Osogbo—Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday described what it called the tactical sacking of doctors working with the state government as another “outstanding misstep from the slumbering administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.”

Ex-Super Eagles and VfL Wolfsburg top striker Jonathan Akpoborie has predicted a bright future for the German’s club latest Nigerian recruit Victor Osimhen, but warned he must a pro both on and off the pitch.

The directors and shareholders of Borisa Nigeria Limited have threatened to sue a Lagos businessman, Emeka ’E-Money’ Okonkwo over alleged impersonation, defamation and injurious falsehood against the company.

Youth and Sports minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung has inaugurated an eight-man committee with a task of assessing and evaluating all sporting facilities in the country.

The perennial problems associated with smallholder farming in Nigeria such as poor farm implements, inadequate fertilisers, outdated farming methods and poor techniques which result in poor crop yield will soon become things of the past if plans by the German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ, are anything to go by.Thomas Kirsch, GIZ Nigeria’s Country Director disclosed in a chat with Vanguard that his agency has initiated a scheme code-named,

lagos—The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday ordered all Airlines operating the SIKORSKY S76C series to carry out a safety inspection on this helicopter type with immediate effect. The SIKORSKY S76C series operated by Bristow Helicopters has been involved in series of air accidents in the coastal waters of Nigeria.

DEMOGRAPHICALLY, the Itsekiri people constitute a minute minority – a kind of microcosm in a macrocosm in the geo-political and heterogeneous nation called Nigeria. The history and origin of the Itsekiri people like other tribal groupings in the Old Western region of Nigeria, remains unambiguously lucid.

MANY mathematical problems still elude solution. So, huge rewards are offered for any one that can resolve problems in such fields as partial differential equations, algebra, analysis or combinatorics. The contribution of Nigerian politicians is not to prove the truth or falsity of any mathematical problem, like the unsolved 116-year old Hilbert’s Problems which include algebraic curves, but to add their own mathematical problems.

Ahead of the expiration of the tenure of the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor in July, tension is already mounting within the Christian community following alleged plans by President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress, APC, to install a Northern successor.

There are indications in the markets that both the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the federal government would be receiving mixed outcome in respect of the exchange rate policy.

Lagos— Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State will be launching the state’s official campaign against child molesters tagged “Lagos State End Violence Against Children Campaign” in partnership with the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, tomorrow in Lagos.

UGHELLI— ONE person was, weekend, confirmed dead while 29 others sustained various degrees of injuries in two separate accidents at the Ughelli axis of the East-West Road.

BENIN—MINISTER of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, weekend at Irrua, Edo State, disclosed that no fewer than 58 lives, of the 83 diagnosed with the disease, had been lost to the outbreak of the Lassa Fever virus in the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation/Youth Employment, Afolabi Imoukhuede, has said that the Federal Government is considering tax holidays and rebates for qualifying technology start-ups in the country so that they can employ more people and grow the entrepreneurial sectors of the economy.

ABUJA— Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said the commission could still prosecute suspects, even after they have returned stolen money to the treasury.