LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- A strange disease, described as a “mysterious epidemic”, has killed about eight students of Government Science Secondary School, Kurfi, Katsina State. The development was said to have forced the state’s Board for Science and Technical Education, on Monday, to shut down the school indefinitely while its students were sent home, Daily…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rotary Club of Ikeja has made a donation of sanitation materials to the Ipodo Community Market. This community development gesture, according to the President Rotarian Adeniyi Adelaja is in further demonstration of the Club’s support for, and commitment to the current Clean Lagos initiative of the State government. Presenting the materials…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGER)-Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 913 suspected cases and 73 deaths in 17 states this year with Edo and Ondo bearing 75 per cent of the burden. The acute viral haemorrhagic illness of two-21 days duration is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-When it comes to making it into your 90s, booze actually beats exercise, according to a long-term study. The research, led by University of California neurologist Claudia Kawas, tracked 1,700 nonagenarians enrolled in the 90+ Study that began in 2003 to explore impacts of daily habits on longevity. Researchers discovered that subjects…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head office of the All Progressives Congress faction that placed a six months suspension on the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has been demolished alleged non payment of groundrent for eight month. The house was demolished around 4.00am this morning. The demolition was carried out in the early hours of…
LAGO FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced that Mexico City, Mexico, will host the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019). IAS 2019 will take place at the Centro Citibanamex on 21-24 July 2019. Held every two years, the IAS Conference on HIV Science is a unique forum for scientists, clinicians,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 43 people have died and 450 people are ill in a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic illness, is endemic in most of West Africa, especially Nigeria, where it was discovered in 1969. Symptoms can be mild or severe,…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa state yesterday said it will embark on measles vaccination campaign starting from 1st to 13th 2018. The commissioner for health Proffessor Ebitimitula Etebu in the company of his Education and information counterparts made this known in Yenagoa during a press conference.They also used the opportunity to lift the…