(CNN)The
world's first full head transplant could take place as soon as 2017 if
the controversial plans by Italian neuroscientist Dr Sergio Canavero
come to pass. Wheelchair-bound
Valery Spiridonov, who has the muscle-wasting Werdnig Hoffman disease,
has volunteered to have his head transplanted onto a healthy body in a
day-long operation. The proposed surgery is highly
controversial and its feasibility has been questioned by experts. But Dr
Canavero's plans
Against the
backdrop of possible face-off with President Mohammedu Buhari, the
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been appointed into the National
Salary Committee by the President. The Rivers State governor
was in Abuja for a meeting with President Buhari alongside other
governors for an undisclosed discussion. Although details of
the president’s meeting with the governors are being awaited, it was
confirmed that Wike was appointed by the president as a member of the
committee to look into the issue of salaries’ in the country.
According
to a report by Vanguard, President Buhari plans to totally remove fuel
subsidy and use the proceeds for the provision of free and compulsory
primary/secondary education
across the country. The administration is also said to be working on
unbundling the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to make it
more efficient in the production and delivery of products to Nigerians.
President
Mohammad Buhari has rejected the list of seven members of the National
Working Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) jostling to be
appointed as ministers. The national officers of the party
according to a high placed source, got the shock of their lives when
they visited there president Muhammad Buhari, recently at the Defence
House temporary office in Abuja.
A man who was
officially named 'Uganda's Ugliest Man' Godfrey Baguma, 47, has welcomed
his 8th child with his second wife, Kate Namanda,, who he married in
2013. This will be Godfrey and Kate's 6th child together, he has two
children with his ex-wife who he divorced after he caught her cheating.
Nollywood actress Stephanie Linus made a public appearance for the first time since her pregnancy was announced. Stephanie Linus and her husband, Linus Idahosa were among the people in
attendance of the Queen’s Young Leaders awards reception last night as
the Queen honoured 60 young & inspiring people – 4 of whom were
Nigerian. For the event Stephanie was styled by Yummie Ogbebor in Iconic Invanity. Multitalented Nigerian star Stephanie Linus is pregnant with her first child!
