GUINEA-BISSAU STOPS VACCINE STUDY FUNDED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

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 Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any links to autism. The West African country, one of the region's poorest, has high rates of hepatitis B, and the prospective study had drawn an outcry from scientists and international health bodies because only half the newborns in the trial would get the vaccine at birth. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said it was not ethical. Guinea-Bissau last month suspended the trial pending an ethical review. Critics had said it was being used to test theories linking vaccines to autism, long promoted by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr but contradicted by scientific evidence. Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira said in an interview on Tuesday that the study had been closed, citing concer...

ATIKU-OBI COALITION FOR 2027 UNFEASIBLE, SAYS WIKE’S AIDE. (PHOTO).


 Atiku-Obi Coalition for 2027 Unfeasible, Says Wike’s Aide


Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, has declared that a proposed opposition coalition involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi is “dead on arrival” ahead of the 2027 elections.


Speaking on Thursday, Olayinka argued that Atiku and Obi cannot work together due to irreconcilable differences, particularly over who would emerge as the coalition’s presidential candidate. He dismissed the possibility of Obi joining the coalition, which is aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.


Olayinka emphasized that the coalition, spearheaded by Atiku, is doomed to fail because it primarily serves Atiku’s personal ambitions. “The moment you are talking about a coalition to benefit Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the coalition will not work,” he stated. He further questioned whether Atiku would allow Obi to lead the coalition as the presidential candidate or if Obi would agree to play a secondary role.


The aide highlighted the historical context of the duo’s partnership, noting that Obi served as Atiku’s running mate under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, which they lost. Obi later left the PDP to contest the 2023 election as the Labour Party candidate. Despite Atiku’s recent invitation for Obi to join the opposition coalition, Olayinka insisted that mutual distrust and competing ambitions would prevent any collaboration.


“Is anything working in the coalition today? It has failed before they even started,” Olayinka remarked, underscoring the challenges facing opposition unity as the 2027 elections approach.

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