes Zero Tolerance For Noise Pollution
The Lagos State Government has stressed that it would continue to enforce relevant regulations on noise pollution in the state. This was the position of the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday when MTN Foundation distributed 250 hearing aid devices to beneficiaries in the state, including children less than one year old. Ambode, who was…
Ambode Vows To Tame Criminals In Lagos
The Lagos State Government has promised to do everything possible to ensure criminals in the state are brought to book. This assurance was made on Monday by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, via a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello. Ambode noted that he is worried by the spate of kidnappings…
Nigerians Mock Pro-Tinubu Protesters In Lagos
On Monday, July 18, 2016, some women took to the streets of Lagos to demand an apology from Senator Dino Melaye for insulting his colleague, Oluremi Tinubu. They aggrieved women, who carried placards conveying various messages in Ikeja, said they were not happy that the former Lagos First Lady was ‘abused’ by the Kogi lawmaker.…
Tougher Times For Nigerians As Inflation Hits 16.5%
Hopes of Nigerians smiling anytime soon may have been dashed if information recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, is anything to go by. The NBS on Monday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation. According to the graph released by the agency, the country’s inflation rate has risen from 15.6 per…
Arase Denies Absconding With 24 Vehicles
The immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has denied ever leaving the Force with about 24 vehicles. It was reported on Monday that Arase’s successor, Ibrahim Idris, claimed that the former IGP left with the said number of vehicles. Speaking via a statement from his base in London, where he went for his son’s…
Girls Fight Dirty In Imo (Picture)
According to report reaching us, two girls disgraced each other in Imo State, when they engaged in a dirty fight. The girls, who some claimed are women of easy virtue, were said to have battled each other in public, ignoring calls by onlookers for them to stop the fight. The main reason for the fisticuffs…
UNSDGF, Sahara Group, Kaduna State Unveil Food Security Project
Sahara Group As Nigeria embraces a challenging economic diversification process, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund, SDG-F, is working in Kaduna to pilot an innovative approach aimed at revamping the food sector to create new jobs for young people, increase farmers’ revenues, improve productivity, enhance nutrition and reduce food loss through more sustainable production…
Hadiza Usman Takes Over As NPA Boss
Outgoing Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Habib Abdullahi, has handover to the newly appointed boss of the agency, Hadiza Bala Usman. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the appointment of Usman as the new MD of the NPA. Usman is the founder of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, campaign, which is…
PHOTOS: College Of Education Students Protest In Benue
Some students of the Benue State College of Education in Katsina-Ala, on Monday morning took to the streets to kick against an increase in their tuition fee. It was gathered that the angry students want authorities of the institution to reverse the said increment. The demonstration on Monday, according to information gathered by our reporter,…