All herdsmen in the state to register with government within seven days Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate the forest reserves in the state. The order is part of major steps taken by the state at addressing the root cause of kidnapping and other nefarious activities in […]
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The Federal Government has asked schools to stop requesting for COVID – 19 test results from returning students before they are admitted. In a short statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, government directed school authorities to refrain from asking students or parents to undergo […]
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Gunmen have abducted a yet unknown number of travellers along Omo/Erin-Ijesa road in Ori-Ade Local Government Area of Osun State. It was gathered that the gunmen accosted the travellers from bush along Ilesa-Akure expressway. It was not clear as of the time of this report the number of victims that were kidnapped. Speaking with our […]
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, would be overhauled and expanded, its new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa, has said. Marwa, who resumed office at the NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja on Monday, said the overhauling and expansion will be in line with the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the […]
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Details have emerged on how two former senior public officers returned about N8billion to the coffers of the Federal Government to avoid being prosecuted. A former Accountant-General of the Federation (AG-F), Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, and an ex-Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Inde Dikko, refunded N6.3 billion and N1.9 billion respectively. Otunla was the AG-F between 2011 […]
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Schools in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, on Monday turned back their students who were not wearing face masks. It was observed that though the students’ population was low on the first day of resumption of schools in the state, yet the few students and their teachers adhered to COVID-19 protocols. At the Ilorin Grammar School, […]
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CAN President, Revd Supo Ayokunle The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Monday advised sick and too old people to henceforth stay away from worship centres. This is part of the guidelines released by CAN to churches following the second wave of COVID-19 ravaging the globe. CAN further appealed to Christians to […]
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Students of Osogbo Grammar School prevented from entering the school premises because they didn’t wear nose covers on Monday. Photo: Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Authorities of Salvation Army Grammar School and Osogbo Grammar School both within Osogbo metropolis turned back students who came without their face masks on Monday. Public and private schools in Osun State […]
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Schools in Lagos State on Monday resumed for the second term as directed by the state government. The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, visited some schools to monitor their compliance with COVID-19 protocols. Some of the schools she visited in the Agege area are Diary Farm Senior Secondary School, District Junior College, Sango Junior Secondary […]
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Lagos State Government has launched PayVIS, a number plate detection platform that captures vehicle offenders when they violate traffic laws and then bills them. PayVIS is an initiative of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service. According to the information contained in the website of PayVis: “PlateDetect (otherwise known as Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) device), […]
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