Report reaching Aproko247 has it that the wife of a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Adejuwon Oyenuga, Olukoya, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen. Mrs Oyenuga was reportedly seized by the hoodlums on Tuesday morning at Odoladalepo in Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State. She was said to have been kidnapped immediately after she…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned any official who has no business at the Olympics taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to stay at home to cheer the team or be ready to sponsor his or her trip there. Buhari made this known when he received the team ahead of the Games which kicks…
President Muhammadu Buhari has debunked reports that he has ordered the investigation of the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, over oil swap deals. The President, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed also appealed to Nigerians…
On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, the governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, held a meeting with members of the organized private sector. Amosun invited them to a breakfast held at the Government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, the state capital. During the session, which was well attended by captains of industries, bank executives, industrialists and literally all…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has assured residents of the state that his administration is putting in place strategies to develop the tourism and hospitality potentials available in the five administrative divisions of the State. Ambode stated this recently at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, during the second festival colloquium organized by the Ikeja Division…
The 3rd Governing Council of the Taraba State University has been inaugurated by Governor Darius Ishaku. The ceremony was performed at the Exco Chamber of the Government House in Jalingo. The governor stressed the need to deemphasize all forms of sentiment and work collectively towards the repositioning of state varsity to make it comparable to…
Three people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Edo State on Monday by an Edo High Court over the murder of a three-year-old girl. According to reports, the convicts, Betty Stephen, the stepmother, and the two teachers-Johnson Ogbeide and Nancy Aiwuyor, committed the offence on February 24, 2009, at Erhiborhibo village, Orhionmwon Local…
The Lagos State Government said it would engage graduates of its technical colleges in a ‘Maintenance Gang’ initiative to be unveiled in August this year for maintenance and renovation works of public schools across the State. The State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Idiat Adebule made this known today at the graduation ceremony of NECA-ITF Technical…
In a bid to ensure an efficient and effective Public Procurement system, the Lagos State Government has revised the registration/renewal form for Contractors, Suppliers and Consultants (existing and prospective) wishing to do business with it. According to a circular signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mrs Olabowale Ademola, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)…
On Tuesday, the Senate held a closed-door ministerial briefing with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. According to what we gathered, the meeting was to gauge the effectiveness of the monetary and fiscal policies that have been adopted by the apex bank to salvage the current economic situation in the…