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Face masks will no longer be compulsory in Italy, as from June 28.The Italian Health Minister ROBERTO SPERANZA said the lifting of the mask requirement would come into effect in regions labelled as white zones, which includes all Italian regions except the tiny Aosta Valley in the far northwest.The announcement came on advice from Italy’s scientific advisory panel, although citizens are urged to still have masks at hand for events with a higher risk o...

Dozens of suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have been arrested in connection with the attacks on police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ebonyi State.The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, ALIYU GARBA, paraded the suspects alongside others at the Police Headquarters in Abakaliki, the state capital.ALIYU GARBA said that police operatives carried out the operation after acting on credible intell...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister ABIY AHMED has denied that there is hunger in the country's war-torn Tigray region.Prime Minister AHMED while speaking at a polling station on the day of the country's general election, admitted there was a problem but said the government could fix it.His comments come a week after the United Nation's humanitarian chief, MARK LOWCOCK, told a closed session of the Security Council that there was famine in Tigray....

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government to withdraw the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget.The President of SSANU, MOHAMMED HARUNA, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen in Abuja,He threatened that the union would embark on industrial action if government refused to heed to the union’s request.MOHAMMED HARUNA sa...

The Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Environment OLA ORESANYA said the state government would come up with a plan to construct drainages so as to prevent a repeat of the flooding experienced in Olorunsogo community.ORESANYA, who doubles as the CEO of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority said this while addressing newsmen after inspecting the flooded areas of the community.OLA ORESANYA noted that the area was mostly a floodplain, which make...

Rresidents of Olorunsogo community along the Old Lagos road in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state have lamented the recent flooding of their area after the heavy rain downpour on Sunday June 20, 2021.Some of the residents while speaking with Super FM News, complained that there was lack of gutters and culverts to hold the rain, with water trickling down from various parts of Ijebu-Ode town to the community.The Chairman of Olorunsogo Local Council Development Area, HAZZA...

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), BUBA MARWA has opposed demands for the legalization of cannabis in Nigeria.BUBA MARWA while addressing newsmen in Abuja, the nation’s capital ahead of the 2021 World Drug Day, said the nation cannot afford to mortgage the lives of the citizens for financial gains by legalizing cannabis.BUBA MARWA in response to earlier calls by Ondo State governor, ROTIMI AKEREDOLU for the legalization ...

Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Deputy Governor, EBOMHIANA MUSA, has said the state-owned Bendel Insurance will not return to the Nigeria National League following the ruling of the Nigeria Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee.MUSA said despite Insurance impressive position on the league table, which could earn them a promotion to the topflight league, the club would only return to the NNL until they got justice.Also, Bendel Insurance, ...

The Ndigbo Unity Forum worldwide, a non-governmental organization, has advocated the death penalty for looters of public funds, to eradicate the current spate of corruption in the country.The forum also called on the National Assembly to remove the immunity clause from the constitution, so that sitting governors and other top ranking public officials could be probed while still in office.It further urged President MUHAMMAD BUHARI to put in more stringent me...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the probe of Ogun State House of Assembly over alleged financial misappropriation.The Speaker, OLAKUNLE OLUOMO confirmed this while featuring on a monitored radio programme in Abeokuta.OLAKUNLE OLUOMO disclosed that anti-graft agency had written to the Assembly, asking for information on all budget appropriations and allocations of the House from May 30, 2015 to date.The Speaker...