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HIV Can be Eliminated in Lab Using Gene Editing Tool -Study Researchers have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, raising hopes of a cure. Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, which won the Nobel Prize in 2020, scientists were able target HIV DNA, removing all traces of the virus from infected cells. Working […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has transmitted a letter to the Senate to approve a new bill seeking to provide new salaries and allowances for judicial officers in Nigeria. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the president’s request during the plenary on Wednesday, March 20. The proposed law seeks to prescribe salaries, allowances, and other fringe benefits […]

At the March meeting of the Surulere Lawyers Forum, legal luminary Afam Osigwe, SAN emphasized the importance of improved remuneration for lawyers in Nigeria. Osigwe, who chairs the Remuneration Committee established by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), delivered a keynote address underscoring the significance of the recently enacted Remuneration Order of 2023. The Remuneration Order, […]

Shyngle Wigwe, the father of deceased Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe, has explained why well-wishers and loved ones of the ex-bank boss shouldn’t cry over his death. Mr. Wigwe said this while receiving leaders of the Ohaneze Ndi’Igbo, emphasizing that there was no point crying as everybody would eventually die someday. The clergyman, who said […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede. Cole was said to have been apprehended in the Lugbe area of Abuja after making the threat via his Instagram handle, “1billionsecretss,” in response to an Instablog9ja post on February 1, 2024. This was […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cleared the $7 billion foreign exchange (FX) backlog inherited by Governor Yemi Cardoso. This move fulfills a key pledge on his appointment and signifies a significant step towards restoring confidence in the economy. In a statement on Wednesday, CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali, […]

The trial of the alleged murderers of the Managing Director of Water View Hotel, Adeniyi Ojo, 50, commenced on Wednesday at the state high court in Kwara State before Justice Haleema Saleeman. It is recalled that the case had begun at the magistrate court in Ilorin before the new developments in the high court. The […]

Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Edeh, the founder of Madonna University, a private institution in Nigeria, has made a controversial claim that female students who gain admission as virgins graduate while still maintaining their virginity. According to Edeh, the university takes measures to help preserve this standard. In a video posted on social media, Edeh said this […]

The High Court of Ogun State sitting in Abeokuta presided over by Hon. Justice Abiodun Akinyemi has admitted Ladi Adebutu’s account opening forms with his statements of account. Adebutu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 Governorship election in Ogun State, and some members of his party, are standing trial […]

The Senate on Wednesday, March 20, called on the judiciary in the 36 states of the federation to set up mobile courts for the enforcement of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act to curb the growing menace of out-of-school children in the country. The Senate also mandated its Committee on Education (Basic & Secondary) to […]

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said its operatives have arrested a pregnant married woman who faked her own kidnap, demanded for N2 million as ransom from her husband. It was gathered that when ransom was delivered, the lady shared the money with the man suspected to be her boyfriend she connived with to […]

Nigerian Bond Yield Increased by 20 Basis Points to 18.60% The average yield on Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds climbed slightly in the secondary market due to moderate selloffs on naira assets across the curve amidst inflation threats to naira value. Trading activity was bearish as investors sold FGN bonds across various tenors after […]