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FG commends UNDP over consistent assistance

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) deserves accolades for the assistance it renders to Nigeria in diverse ways, particularly in stabilizing the North-east, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke on Thursday at State House, Abuja, while playing host…

WHO honours Henrietta Lacks, whose cells changed medicine

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has honoured Henrietta Lacks, recognising the world-changing legacy of a Black woman whose cancer cells have provided the basis for life-changing medical breakthroughs but were taken without her knowledge or consent. Researchers took tissues from…

Gov. Buni inaugurates 17 APC Local Government Chairmen

Gov. Buni inaugurates 17 APC Local Government ChairmenGov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning  Committee, on Thursday inaugurated 17 local government chairmen of the party in the state.…