American Airlines, Southwest Airlines Stand By Vaccine Mandate, Rebuff Texas Governor
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both say they’ll defy Texas’ new COVID-19 vaccine mandate ban and adhere to the federal mandate from President Biden, Bloomberg reports. After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday issued a new executive order banning “any entity” from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, American Airlines said, “We believe the federal vaccine […]
Osun Govt. Signs Violence Against Persons Bill Into Law
Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has endorsed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill into law with the assurance of its full enforcement. The Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (2015) is a law the government hopes to use to prevent violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence against persons, and provide maximum […]
NDIC Boss Urges Nigerians To Support Elders
The managing director and chief executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Bello Hassan, has emphasized the need to always assist and uplift the elderly in recognition of their contribution and years of service to the nation. Hassan, who joined the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo to mark the 2021 United […]
Guinness World Records: Man Recognized For Carrying 735 Eggs In His Hat
Gregory Da Silva, a Benin Republic citizen, holds the Guinness World Record for balancing 735 eggs in his hat. Guinness World Records shared a video on its Instagram page, with the caption, “Most eggs carried on a single hat 735 by Gregory Da Silva.” It further revealed more about Gregory in the comment section by […]
EFCC Arraigns Vice Chancellor For N260m Fraud
Former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Professor Magaji Garba has been arraigned before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on a five count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense and forgery. Magaji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC today, for allegedly extorting […]
Two Fraudsters Faces Judge For Impersonating Anthony Joshua,Obtain £15, 491, 23 From Victims
The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned Ukhuriegbe Glory Irekpitan and Onyekwa Joshua Chinedum before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State on two count charge of impersonation.The defendants were alleged to have impersonated Anthony Joshua, the British boxer of […]
‘Unprecedented’ Hunger In Lebanon As Fuel Crisis Hikes Food Costs
Mohammad sat in the smaller grocery store where he worked and flipped through the pages of a notebook, filled with a long list of customers indebted to the shop. “More and more people are struggling with money and asking us to let them pay later,” the 30-year-old Syrian refugee from Deraa told Al Jazeera, as […]
Wildfire Closes Major California Highway, Prompts Evacuations
A major thoroughfare was closed and mandatory evacuations were ordered on California’s Central Coast on Monday as powerful winds swept across the state, fueling a rapidly growing fire near Santa Barbara. U.S. Highway 101, which stretches from California through Washington State, was closed near Santa Barbara after the Alisal Fire erupted Monday afternoon in the […]
UPS Driver Among At least Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes In Southern California Neighborhood
At least two people died when a twin-engine Cessna crashed in a Southern California neighborhood on Monday afternoon, officials said. “We do have multiple confirmed fatalities, we do not know exactly how many,” said Justin Matsushita, deputy fire chief for the city of Santee, in a briefing for reporters. “We do know there are at […]
Audi Set To Restructure Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps
Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi announced he is set to remit, reform, and restructure the corps. Audi who revealed this in Abuja yesterday affirmed that the corps remains a committed, selfless, and disciplined organization working towards the fulfillment of its core mandates. He urged the public […]
