The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, will on Tuesday sign into law a bill for the establishment of the Ondo State Security Trust Fund, as part of the efforts to ensure adequate security across the state. A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Monday explained that signing the bill into law…
A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, now 96, faces a German court on Thursday charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people — the first such case in recent years against a woman. Irmgard Furchner was a teenager when she worked in the camp director’s office at Stutthof in occupied Poland, near…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo has said that no fewer than 1,300 of its operatives would be deployed across the state for the 2021 “Ember months” campaign. Ember months are the last four months of the year; September, October, November and December, which are categorised as high risk for occurring of accidents on…
As academic activities commenced in the Northeast, schools resumed with strict adherence to the guidelines on COVID-19 safety protocols. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the resumption in Gombe and Adamawa showed that most of the schools visited complied with the set guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. A…
US President Joe Biden has publicly received a COVID-19 booster jab, urging more Americans to get vaccinated amid a recent increase of infections linked in part to the highly contagious Delta variant. Biden on Monday rejected criticism from the World Health Organization and other health experts, who have urged the administration to supply more vaccine doses to developing nations before…
Ilorin, Nigeria – On a recent Monday morning, Mathew Bello, popularly known as Matey, switched on the generator that powers his shop in the capital of Kwara State at exactly 9:28am. It sputtered for a second before roaring to life, coughing up clouds of grey smoke in the process. Inside Bello’s multipurpose shop are places to…
Officials of the Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) in Edo State have apprehended two suspected oil thieves in Benin City. The State Coordinator, PUWOV, Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, who disclosed this to journalists, said PUWOV will continue to work tirelessly with other security agencies in the state to curb criminality and ensure peace and orderliness. Yusuf-Osagie said the…
Raphael Afonja, a former commissioner for works and transports in the current administration of Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, has tackled Edo deputy governor, Philip Shaibu for saying that last Saturday’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward congress was peaceful. According to the Ogbomoso-born professor, Shaibu, who chaired the exercise, is not helping the party…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has expressed anger over the current state of the nation, saying there is nothing like Nigeria that needs to be celebrated. In a viral video, Wike was sighted speaking during a sermon in a church as part of activities to mark the 2021 Independence Day. Governor Wike, who referred…
