New huNOG-EXL EA Model Extends Study Windows Significantly RENSSELAER, N.Y., Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing drug discovery animal model solutions, announces the launch of the huNOG-EXL EA (Early Access) humanized immune system (HIS) mouse. This product expands Taconic’s widely used HIS portfolio. huNOG-EXL EA significantly lengthens the […]
Day: January 18, 2022
Nigeria Unveils Massive Pile of Rice Marking Production Progress
ABUJA — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is unveiling a massive pyramid of rice harvested by farmers to pay back bank loans they borrowed to expand their production. Nigerian officials say the low-interest loans helped more than double the average yield of rice and maize, ending the country’s dependence on rice imports. The Central Bank of […]
Healthcare providers ‘ll adjust appropriate healthcare tariffs with health insurance- Arigbabuwo
The Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN) says it will adjust its tariffs with the private health insurance businesses from Feb.1 following effect of inflation on healthcare services. Dr Jimmy Arigbabuwo, National President of HCPAN, made this known at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
Edo explores potentials in water transport to boost economy, strengthens security on waterways
The Edo State Government is sustaining programmes and reforms to harness the huge economic potentials in its water transportation ecosystem to boost economic growth and development, in line with the government’s Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) Agenda. Chairman of the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC), Pastor Kennedy Osifo disclosed […]
Nigeria starts rice export soon, RIFAN
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says the country will commence exportation of rice in the near future to engender the twin benefits of food security and economic diversification. Mr Ado Hassan, Secretary of the Kano State chapter of RIFAN, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
NCAA DG speaks on Security, Facilitation, Safety Audits
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has clarified the misinformation on the Security, Facilitation and Safety Audit slated for the first quarter of 2022. The Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made the clarification with newsmen in Lagos on Monday. Nuhu explained that the forthcoming International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight […]
Food Security: President Buhari Unveils 13 Rice Pyramids
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled 13 pyramids of locally produced rice in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The event took place at the trade fair complex on airport road, Abuja on Tuesday. President Buhari expressed delight that the current administration’s diversification programme on agriculture has started yielding dividends for the country. He said: […]
Edo govt recruits teaching fellows for Senior Secondary Schools across 18 LGAs
The Edo State Government has commenced process for the recruitment of teaching fellows into the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results (EdoSTAR) Teaching Fellows Programme, for schools across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs). In a statement, the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe called for suitably qualified individuals in the following […]
EU to donate €1.5b for global humanitarian crises in 2022
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced a contribution of the sum of 1.5 billion euros to combat humanitarian crises across the globe in 2022. The EU disclosed this in a statement issued by its commission on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the bloc which is at the forefront of global […]
9-year-old Indonesian girl killed by crocodile
A nine-year-old girl was attacked and killed by a crocodile while walking on a riverside path with her sister in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, a search official said on Tuesday. The sisters were walking home after bathing in the Batang Masang river in Agam district on Monday morning when the younger girl, Anisa Putri, […]