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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sokoto – Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, says his administration has concluded plans to send 200 students to India and other countries to study medicine. Tambuwal made the disclosure in Sokoto on Monday night at a media parley to commemorate the 2017 Democracy Day. The governor said majority of those to be sponsored would be girls. “Discussions are in top gear with a university in India to send one hundred youths, mostly women, to study medicine. “This is to shore up the number of women medical doctors in the state, hence, encourage more women to seek medical services in the hospitals. “We are also discussing with other universities across the world, with a view to send another batch of one hundred youths to study various medical professional fields like pharmacy, dentistry, radiography and medical laboratory science, among others.” Tambuwal explained that the programme was part of ongoing efforts to reposition the education sector in the state. The go...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Conte-Moses.png Victor Moses has got the backing of Chelsea boss Antonio Conte following his sending off for diving in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Arsenal. The wing-back got his first booking after fouling Danny Welbeck shortly before the hour mark, and soon after received the second yellow card when referee Anthony Taylor adjudged him to have dived inside the area in the 68th minute. “Honestly, I did not see the situation. I do not know for sure, but there is a lot of attention on this moment. Sometimes I think it could be tiredness,” Conte said. “We are at the end of the season and a lot of players are tired and then there is a lot of pressure. For sure, it is not a good situation to dive, it is true. “But Moses is an honest player and if there was this situation he was tired and he did not want to cheat the referee.” Chelsea eventually ended up losing the final 2-1, Aaron Ramsey netting the winner with 11 minutes left ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Olusola Adeyemi Electricity supply is considered the most critical impediment to the achievement of the Vision 20:2020 target of double digit growth and reduction of poverty to the barest minimum. The wide gap in electricity supply vis-a vis demand is one of the leading issues in the on-going effort to move the economy towards the desired state of development. There was a rapid decline in electricity power supply from an average of about 5000MW (megawatts) in the mid 1970s to less than 4000MW by 2014 or even down to barely 3000MW (April2017) compared with the current estimated demand  of 15000MW. The situation of increasing gap in electricity demand and supply was exacerbated by the demand on account of the rapidly increasing population (growth rate of about 3per cent per annum) and the rising incidence of urbanization from the estimated twenty to twenty-five per cent in the early 1970s to the 2002 World Bank estimate of about forty-five per cent. One cle...