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Two men with HIV no longer have detectable blood levels of the virus after receiving bone marrow transplants for their cancers, according to news reports. “We expected HIV to vanish from the patients’ plasma, but it is surprising that wecan’t find any traces of HIV in their cells,” one of the researchers, Dr. Timothy Henrich, of [...]

Fuel subsidy fraud trial – Scuttled by the absence of key witnesses, the much expected trial of persons and companies, alleged to have taking part in the fuel subsidy scam, could not start Wednesday at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, south west Nigeria. PANA reported that the absence of two key defendants in the [...]

The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Abuja donated vehicle-stoppers to churches and mosques as part of measures to protect places of worship against terrorist attacks. Maj-Gen.Bitus Kwaji, Army Chief of Civil Military Affairs, while handing over the devices to some leaders of churches and mosques, said that the gesture was part of army’s corporate social [...]

Those who the bench warrants were issued on include Red Cross Society of Nigeria, Conoil Plc, and Total Nigeria Limited. The Lagos Coroner gave the order while responding to a submission made by Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) whose law firm, Falana and Falana Chambers, petitioned the Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Lateefat Okunnu, for an [...]

Nigeria First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan on Thursday said Africa’s negative image of war and violence must change to a peaceful and developing continent. Jonathan made this known in Abuja on Thursday in her opening address at the 7th Summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFPLM). The theme of the summit is “The [...]

Two Nigerians illegal immigrants have reportedly stripped themselves naked to protest arrest by the Italian police. The incident occurred recently following threats by the Italian government to deport the two immigrants to Nigeria, after they were allegedly arrested for constituting nuisance in their neighborhood. An account of the incident by our correspondent said the duo, one [...]

THE nearly seven-month old state of emergency imposed in 15 local government areas across four states in the North, after the Christmas Day bomb blast in Madala, Niger State, has been lifted. President Goodluck Jonathan, who approved the lifting of the emergency rule in Abuja, on Wednesday, therefore, ordered the immediate withdrawal of soldiers from [...]

A suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Nigeria left at least five people dead and six others injured, officials said. The bombing happened near the Central Mosque in Maiduguri in Borno state Friday, the (Nigerian) Daily Times reported. The suicide bomber killed himself and five others, officials said. “Five people have been killed and [...]

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has urged chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, and all those who contested with him in the Saturday election to join him in lifting the country forward even as he called for the sack of the a senior staff of the national Independent Electoral Commission [...]