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Researchers have discovered a virus that can enter human cells in a similar way to the virus that causes COVID-19. But the germ — HKU5-CoV-2 — doesn’t enter cells as effectively, so experts caution the findings shouldn’t be “overblown.” Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China described the virus and potential treatments for
“Stop blaming others” – Islamic group calls out Babangida over June 12 annulment
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has strongly rejected attempts by former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), to absolve himself of responsibility for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. In a statement released on Sunday, February 23, 2025, MURIC’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola…
I Became Governor Through Divine Intervention, Says Aiyedatiwa
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state says “divine providence” and not human efforts made his emergence as governor possible. Aiyedatiwa was declared Ondo governor after he won the November 16, 2024, governorship election. He was a former deputy governor to the late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who died of cancer in December 2023…
Chidi Odinkalu criticizes IBB’s book, calling it full of claims against the deceased
Chidi Odinkalu, a human rights activist and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, has strongly criticized former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), over claims made in his recently released autobiography, A Journey in Service. Odinkalu accused…Fake drugs: Group warns against ‘Akunyili’s treatment’, asks NAFDAC, others to sack bad officials
Following the recent sealing of over 11,000 shops and arrest of 40 individuals in an ongoing nationwide crackdown on fake and substandard medicines by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on NAFDAC…
SERAP sues CBN over failure to reverse ATM fees
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over what it termed the ”failure to reverse the patently unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unjust increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction fees”.The CBN recently announced that ATM withdrawals made at a machine owned by a bank…
Wigs And Human Hair Are Diabolical, Carry Bad Luck – Singer, Natalie Okri Says (Video)
According to her, in some parts of Asia, women offer their hair at the temple to purify themselves, to shed bad luck and poverty…
Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus
The new study could also offer important clues into human evolution. The post Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus appeared first on Popular Science…
Spain smashes sex trafficking gang that exploited more than 1,000 women
MADRID – Spanish police have smashed a human trafficking ring that lured more than 1,000 women to the country over the past year with false job offers before forcing them into sex work, police said on Sunday…