The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has dissolved its FCT chapter executive council over alleged corruption. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development followed an emergency meeting held on Monday in Abuja. Prof. Lovett Lawson, who presided over the emergency Congress of the association, announced the dissolution andContinue Reading
Scientists from Australia and Britain have discovered a new method which may help to target the HIV virus as it makes its way to infecting cells. Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, led by Associate professor Till Bocking, described on Tuesday how the HIV virusContinue Reading
The Anti-Vandal Unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Edo has destroyed 16 illegal refineries in the last six months. The State Commandant of the Corps, Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. Ayinla saidContinue Reading
Colombia may reduce prison sentences by up to a half for criminal gang members who surrender, the presidency and media reports said on Monday. The new legislation signed by President Juan Manuel Santos targets thousands of members of drug trafficking gangs, such as the Gulf Clan and the former guerrillaContinue Reading
The Workers of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Enugu on Monday embarked on a peaceful protest demanding for improved welfare and upgrade of its facilities. The peaceful protest was organized across the country by the three house unions of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Radio andContinue Reading
A team of doctors performing Pakistan’s first ever mechanical heart transplant at NICVD. PHOTO: NICVD A team of doctors performing Pakistan’s first ever mechanical heart transplant at NICVD. PHOTO: NICVD KARACHI : The country’s first-ever mechanical heart transplant was carried out at the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD)Continue Reading
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy skies over the central states of the country on Monday morning with prospects of rains over Abuja, Bauchi, Gombe, Jos, Jalingo, Niger, Yola and Kaduna cities. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Sunday also predicted day andContinue Reading
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, says that the leadership of the party is currently engaging in discussions to bring back the New APC splinter group. Kalu said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on theContinue Reading
The Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI), said on Sunday that the Federal Government has cleared more than half of the outstanding debts owned to many of its members. Chairman of FOCI, Mr Nasiru Dantata, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,Continue Reading
