Nigeria is hosting five other member states of the African Union (AU) to strategise on the use and adoption of genome editing technology in boosting agricultural productivity. A statement issued by Press Secretary to the Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA, Mrs Toyin Omozuma in Abuja on Monday, said the AUDA-NEPAD project was initiated and driven by member states of Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Eswantini and Zambia. “It is a three-day writing workshop to develop a Genome Editing National Communication Strategy for Nigeria starting December 12 to 14 in Lagos. “The workshop is also meant to underscore…
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A leading Chinese expert has warned that Omicron variants of the coronavirus were “spreading rapidly” and signs of an outbreak rattling China’s capital, CNN has reported. The country is also bracing for an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 cases as it dismantles large parts of its repressive zero-Covid policy. Changes continued Monday as authorities announced a deactivation of the “mobile itinerary card” health tracking function planned for the following day. The system, which is separate from the health code scanning system still required in a reduced number of places in China, had used people’s cell phone data to track their travel…
German vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz plans to add a plant for all-electric vans at its location in the southern Polish town of Jawor, according to a press release on Monday. “As we flexibly manufacture vans with combustion and electric drivetrains in all our existing plants, we will build our first pure electric plant in Jawor,” said Mathias Geisen, the head of Mercedes-Benz Vans. This is part of the company’s reorganization of its European production network, “marking a new milestone in its transformation as a provider of locally emission-free mobility,” read the press release. According to statements made at a press conference…
‘If you don’t stay calm, … a country like Turkey will not be a bystander,’ Turkey’s president says. Turkey warned Greece that a missile could hit the Greek capital unless “you stay calm,” further escalating its rhetoric against Greece. “Now we have started to make our own missiles,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a speech on Sunday in Samsun, in northern Turkey. “Of course, this production scares the Greeks. When you say ‘Tayfun,’ the Greek gets scared and say, ‘It will hit Athens.’ Well, of course it will.” Tayfun, which is Turkish for “typhoon” is a short-range ballistic missile developed…
Researchers recently created an artificial intelligence model that predicts diabetes onset with 12 hours of blood glucose data collected from a wearable device. They say their model could aid the diagnosis of prediabetes and help prevent type 2 diabetes. How the AI model will impact rates of type 2 diabetes screening remains to be seen. Diabetes is a chronic condition characterizedTrusted Source by high blood glucose levels due to insulin resistance or insufficient insulin production. Around 463 million people worldwide have a diabetes diagnosis; 95%Trusted Source of these people have type 2 diabetes. If untreated, type 2 diabetes can damage the heart, eyes, kidneys, and nerves.…
“The agency claimed that its investigation was based on interviews with 33 women and girls. How do they use interview with 33 women and girls to arrive at the bogus claim of 10,000 abortions? And in a further indication that the figure of abortions quoted was arbitrary or possibly conjured, the agency first put the figure at 12,000 before settling for 10,000” The Nigerian government has said that Reuter’s report which claimed that the Nigerian military ran secret mass abortion programme in war against Boko Haram is fake news, disinformation and a ploy to demoralise and distracts the fighting forces. The…
“…We have discussed on how I think this matter can be resolved and I believe that as a leader and as DG of the campaign, he will do the needful because I am not alone. Talking to me alone will not solve the problem, but reaching out to others will be more meaningful. I also believe he will also try to do the needful to put the party together as it is” Sokoto state governor and Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Sunday extended hands of fellowship to his Benue state…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons has emerged the 45th best footballing team in the world, according to FIFA-CocaCola Women’s World Ranking of the year 2022. According of the ranking posted on its website on Friday, the US national team is ranked number 1st followed by the German female football team. Sweden dropped to the third position from second place and England and France sit in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Best in Africa With Nigeria’s 45th position, it became the best in Africa. South Africa come second in 54th place, Cameroon took 58th place, with Ghana following closely in 59th position and…
Morocco on Saturday eliminated Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Youssef En-Nesyri scored the lone winner goal for Morocco with a brave header barely 41 minutes into the game. The victory makes the North African country the first on the continent to reach semi-final in the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup. Read Morocco’s journey to the FIFA World Cup semi-final: 1-0 win over Portugal 0-0 (3-0) penalty win over Spain 2-1 win over Canada 2-0 win over Belgium 0-0 draw with Croatia
“We owe it to our children to pursue a world without nuclear weapons” – Obama Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and former U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for a world without nuclear arms amid Russian threats to use them in the war in Ukraine and North Korea’s rapid development of its weapons programs. They made the call in separate messages sent to the inaugural meeting of a nuclear disarmament forum in Hiroshima, which was devastated by a U.S. atomic bomb dropped in the closing stages of World War II. “We owe it to our children to pursue a world…