Come for free HIV/AIDS treatment –Prophet who claims cure, invites patients
About two years ago, Prophet Samuel Ogungbade lost his younger brother to the cold hands of death. He saw his life crumbling, thinking he had finally reached the end of his life. He was devastated that for days, he could neither eat nor drink water. ...

HIV: Nigeria records 1,000 new infections daily —UNAIDS
The United Nations AIDS programme has said that Nigeria records at least 1,000 new HIV infections every day.

A United States-based Nigerian news agency, Empowered Newswire, in a report on Thursday, said that UNAIDS declared that three million peop...

New Bone Drug May Prevent Fractures
A new drug to fight osteoporosis, the bone condition associated with aging and debilitating fractures, reduces the risk of fractures and the risk of some breast cancers, heart disease and stroke, according to a new study.

But, like other anti-oste...

Doctors block access to Yar’Adua – Envoy
RIYADH—NIGERIA’S Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullah Aminchi said, yesterday, that it was doctors attending to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua who had denied Nigerians access to their President in his Jeddah hospital and not Saudi authorities...

‘We built schools and hospitals with Zakat’



The governor of Zamfara State, Mahmud Shinkafi, has said that the state government has built schools, mosques and freed prisoners with collections from Zakat.
Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam, mandating the rich to contribute a percen...

Amaechi urges residents to patronise health centres



The residents of Rivers State have been urged to patronise the newly established health centres in their localities, the state governor Rotimi Amaechi made the call in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Mr. Amaechi said the health centres were put in pl...

Iran sees political motive behind German asylum move
Iran criticised Germany on Tuesday over plans to grant asylum to Iranians over human rights concerns, saying European countries were turning a blind eye to fabricated stories for political reasons.

A German official said on Monday Germany plann...

In the obesity epidemic,one cookie makes little difference

The basic formula for gaining and losing weight is well known: a pound of fat equals 3,500 calories.

That simple equation has fueled the widely accepted notion that weight loss does not require daunting lifestyle changes but ”small changes that...

Gut bacteria may spur obesity, research suggests

Intestinal bacteria may contribute to obesity and metabolic syndrome, a new study in mice suggests.

“It has been assumed that the obesity epidemic in the developed world is driven by an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and the abundance of low-c...