The President of Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori has been elected as international member of the US National Academy of Medicine, Class of 2016.

AS many international and local airlines in the country are having challenges as a result of the current economic recession, the Federal Government yesterday lamented that the nation’s aviation industry was facing serious challenges that required the collaboration of all stakeholders to tackle.

A JOURNALIST of Reuben Abati’s calibre has been reduced to writing about “witches and dildos”. Why? To excuse the poor performance of the government he served and by extension, to blame the bad policies and choices of successive Nigerian governments on “witchcraft”.

October 19 this year marks the 30th anniversary of the gory assassination of Dele Giwa, the first Editor in Chief of Newswatch, Nigeria’s path-breaking newsmagazine. Dele’s life was cynically shortened by the novel method of a parcel bomb that was delivered to his house at No. 25 Talabi Street, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday October 19, 1986 at mid-day.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, North West Zone, has recovered over N100 billion and U$ 622,200.00 dollars from politicians and fraudsters.

ABAKALIKI—IN order to contribute its quota towards ensuring food security of the nation despite the country’s dwindling economic fortunes, the Abakaliki Ricemill Owners Industrial Association said it has concluded arrangements to partner 19 states in the distribution of Abakaliki rice across the country.

IN ‘Beyond Muhamadu Buhari’s anti-corruption rhetoric: return of the fifth columnists?”, I had begun by seeking answer to the simple question of whether President Buhari was still in charge of his administration. That question was directed at the president and/or his minders.

Bishop Odiete Global Outreach, BOGO, will hold its 3rd annual crusade, with the theme Loose Him and Let Him Go, from tomorrow till Friday.

LAGOS—THE human rights community has condemned the alleged deliberate infection of Nigerian women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, by a 67-year-old Irish national, Mr. James Turner, calling for his immediate prosecution, with one saying Turner needs psychological help and should be handed over to a psychiatrist.

LAGOS—The Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service, yesterday, confiscated four containers of imported cigarettes called PANDA from China, which had neither manufacturing nor expiring dates.

Ibadan—TWELVE persons, including a mother and her twin children, were feared killed in an accident that occurred, yesterday, at Oja-Oba Market area of the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Everyone remembers the Surgeon; few remember their Anaesthetist. Those who toil day (and night) to make great surgical feats possible; those who bring back people who have crossed the line between life and death; those who care for the severely ill whose organs have failed or failing; and those who remove sensation so that we do not feel pain……

Worried about the epidemic of malnutrition among Nigerian children, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday called for expansion of the country’s food fortification programme considering the devastating effect of malnutrition and poor dietary intake among Nigerians.

Nigerian Optometric Association, NOA in collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has called on Nigerians, particularly, drivers to annually go for eye checkup or risked being victims of Glaucoma and other eyes related ailments. They also posited that majority of the road accidents recorded in Nigeria are mostly caused by blurred vision.

THE governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) has allayed fears that his candidature has been upturned in favour of another person.