The Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to confirm Jay Bhattacharya as the next director of the National Institutes of Health. The vote was 53-47. As director, Bhattacharya would oversee the $48.6 billion agency, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research. Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, has been…
Veteran Nollywood actress has taken to her social media page to debunk rumours of her death on the internet, thus allaying fears expressed by scores of her fans. Hilda Dokubo, who shut down the deliberate fake news about her death during an Instagram live session on Friday, also promised to continue delivering truth on politics and governance. The award-winning film actress,…
Former Rivers State Head of Service, Dr. George Nwaeke has dismissed claims that he was kidnapped and forced to make statements against the suspended state governor, Siminalayi Fubara. Â In a video released on Saturday morning, Nwaeke refuted allegations made by his wife, Florence, who had raised the alarm over his whereabouts following his resignation…
The Togolese National Assembly has adopted a new intelligence bill aimed at consolidating national sovereignty, protecting vital state interests, and ensuring citizen security, while upholding fundamental rights. Approved on Friday, the bill provides legal tools to help Togo counter growing security threats, including terrorism and cyberattacks. Authorities emphasize that the law strikes a balance between…
On March 29, the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod. St. Serapion was born in the fifteenth century in the village of Pekhorka1 near Moscow into a family of ordinary villagers. His religious parents nurtured their son’s love of the Lord from infancy and taught him to read and…
The controversy surrounding the resignation of Dr. George Nwaeke, former Head of the Rivers State Civil Service, took another turn on Saturday as he denied claims by his wife, Florence, that he had been kidnapped. In a video statement released in the early hours of Saturday, Dr. Nwaeke dismissed his wife’s concerns, stating that he…
