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By Sylvester Thompson Prof. Olalekan Akinbo, Scientist and Supervisor at Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), says Genome Editing (GEd) technology is useful to Africa. Akinbo spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. He clarifiedContinue Reading

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By Tosin Kolade The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) on Wednesday congratulated the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu over his victory at the Saturday’s presidential election. The NYCN National President, Mr Sukubo Sukubo, said the former Lagos State governor’s victory was an endorsement of decades of relentless leadership and hisContinue Reading

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By Angela Atabo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mrs Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)Senate seat. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Sanni Saka of the University of Abuja announced the result on Tuesday in Abuja. Saka said thatContinue Reading

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By Kevin Okunzuwa INEC on Monday declared Mr Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Edo South senatorial district election of Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. A. Obasuyi, declared that Imasuen scored 167,250 votes to defeat his PDP and APC opponents, who scored 57,933 votes andContinue Reading

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By Sumaila Ogbaje A civil society organisation, Election Monitoring Coalition (EMC), has commended the conduct of personnel of the Armed forces of Nigeria during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. The coalition gave the commendation in a statement by the Director, Monitoring, Bello Yahuza and Director, Politics, Yewande Amusa onContinue Reading