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...

COURT ORDERS SENATE TO RECALL SUSPENDED SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN. (PHOTO).



 Court Orders Senate to Recall Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan


The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the six-month suspension of Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, ordering her immediate recall to the Senate. Justice Binta Fatima Nyako ruled that the suspension, stemming from sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, was unconstitutional and violated the rights of Akpoti-Uduaghan’s constituents to adequate representation.


Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, praised the judgment, calling it a victory against injustice. In a post on X, Ezekwesili congratulated the senator, stating, “This injustice will not be sustained. Thanks for modeling the strength of will that citizens in a democracy must possess to push back on abuse of power.” She urged the Senate to swiftly reinstate Akpoti-Uduaghan, highlighting the denial of representation for Kogi Central.


The ruling has sparked calls for the Senate to address the matter promptly and restore the senator to her duties.

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