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Ozempic, others get more plaudits for cutting cancer risks
Medications such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic were found to have disease-prevention qualities beyond their weight-loss benefits. Scientists from Israel said the drugs, also known as GLP-1s, may be up to 41 per cent more effective at preventing obesity-related cancer…
Is ExxonMobil laying out investment recovery agenda in Deepwater Nigeria?
Sopuruchi Onwuka American oil multinational major, ExxonMobil, appears to have activated a tranquil plan to mount production pressure on its deepwater assets in Nigeria as it lays out investment capital for greenfield developments and enhanced recovery programmes for brownfield assets….
Trump’s Middle East tour weighs on oil market fundamentals
Sopuruchi Onwuka Progress made on US-China trade negotiations and the improvement in the US-Iran nuclear negotiations have joined to erode pessimism on oil demand at a time the OPEC+ supply bloc has indicated nearly half a million barrels of incremental…
WIEN Woman Podcast activates Season II with Ganiyat Seriki
Sopuruchi Onwuka The nation’s foremost gender equity advocate, Women in Energy Network (WIEN), has finally launched the second season of its signature knowledge sharing audiovisual programme, the WIEN Woman Podcast. Season II of WIEN Woman Podcast brings Senior Associate at…
Projects to meet solutions at NOGOF 2025
Sopuruchi Onwuka Real and effectual players in the Nigerian petroleum industry will next week converge in Yeneegoa, Beyelsa State, for a debate on finding solutions and services to drive speedy delivery of projects as regulators mount increasing pressure on operating…
Vatican elects Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV.
Sopuruchi Onwuka The much awaited successor to the late Pope Francis has emerged as Robert Prevost. The new pope makes history as the first from the United States. Though he remains Robert Prevost by original name, the new pope would…
White smoke puffs as new pope prepares for balcony appearance
Sopuruchi Onwuka A huge crowd currently mill around the St Peters Basilica in wait to behold the new Pope of the global Catholic Church. Several online reports emerging from The Vatican have it that the new pope will be unveiled…
Trade war: VW, Hyundai, Honda shop production hubs in US
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports World’s biggest automaker, Volkswagen, is taking early production position in the United States as the global manufacturing sector begins to adjust to the demands by the administration of Donald Trump for stronger local content impact…
Papal conclave resumes after black smoke puffed
Sopuruchi Onwuka High ranking cardinals who entered into a closed session to select a new pope were unable to conclude on Wednesday, making it necessary to release a black smoke from the Sistine Chapel at the St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome….
Reprisal Israeli strikes disable Yemen’s Sanaa international airport
Air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels have fully disabled Yemen’s main international airport in the capital Sanaa, Israel’s military has said. “We urge you to immediately evacuate the area of the airport and to warn anyone nearby to distance themselves…
