Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered herders to vacate the forest reserves in Ondo state. The Governor issued the order via series of tweets shared on Monday January 18. He hinged the decision on the state of insecurity in Ondo and further said that “bad elements” have turned the forest reserves into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating for…
A town in Vermont, USA has elected both a goat and a dog to serve as its honorary mayor, an unusual step the town says it had to take in order to receive funds to renovate a 32-year-old playground. It is not the first time the town of Fair Haven has elected an animal…
A Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, has been killed by suspected bandits on Sunday night, January 17. Dr. Arijesuyo was attacked by the armed bandits while driving in his personal vehicle along the Ilesa-Akure road. A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Communications…
wo retired top civil servants, Accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, and an ex-Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Inde Dikko have disclosed how they refunded N8.2billion loot to the treasury. The Nation reports that the government officials refunded the monies to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt…
A Nigerian consultant anesthetist based in the United Kingdom who was suspended for beating his 10-year-old son has been reinstated back. Dr. Adekunle Okunuga, 59, reportedly caned his young son with the kitchen brush for misbehaving at school and made him perform squat thrusts and stand on one leg with his arms in the…
