•A young genetically altered pig looking out from a warming box Two US biotech companies say the Food and Drug Administration has cleared them to conduct clinical trials of their gene-edited pig kidneys for human transplants. United Therapeutics along with another company, eGenesis, have been working since 2021 on experiments implanting pig ki...
•Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno EKERETE UDOH, Uyo reporting Following the submission of the report by the Committee on the Implementation of the New Minimum Wage/Personnel Verification, headed by Akwa Ibom State Head of Service, Elder Effiong Essien, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has authorised the commencement of ...
The federal government, through Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), pursuant to its power under Section 108 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 (NCA) to regulate and approve tariff rates and charges by telecommunications operators, will be granting approval for tariff adjustment requests by Network Operators in response to prevailin...
•Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) attends a meeting in the command center of the defense ministry Israel’s security cabinet approved in a vote today a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal that should take effect this weekend, the prime minister’s office said. The agreement, which must now go to the full cabinet for a final [&helli...
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says that telecom tariffs will soon increase but assures Nigerians that it will not be the 100 per cent that telecom operators are pushing for at the moment. The minister disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) today in Abuja...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu, today, approved the new Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (HTACOS) for officers and enlisted personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The approval was granted during a National Defense Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olu...
•Port Harcourt refinery The federal government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, has announced the approval of a licence for the construction of a new refinery. The approval given to a company named Process Design and Development Limited is to establish and construct a new 27,000 barrels per day ref...
•Governor Soludo The Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC), led by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, has approved tax exemptions for indigent residents whose business capital is less than ₦100,000. During its 35th meeting, the council paid tribute to the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the APC, who was recently buried in his hometown, Umuanukam, Otolo ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate has granted approval to the ₦1.77 trillion ($2.2b) loan request of President Bola Tinubu after a voice vote in favour of the request. The Senate presided by Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, approved the loan after the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts chaired by Senator Wammako Magatarkada (APC, Soko...
•President Bola Tinubu presides over the Federal Executive Council meeting today The Federal Executive Council has approved a proposed national budget of ₦47.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this today while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presi...
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