President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023, to a date to be determined by the incoming Administration. The President gave the approval after meeting with some members of the Federal Executive Council and the Chairman of the National Population Commission and his…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the tenure of the Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration service, NIS, Isah Jere, ruling against the directive of the board earlier issued. The board of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, wrote on April 17, 2023 to Mr Jere, directing him to hand over to…
The Governorship Transition Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State has called on the outgoing All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje to stop sabotaging the process. Dr Bappa Bichi, the Chairman of the NNPP transition committee, made the appeal while addressing newsmen in Kano on Friday. “We call…
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As the world commemorates Immunisation Week, a pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, announced efforts at unveiling cervical cancer vaccine in no distant time. In a statement signed by the company and in commemoration of World Immunisation Week, Medical Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pfizer, Kodjo Soroh, said there was a need to invest in vaccine research and development. He…
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The Kano State Governor-elect, His Excellency, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has described the passing of a Kano elder statesman, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, as a painful loss to the State at a time the leadership needed invaluable counsel from maverick politicians of his status. Engr. Abba noted that posterity will be kind to late Alhaji Gwadabe…
Food price inflation has kept rising globally, the World Bank says in a report. It made the declaration in its latest Food Security Update report issued on Wednesday. “Information from the latest month between December 2022 and March 2023 for which food price inflation data are available shows high inflation in almost all low and…
DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit.
