CAT2D empowers early-career researchers through drug discovery training
The Computer-Aided Therapeutic Discovery and Design (CAT2D) Research Group, based in the Department of Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has concluded a two-month intensive internship programme aimed at building capacity in computational drug discovery and biomedical data science.
Leadership Tenure in Nigeria: The Case for a Single Six-Year Term, by Afe Babalola
As Nigeria continues to navigate the complex terrain of democratic governance, the clamor for political reforms has grown louder, more insistent, and impossible to ignore. At the heart of these demands is a proposal that there is need to scrap the current two-term, eight-year system for Presidents and Governors and substitute it for a single, non-renewable six-year […]
NBA Yenagoa chair raises alarm over judges’ safety
By Henry Ojelu, YENAGOA The newly inaugurated Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yenagoa Branch, Clement Kekemeke, has raised the alarm over the worsening security situation facing judicial officers in the country, following the abduction of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro of the Bayelsa State High Court. Kekemeke, who was sworn in as the 15th Chairman […]
Afreximbank raises lending facility for Oando to $375m
By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has completed upsizing its reserve-based lending facility for Oando Oil Limited to $375 million. The company had paid down the original $525 million facility to $100 million in 2024, creating significant headroom for refinancing and enhancing Oando’s financial flexibility. The upsizing, led by Afreximbank with support […]
Oil Production: FG to withdraw licence of firms with dormant oil fields
•Commences review of 273 fees, levies paid by operators By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja In a renewed push to meet its OPEC production quota and 2025 budgetary targets, the Federal Government on yesterday threatened to withdraw the licence of firms with dormant oil fields. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, issued the warning at […]
Benue and other killings: The joke is on us
By SUNNY IKHIOYA The future survival of this country as a nation will depend on the decisiveness that is brought to bear on the issue of insecurity in the land, it is as clear as daylight. So the President will publicly ask our security chiefs for the arrest of perpetrators before they will do their […]
