‘Criminal’ Chinese teacher sentenced to death for poisoning children
A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead. A court in the central Chinese...
View ArticleDonor Agency donates Operational Vehicles, Generators to Kwara Health Ministry
Items worth over N18 Million Naira have been donated to the Kwara State Government by Chemonics International Incorporation, an implementing partner of the United States Agency for International...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Kwara earmarks N135m for private schools
COVID-19: Kwara earmarks N135m for private schools The Kwara State Government on Tuesday disclosed that it has set aside the sum of N135,500,000 under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme...
View ArticleNigeria develops new Covid-19 test kit
Nigeria can now reach its target of testing more than 10 million residents for coronavirus (COVID-19) with a World Health Organisation (WHO)-approved on-the-spot coronavirus test that costs $5...
View ArticleNigeria records no COVID-19-related death in 24-hours
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no death was recorded in the last 24-hours, as the country recorded 187 new cases of COVID-19 in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The...
View ArticleFirst Man To Be Cured Of HIV Dies Of Cancer
The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown — known as the “Berlin Patient” — has died after a battle with cancer, the International Aids Society (IAS) announced Wednesday. Brown made...
View ArticleUS President Donald Trump and First Lady test positive for Corona virus
President of the United States of America, Donald Trump and his wife, Melania have tested positive for coronavirus. The President announced this on Friday morning. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested...
View ArticleNew COVID-19 cases recorded in 13 states, FCT
Nigeria’s confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 59,001 on Thursday night following 153 fresh infections, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in an update. Lagos recorded 81 of the 153...
View ArticleKwara Releases New Academic Calendar, Cancels Third Term Fees
Kwara State Government has warned Principals and private schools owners not to collect third term school fees from parents and guardians as the 2020/2021 academic session commences on Monday,5th...
View ArticleKWASU resumes October 12
Management of the Kwara State University has announced that the tertiary institution is to resume with effect from 12th October, 2020. The University in a statement signed by the acting registrar,...
View ArticleAccreditation of Ilorin General Hospital for postgraduate medical training...
A 3-man accreditation team from the West African College of Physician has arrived Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital to commence evaluation of the Ilorin General Hospital for postgraduate medical...
View ArticleThree win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery
Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel jury said.The three were...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS Prevention: NGOs urge FG to leverage pop culture to reach youths
According to the NGOs, certain social, economic, political and health challenges in the country will be tackled when government takes advantage of the active involvement of young persons in present-day...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Trump returns to White House
President Donald Trump checked out of hospital Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowing to quickly get back on...
View ArticleTrey Songz Reveals He Tested Positive For Coronavirus
Trey Songz has revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus. The 35-year-old singer on Monday took to his Instagram page to share the news in a clip which he captioned: “Down but not out! Stay safe...
View ArticleTop Trump adviser Stephen Miller tests positive for coronavirus
Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Donald Trump on Tuesday October 6 confirmed that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. The senior adviser to the US president with a wide-ranging portfolio in...
View Article‘Catching Covid-19 was a blessing from God’ – Trump
US President Donald Trump has claimed that contracting Covid-19 was a “blessing from God” and vowed to make the experimental antibody drug Regeneron free for all Covid patients. The US leader was...
View ArticleGermany Sees Alarming Rise In COVID-19 Cases
Germany is experiencing a “worrying jump” in coronavirus cases, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Thursday, as the number of new daily infections soared past 4,000 for the first time since early April....
View ArticleChina Joins Deal To Get Covid-19 Vaccine To developing countries
China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control the pandemic....
View ArticleCOVID-19: UK Researchers Intend to Infect Volunteers to Study Exposure
British researchers on Tuesday said they hope to expose healthy volunteers to the virus that causes COVID-19 in a groundbreaking study to discover the amount needed for people to become infected. The...
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