German commits life savings to building medical centre in Ondo

THE people of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West council area of Ondo State, recently trooped out in their hundreds in appreciation to a German-American Catholic faithful, Mrs. Johannah Schleichelt who donated her life savings to build a modern medical centre for them to meet their health challenges.

Fuel crisis ends in days, DPR, NNPC, PPMC assure

ABUJA — The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, yesterday assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity will thin out in the next couple of days.

Man attacked by 7 dogs gets N30,000

LAGOS—The 45-year-old commercial driver, Saturday Akpomose, who was attacked by seven dogs at Ajah area of Lagos State, has received N30,000 and a job offer from the owner of the dogs.

NDLEA official, one other docked over drugs importation

An official of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Adeogun Olajide, and a civilian,

55% of Lagos commercial drivers hooked on hard drugs —LASG

Lagos State government has disclosed that of 801 commercial drivers screened for hard drugs through urinary test, 442 representing, 55 per cent, tested positive.

Cecil Rhodes: Colonising African minds

THE attacks against African migrants in South Africa drowned a salutary step taken by that country against a major symbol of racism in the continent.

UI students protest colleague’s death; mob, rob journalists

IBADAN—STUDENTS of the University of Ibadan, UI, threw civility to the wind, yesterday, as they trooped out of their campus and attacked some journalists who were there to cover their protest over the death of one of their colleagues at the institution’s health centre.