05/17/17

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

82-year-old former minister passes exam in jail


A former minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term for corruption, has passed a school final examination at the age of 82, his son said Wednesday.

Prakash Chautala, a four-time chief minister of the northern state of Haryana, India, took the class 12 school-leaving exam conducted by India’s open schooling system at its centre in Tihar jail, said his younger son Abhay Chautala, a legislator in Haryana.

Maria Sharapova denied French Open wild card


Maria Sharapova will not play at Roland Garros this year, after the French tennis federation denied her a wild card, FFT president Bernard Guidicelli confirmed on Tuesday.

The two-time champion only returned from a 15-month doping ban last month.

Sharapova will now miss the French Open, which she won in 2012 and 2014, for the second year in a row.

FG Decry How N1bn HIV drugs expired in storage


The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has stated that $3.2m (N1.08bn) worth of HIV drugs expired in storage.

Adewole made this disclosure while delivering a speech at the ‘Dissemination Meeting of 2016 National Health Facility Survey’ in Abuja on Tuesday.

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