The Russian Defense Ministry has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) leadership to investigate the activities of US-funded Nigerian laboratories in Abuja, Zaria and Lagos. The Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov alleged on Friday, that two US-controlled biolaboratories operate in the city of Abuja, one in the city of Zaria, and another one in Lagos. “Against the background of numerous cases of US violations of biosafety requirements and facts of negligent storage of pathogenic biomaterials, we call on the leadership of the World Health Organization to investigate the activities of US-funded Nigerian laboratories…
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Researchers evaluate the use of genomic selection in wheat breeding against deadly fungal disease. A recent publication in the journal Frontiers of Plant Science provides results of the first-ever study to test genomic selection in breeding for resistance to wheat blast, a deadly disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae that is spreading from its origin in Brazil to threaten wheat crops in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic selection identifies individual plants based on the information from molecular markers, DNA signposts for genes of interest, that are distributed densely throughout the wheat genome. For wheat blast, the results can…
About 30 massive, intricate computer networks serve the scientists who stand at the forefront of climate change research. Each network runs a software program comprised of millions of lines of code. These programs are computational models that combine the myriads of physical, chemical and biological phenomena that together form the climate of our planet. The models calculate the state of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land and ice, capturing past and present climate variability and using the data to predict future climate change. These results are analyzed by leading research institutes across the globe, including the Weizmann Institute of Science, and then…
Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Niger state, Mohammed Idris Malagi has congratulated Mohammed Umar Bago who emerged as the party’s candidate. Addressing supporters at his residence in Minna, Malagi called on his supporters to remain calm and rally round the party’s flag-bearer to ensure victory of the party in next year’s general elections as loyal party men and women. “We went through a primary election decided by delegates who are all members of our party. “We gave it our all but in the end only one person must win and I have…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah Senator Adamu Aliero, who represents Kebbi North Senatorial District at the National Assembly (NASS), has withdrawn from the state senatorial primaries holding on Saturday. The Senator, in a letter he personally signed, dated May 27, 2022 and addressed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), blamed the state governor, Abubakar Bagudu for his action. According to him, “the scheduled primaries in the state would be shambolic and patently fraudulent because, the delegate lists comprise of persons handpicked by the state governor to do his bidding.” Aliero recalled instances where the National Chairman of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party has criticised the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the deadline for party primary elections by six days. INEC on Friday, announced the extension of the deadline for political parties to conduct their presidential primary election. The electoral umpire extended the deadline after massive pressure from political parties under the aegis of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). Reacting to the development, the PDP slammed the electoral agency for extending the deadline after the main opposition party is ready to conduct its presidential primary. In a chat with ChannelsTV on Friday, PDP spokesperson,…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has bashed political parties for financial inducements on delegates against the choice of the people. The group also chided the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for extending the deadline for the conduct of primary elections and submission of the list of nominated candidates for the 2023 general elections, from 4th to 9th of June 2022. This is contained in a statement by the chairman of the group, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. He said that at a time when Nigerians were beginning to have confidence in the electoral umpire, some powerful…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adjusted its special convention for presidential primary earlier scheduled for May 29-30 to June 6-8. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. “This follows the Independent National Electoral Commission’s extension of deadline for the submission of list of candidates by political parties. “The APC hereby postpones its Special Convention for Presidential Primary from May 29 to 30 to Monday, June 6 to Wednesday June 8, 2022,” he said. Political parties had earlier requested INEC to review the timelines for political party primaries provided in…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has urged the Federal Government to take drastic action against activities of the proscribed Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the North East. A chieftain of the forum and leader of Arewa community South-South and South East, Musa Saidu said this in a statement on Friday. According to him, government must find lasting solutions to the nefarious activities of the group. “The federal government must take necessary action against IPOB, the situation is getting out of hand, many innocent people are being attacked daily by the group in South East “In fact we have documentary…
The Former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae has faulted the calls that the presidency should be zoned to a particular region, saying there is no provision for zoning in the Nigerian Constitution. Falae, a former National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), stated this during a visit by the executives of the Ondo state chapter of the party in Akure. The newly-elected executives was led on the visit by its chairman, Mr Dele Thomas. Falae, while speaking on the contentious issue of zoning, said it was not part of the conditions for Nigeria’s presidency. “Politicians should stop deceiving…