“A new has study found a new mRNA flu vaccine produced high levels of antibody protection in mice and ferrets against all flu strains, which could one day help pave the way for a universal flu shot” A new mRNA vaccine targeting all known flu strains in a single shot is showing early promise in animal studies and is opening the door to a wide range of possibilities with the vaccine technology — including potentially preventing the next influenza pandemic. University of Pennsylvania researchers published their findings in the journal Science Thursday, showing the vaccine produced high levels of antibody protection in…
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Organisers of the the 2022 edition of the Creative Africa Nexus Weekend (CANEX WKND) says it will feature award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, legendary artiste, Bruce Onabrakpeya and some other renowned entertainers across Africa. Mr Babatunde Samuel, media consultant for the programme, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said CANEX WKND 2022 would be a three-day gathering of creatives from across Africa and the diaspora, billed to take place from November 25 to 27 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. “2022 CANEX WKND will feature some of Africa and the diaspora’s top creatives, experts, brands and thought leaders that…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is too “scared” to use nuclear weapons in his war with Ukraine, an email featuring a letter from a whistleblower at Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reveals. The email, which has been shared with Newsweek, is dated March 4. It is the first such dispatch sent by the agent, dubbed the Wind of Change, to Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian human rights activist who runs the anti-corruption website Gulagu.net, and is now exiled in France. The FSB agent writes regular dispatches to Osechkin, revealing the anger and discontent inside the service over the war that began when Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine on February…
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she no longer saw any possibility of influencing Russian President Vladimir Putin toward the end of her term in office. In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, Merkel talked about her final encounters with Putin, saying that throughout her farewell visit to Moscow in August 2021 she felt “in terms of power politics, you’re done,” adding that “for Putin, only power counts.” She cited the fact that Putin brought Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov along to this last visit as another sign of her crumbling power, as previously they met “often in private,” she…
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal in Osogbo on Friday, ordered the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, to produce Sen. Ademola Adeleke’s results used during the 2018 governorship election in Osun. The document tagged: “INEC Form CF001” is being demanded by Counsel for the All Progressive Congress (APC), the Petitioners. The Tribunal Chairman, Justice Tertsea Kume gave the order in his ruling on the arguments and counter arguments by both the petitioners and the respondents’ counsel as regard the INEC Form CF001. Kume said it would amount to denying the petitioners their right to fair…
The National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) has said that its scale up programme would target 10.2million Nigerians to address `economic shock.’ The Interim Head of NCTO, Dr Ibraheem Adam said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Adam said that the scale up programme of the Office would contribute to human capital that would help to grow the country’s economy, especially at the grass root. According to him, by the time all these beats come together, we are hoping that people would be removed out of poverty in a considerable number and contribute…
The ECOWAS Commission has appealed the consideration of ECOWAS Parliament in the budgetary allocation for humanitarian affairs in the 2023 Community draft budget to tackle the needs of 38 million displaced Persons in the sub-region. Prof. Nazifi Darma, Director Internal Services, ECOWAS Commission made the appeal on behalf of the Commission on Thursday during the Budget Session of the 2022 2nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja. The Budget Session of the Parliament is holding at the end of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) meeting, to be preceded by the Parliament’s 2022 2nd Ordinary Session on…
The Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) of the ECOWAS Commission has presented the 2023 Community draft budget of more than 427,979,594 million Units of Account before the Parliament for consideration. Chair of the AFC, Cristina Pedreira, made the Presentation before Members of the ECOWAS Parliament during the Budget Session of the Parliament’s 2nd 2022 Ordinary Session in Abuja. The committee came up with the draft budget and recommendations following its 32nd Meeting of the AFC which was held from November 14 to 21. The 2023 Community of Consolidation and Reforms will be focused on four strategic objectives: Enhanced Peace and Security, Deeper…
It was a hot Wednesday morning, July 21, 2001, an accident had just occurred in the upscale Mabushi District of Abuja. Accidents occur everywhere in the world, but there is something unique about this one. It sent a top ranking minister and his beloved bicycle crashing into a ditch. “I thank God I’m alive,” Chief Ojo Maduekwe, then Minister of Transportation told reporters as he marveled at escaping without injuries after he was knocked down from his bicycle by a reckless bus driver. “Accidents can happen anywhere, on land, sea and air,” Maduekwe said stressing that the problem was not…
A Federal High Court in Osun on Friday, nullified the State Local Governments Election conducted by Osun Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The Presiding Judge, Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel, held that the election conducted by OSIEC on October 15, was illegal, null and void, having not conducted in consonance with the Electoral Act of 2022. Emmanuel ordered the local government chairmen and councilors crossed the state to vacate all local government secretariats and offices with immediate Effect. He said the noticed given by OSIEC for the election was not in compliance with Section 28 of the OSEIC Act 2022. ”Section 24 of…