HEALTH

Universal cure for HIV, cancer underway—Nobel Laureate

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

A Nobel Laureate, Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says  efforts are  ongoing to develop a universal cure for HIV and cancer through collaboration. Barre-Sinoussi, a co-discoverer of  the HIV,  said this in Paris  while conducting some select journalists  on a  tour of the sophisticated

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Gov. Shettima approves recruitment of 300 fresh graduates

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

Gov.Kashim Shettima of Borno has approved immediate recruitment of 300 fresh graduates into the state Civil Service. Shettima gave the approval while presenting certificates to 10 youths sponsored by the State Government for a one-year course on electricity generation, distribution and transmission at the National Power Training Institute, Maiduguri, on Sunday. Malam Isa

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Army begin de-radicalisation of 43 repentant Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it had begun the de-radicalisation of 43 Boko Haram insurgents who recently surrendered in Borno. A statement signed by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Theatre Command, and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri, said that the insurgents were airlifted to Gombe, to begin their de-radicalisation and […]

HEALTH

IAS, WHO collaborate on new HIV research agendas

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

To improve the outcomes for children and adolescents living with HIV, the International AIDS Society(IAS) and the  World Health Organisation (WHO) have developed  new priority research agendas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the IAS’s Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) and WHO presented the agendas  at a satellite

Politics

Those calling for Saraki’s recall embarrassing God- Group

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

A political group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),  Progresives Youth Forum (PYF) has described as ‘laughable’ and embarrassment to God, those making move within the Kwara Central Senatorial zone  to recall the Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki. A statement signed on Sunday in Abuja by the PYF Chairman and Secretary Alhaji Mahmud Lawal and

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Obasanjo reveals those who gave him $150,000 to start life after leaving prison in 1998

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that the founder of Cable News Network, CNN, Ted Turner and Ford Foundation both gave him the sum of $150,000 as a lifeline after he was released from prison by former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar(rtd) in 1998. Obasanjo, who disclosed that he left prison broke, added that […]