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House of Rep Member Presents Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Congress woman Princess Miriam Onuoha has proposed a bill to regulate the cultivation, possession, availability and trade in cannabis for medical and research purposes....
Coronavirus: Nigeria records 5 new COVID-19 deaths
A total of 98 people with COVID-19 have now died in the country. According to the NCDC, Nigeria Tuesday recorded...
Kano“mystery’’ deaths claim another professor, Isa Hashim, spiking high-profile fatalities to 18
The mystery deaths in Kano continue unabated as another Professor, Isa Hashim, fell in the early hours of Sunday barely 24...
Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Kano and throughout Nigeria with 58 deaths
The number of coronavirus cases in Kano state surged by 80 on Thursday, jolting the statewide number of infected past 1,932 three...
COVID-19: Professor of Pharmacognosy recommends herbal medicine as lifeline therapeutics
As lifeline therapeutics to COVID-19, a professor of Pharmacognosy and ex-Acting Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun, Anthony Elujoba,...
Another Professor dies In COVID-19 beleaguered Kano City
A professor of Mass Communication at the Bayero University, Kano, Balarabe Maikaba, has died in the city amid speculations of a ravaging...
Where we went wrong with preparing for COVID-19 – Lindsey Allen
By Lindsey Allen, author of ‘The Psychology of Pandemics’ Although some aspects of the novel coronavirus remain unknown, research on past pandemics...
COVID-19 death: Bank’s Regional Manager’s family accuses Kano Govt., NCDC of abandoning rescue attempt
(Listen to her plea for help above) Grief-stricken septuagenarian mother-in-law of a Kano-based bank’s Regional Manager has cried foul over...
COVID-19 vaccine ready “soon”, says U.S. billionaire Bill Gates
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, U.S. billionaire and Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, said a vaccine for...
Nigerian Nurse dies of coronavirus while sister ‘fighting for her life’ inside same hospital
There have been many tough phone calls for the Akinsanya family in the past one week. The phone call from the family,...
Human rights groups caution against testing COVID-19 Antiretroviral Vaccines on Nigerians, Africans
…we are no guinea pigs, rats …urge French Consulate, Foreign Affairs Ministry, others to take action A coalition of international human...
After 14-day quarantine: Chinese experts to undergo COVID-19 testing before deployment– FG
…patients to be treated in states of diagnoses henceforth The 15 Chinese medical professionals, who arrived in Abuja on April 8 with medical...
Madagascar launches Covid Organics, CVO for infection cure
Dubbed “Miracle Drink’’, Madagascar has launched a drink that it brands as a cure and prevention of coronavirus infection. ...
SERAP threatens to sue Buhari, NASS over cut in health budget
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given “the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and leadership of the National Assembly 14...
About 20 million hydroxychloroquine tablets distributed in U.S
The United States government through the Strategic National Stockpile has sent out about 20 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug that some...
5G mobile network cannot spread coronavirus, WHO clarifies
Amid speculations and controversies, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says 5G mobile network cannot escalate or spread Coronavirus. It insisted that...
