New Treatments Hold Promise of Slowing Kidney Damage
October 5, 2022 New breakthrough drugs that tackle obesity and kidney damage could make a dent in the $50 billion U.S. dialysis market. The following are facts about the new…
Flood hits over 31,000 households in Yobe – SEMA
October 5, 2022 Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says over 31,000 households were affected by floods in 255 communities across 17 Local Government Areas. Dr. Mohammed Goje, the Executive…
Research Institute develops 2 high yield rice varieties
October 5, 2022 Dr. Aliyu Umar, the Executive Director of the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, on Wednesday disclosed that the institute has developed two high yielding varieties of…
Morocco Issues First Permits for Cannabis Production
October 5, 2022 A Moroccan state agency has issued the first 10 permits for the use of cannabis in industry and medicine and for export, it said, the result of…
Burkina Faso military leader commits to predecessor’s transition timeline
October 5, 2022 Burkina Faso’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore will respect a democratic transition timeline agreed between his predecessor and West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS, he said in a…
Massmart in talks to close Game stores in East, West Africa
October 5, 2022 Massmart said on Wednesday that it had begun staff consultations about closing its Game stores in East and West Africa, after efforts to find domestic buyers for…
NIGERIAN NAVY RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION HOLDS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
October 5, 2022 The Nigerian Navy has announced that its Batch 34 Recruitment Examination will hold on Saturday, 8th of October, 2022, at the 30 designated centres across the country….
Sanwo-Olu appoints pioneer VC of LASUSTECH
October 5, 2022 The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya as the substantive and pioneer Vice–Chancellor of the Lagos State University of…
EFCC Arrests Ekiti DJ for Impersonating Popular Artiste, ‘Portable’
October 5, 2022 Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Ekiti state-based Disc Jockey, Famotemi Toluwani Timothy for allegedly impersonating…
Jeff Bezos Fund to Push for Africa Land Restoration Around U.N. Climate Summit
October 5, 2022 Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s environmental fund is seeking to build a coalition with African and European countries around this year’s U.N. climate summit to add heft to land…