WE have seen that unlike in sports, in political debates there are neither gallant losers nor magnanimous winners.

Google has announced winners of the maiden edition of its Google Impact Challenge in Nigeria, where 12 non-profits and social enterprises shared $2m in grant funding.

His agility and court coverage question his true age. He is among the elders of the tennis club of Golden Tulip run by Bodyline.

FOLLOWING the growing political tension in Akwa Ibom State arising from the lingering battle between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and  All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of PDP are doubling efforts to ensure members of the party approach the 2019 polls with a united front.

Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the ‘Best Institution in Sustainability Reporting in Africa’ for the second consecutive year.

ENUGU—CRISIS rocking the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu State came to a head yesterday, with a threat of breakdown of law and order if the hospital management  pays resident doctors the alleged withheld parts of salaries and wages the doctors have been protesting against.

THE 20th edition of the annual Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Holy Ghost Congress kicked off with a charge by the church leadership to Christians to live up to their responsibilities by impacting their environment positively. 

ONE of the new ways conceived by art promoters/artists to reach their numerous customers who do not have the luxury of going to galleries for exhibitions is the idea of exhibiting their works at uncoventional places like hotels, open places etc.

LAGOS—THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed an alleged charge of N1.4 billion fraud against the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Paul Usoro, SAN.

Nigeria representatives in continental club soccer contests, Lobi Stars of Markudi and Enugu Rangers both advance into the preliminary rounds of the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup respectively.

THE African Democratic Congress, ADC, has kicked against the dastardly attack on the campaign convoy of its governorship candidate in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, and called on the authorities to fish out the culprits with immediate effect.

AWKA—ANAMBRA State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, yesterday presented a budget estimate of N157.1 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for approval 

The Tony Elumelu Foundation says it will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle of its entrepreneurship programme from January 1, 2018.

LAGOS—JUSTICE Abdulfattah Molawale Lawal of a Lagos High Court, yesterday, ordered Samsung Heavy Industries, South Korea to remove the barricade and the electric fence it erected around the facility of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, LADOL. 

A total of 25 women formerly living with Vesico Vaginal Fistula,VVF, have received free repair surgeries, giving them a chance to live normal lives again. This life-changing event was carried out courtesy of a recent Extended Hands Foundation’s pool effort in Sokoto state sponsored by SNEPCo/NNPC.