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Share Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Friday, sworn- in the new Head of the State Public Service, Pastor John Adeyemi, urging him to avoid undue distraction. Speaking during the inauguration of the Cocoa Conference Centre of the governor’s office in Alagbaka, Akeredolu charged the new Head of Service to quickly mobilise the Permanent Secretaries and other Accounting officers behind the strategic plan of his administration as encapsulated in the new programme code-named “Redeemed.” Describing the appointment of the new HoS as well-deserved, the governor said the emergence of ...

   Idaho had the biggest drop in the per-capita suicide rate out of all states from 2018 to 2019. The 14.6% decline meant 52 fewer suicide deaths in 2019 compared to the year before. That’s according to new data out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.    “Some of the efforts that we had made were starting to show," said George Austin with the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, referring to statewide efforts to raise awareness about suicide and to reduce the stigma around asking for help.    The drop highlighted in the national data represents just one year,...

Lagos deploys COVID-19 result verification platform On By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos State Government has deployed a verification platform to validate the authenticity of COVID-19 PCR tests done within the Private Laboratory Consortium and all State Public laboratories for outbound flights. In a statement, the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said the platform can be accessed through an App and the use of a USSD option, which is available on all networks in Nigeria, and abroad as long as the mobile line is on a Nigerian Telecommunications Network. “It can be accessed by dialing *35...

Why do you want to become a judge? I want to become a judge to serve as a change agent in our justice system who will not be satisfied with the status quo and will engage with the public to build greater trust and understanding. That starts with guaranteeing folks are treated with respect, dignity, and have the opportunity to achieve true justice back in the courtroom and guarantee every person is treated with those principles in mind. I want to reduce harm, not create more. People come to courts in their worst moments looking for help and fair outcomes and too many leave feeling they didn’...

February 17, 2021 Tuesday, Senate Bill 62, authored Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) and Senator Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon) passed both the State Senate and the State Assembly. The bill now heads to Governor Evers to be signed into law. Senate Bill 62 (SB-62) will allow the State Public Defender (SPD) to exceed the 10% cap for merit raises for the remainder of this fiscal year. This will allow for the SPD’s office to help close the gap that was created between the SPDs and the Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) when the long-standing practice of linking the pay progression f...