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The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) and key stakeholders in Nigeria's research and development institutes have opposed the recent appointment of Professor Abdullahi Mustapha as Acting Director General of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA). This decision comes on the heels of Mustapha's four-year tenure as substantive Chief Executive of the…

Equatorial Guinea is making headlines lately, mostly due to the recent scandal involving Baltasar Engonga. But how much do we actually know about this unique African nation? Equatorial Guinea, formally called the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, sits on the western coast of Central Africa. Its people, known as Equatorial Guineans or Ecuatoguineana, call Malabo their…

Nigeria has a Prime Minister (PM). How can that be, as it is not in our statute books or in the Nigerian constitution? After you have been through this write-up, you might agree with this writer that Nigeria indeed has a PM, though unappointed. To save him or her from political harassment from those who…

Youth Initiative for Growth and Advancement, a non-profit civic hub, YIAGA Africa, has disclosed that political parties have begun to systematically induce voters with cash and food items ahead of the November 16 governorship poll in Ondo State. According to Yiaga, leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have distributed fertilisers, rice, cassava, and maize…

Gunmen, on Thursday evening, reportedly shot and killed an Inspector of Police and also abducted two Chinese nationals in a bloody operation at Quarry Camp in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River. The Police Public Relations Officer in charge of Zone 6, SP Nelson Okpabi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Calabar…