Buoyed by the performances of Team Nigerian athletes at the Rio Olympics, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Habu Gumel has ordered the release of allowances and bonuses to the athletes.

THE Registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, Pharm Elijah Mohammed has cautioned Nigerians to be aware that the Council is the only bonafide body with the mandate to issue licences for the sale and distribution of phamaceutical drugs in the country.

FOR just N21,000, a woman can be saved the agony of cervical cancer, which is currently the 2nd biggest killer cancer of women in Nigeria after breast cancer. The sum in question is the cost of obtaining the cervical cancer vaccine that offers life-long protection against the disorder, which affects an estimated 15,000 women in Nigeria.

UYO—TRADITIONAL rulers of Ibibio, Oro, Annang and Ekid ethnic groups of Akwa Ibom State have hailed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an indigene of the state as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

IKOT EFANNGA MKPA— CONCERNED residents of Ikot Efannga Nkpa community, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State, have raised eyebrows over the release by the police of a 63-year-old alleged serial rapist, who allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of his mistress,’ three-year-old daughter and 11-year-old sister.