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Rwandan authorities greeted the arrival on Saturday of British Home Secretary Suella Braverman on a two-day trip to the country in a bid to accelerate the implementation of a controversial deal to send migrants arriving by boat in the UK to the East African country. The deportation agreement announced last year allows UK authorities to send to Rwanda asylum seekers while their claims are processed. Illegal migrants are yet to be sent to the East African country, though Britain has already paid Rwanda US$170 million dollars under the deal. This week the UK government has also unveiled the Illegal Migration…

The Biden administration is under mounting pressure to call for an expansion of the federal guarantee on bank deposits to shore up confidence in the financial system and prevent further distress among US regional banks. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which is funded by banks, guarantees deposits up to $250,000. But a growing chorus of influential bipartisan lawmakers and banking industry lobbyists have been pushing for that limit to be increased or suspended. “I think that lifting the . . . cap is a good move,” Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, told CBS on Sunday. “Is it $2mn? Is it $5mn? Is…

Recently, Bloomberg ran a story that set the health tech sphere abuzz. Citing insider knowledge, it claimed Apple had reached a major milestone in noninvasive blood glucose monitoring that could revolutionize diabetes treatment as we know it. But although this technology is buzzworthy, you won’t see it arrive on the Apple Watch — or any consumer-grade wearable — for several years to come. Like other kinds of emerging health tech, noninvasive blood glucose monitoring has both technical and regulatory hurdles to clear. But even if Big Tech and researchers were to figure out a viable solution tomorrow, experts say the…

Researchers investigated how gut bacteria influence the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment in mice. They found that ICIs allow certain gut bacteria to travel to tumor sites, where they activate the immune system to kill cancer cells. Further study is needed to confirm whether these findings may apply to humans. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a kind of immunotherapy. They work by blocking specific proteins that moderate immune function, such as CTLA-4 or PD-1, thus “taking the breaks off” of the immune system so it can get rid of cancer cells. However, up to half of patients with…

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A rescue plan for Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse may impose losses on its bondholders and even result in a full or partial nationalization of Credit Suisse Group AG, multiple reports revealed on March 19. Swiss authorities are considering applying losses to Credit Suisse bondholders as part of the bank’s ongoing recovery efforts, Reuters learned from two sources. European regulators are concerned that the move might undermine investor confidence in Europe’s financial sector.Another report from Bloomberg claims that the Swiss government is analyzing a full or partial nationalization of the bank, the only available alternative if the UBS takeover is not…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said a total of 104 Lassa fever deaths and 636 confirmed infections have been recorded across Nigeria between January to 26 February. The NCDC noted that the death toll was recorded with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 16.4 per cent which is lower than what was recorded for the same period in 2022 (18.1 per cent). This is contained in the agency’s latest epidemiological report published on its website for week 8 of 2023, spanning 20 to 26, February. The report shows that 351 suspected cases were recorded within the week…

…Your Excellencies, don’t allow the glitter of office and how people will make a deity of you to make you assume that you are superhuman. You are as expendable, perishable and finite as the man next door. Your excrement smells like every other person’s. God forbid, if you drop dead today, like every other man, the horrible smell emitting from your body and the maggots that will take over will be like those of the vagabond on the street. This realisation should bring a feeling of sobriety and desire to serve your fellow man in you. I wish you good…

Despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive authorising commercial banks to dispense and receive the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes, many Nigerians this week rejected the bank notes. A PREMIUM TIMES’ survey across major cities found that some motorists and traders refused to accept the old notes amid the uncertainties surrounding the acceptance of the notes by commercial banks. The apex bank had on Monday announced that the old and newly redesigned banknotes remain legal tender until 31 December. The move brought relief to Nigerians who had gone through hardship as a result of the cash crunch occasioned by…

Gubernatorial candidate of Accord in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu has urged Governor Seyi Makinde not to disappoint the people of the state during his second term in office. Adelabu made this disclosure on Sunday via a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists. He made this assertion while congratulating Makinde over his second term victory. DAILY POST recalls that Makinde had on Sunday been declared the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday. Makinde defeated Adelabu of Accord, Teslim Folarin and other candidates who contested the election. The Returning Officer in the state, Professor Adebayo Bamire announced…