EVBOTUBU — IT is easily one of the fastest growing communities around Benin- City, the capital of Edo State, but this is not the best of times for residents of Evbotubu in Egor Local government Area of the state. They are angry that the road leading community from the heart of the city is impassable. Whenever it rains, bus drivers charge as much as N200 from the Oba Market in the city centre to Evbotubu, instead of the normal N80 due to the appalling condition of the road.

With the aim of conserving the Yoruba language, the National Coordinator of Odua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams has advised stakeholders in the education sector to preserve Yoruba language by making it compulsory in all levels of education in the South-West region of the country.

The Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, Professor Igbekele Ajibefun, on Wednesday last week, charged the staff and students of the University to be security conscious.

NIGERIA will not meet its economic or social potential as a nation until female education attainment rates are met, Pearson’s Managing Director in Nigeria, Muhtar Bakare, has said.

Not less than four students bagged first class as Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State churned out 57 graduates at her maiden convocation.