Nigeria Begins Trials For New Tela Maize Variety

Nigeria Begins Trials For New Tela Maize Variety

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA) has commenced trial phase for the new TELA Maize in some states to understudy the variety among farmers.  Dr Rose Gidado, the Deputy Director, NBDA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
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Varsity Resumes Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Varsity Resumes Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK.  On Tuesday, AstraZeneca said the studies were being paused while it investiga...
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Mercedes Benz Begins Trial Of Driverless S-Class

Mercedes Benz Begins Trial Of Driverless S-Class

Luxury carmaker Mercedes and engineering giant Bosch’s partnership will see trials of the driverless S-Class in the streets of San Jose.As Cnet reports, the two companies are working on a self-driving car test platform that will ferry people between San....
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Jacob Zuma Faces Corruption Trial

Jacob Zuma Faces Corruption Trial

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption relating to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal. The case centres on a 30bn rand ($2.5bn; £1.7bn) deal to modernise the country’s defence in the late 1990s...
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Obiang, Equatorial Guinea’s VP on trial in France

Obiang, Equatorial Guinea’s VP on trial in France

(BBC) Equatorial Guinea’s flamboyant vice-president has gone trial in absentia in France on charges of corruption after he failed to stop the landmark case. Teodorin Obiang Nguema is accused of buying a mansion and sports cars in France with a...
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