Dr. Khan, formerly the Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head of Strategy and Portfolio, Innovative Medicine R&D at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), will also join Recursion’s Board of Directors Photo of Najat Khan, Ph.D. Najat Khan, Ph.D. SALT LAKE CITY, April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Recursion (Nasdaq: RXRX), a clinical stage TechBio company...
A police officer (42) was bitten on the stomach by a teen suspect at Oshihole village in the Onesi constituency on Saturday. This was confirmed by police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi in the weekend crime report. The suspect (19) was arrested on the same day at around 17h00, after the officer sustained a laceration as a...
Zorena Jantze AN attempted robbery incident turned deadly after a robber was shot dead by a female police officer whom he tried to rob while she was jogging. The incident allegedly occurred in the early evening hours of Sunday, 14 April 2024. Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga, media liaison officer within the Namibian police, explained that...
Olthaver and List (O&L) Group last week revealed that Chief Executive, Wessie van der Westhuizen and Chief Culture Officer, Sonja Thieme will be stepping down from their leadership positions, effective 30 April. The decision, announced by O&L Group, comes as Wessie and Sonja cited personal reasons for their resignation. The couple expressed gratitude for the...
A man (30) allegedly assaulted a female police officer after he was pulled off the road for a traffic offence at Rehoboth on Saturday. In the weekend crime report, police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi said the suspect was requested to do a breathalyser test but instead drove away from the scene. “He was chased after and...
Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Wessie van der Westhuizen, and Chief Culture Officer (CCO), Sonja Thieme, will be resigning from the group effective 30 April 2024 due to personal reasons, the company announced. Sven Thieme, the Executive Chairman of the O&L Group, said Van der Westhuizen and Thieme had elected to...
A Police officer from Ongha Police Station is being accused of conspiring with suspected human traffickers to release their victims from a shelter. The officer was allegedly paid N$10 000 to do so. Ohangwena regional police commander commissioner Ottilia Kashuupulwa confirmed this on Thursday. “The first offer was N$65 000, the second was N$30 000,...
Four people, including a police officer from the Ongha Police Station, appeared in court after allegedly kidnapping human trafficking victims in a bid to return them to their traffickers. The four men appeared in the Ohangwena Magistrate’s Court last week and were kept in custody. The officer and three others are accused of aiding the...
Zambezi chief regional officer Regina Ndopu-Lubinda claims the majority of residents only know how to criticise leaders on social media about the region’s poor academic performance, without providing practical solutions. She said this at the opening of a training workshop for the region’s science teachers at Katima Mulilo last week. The week-long workshop, sponsored by...