According to GPE Nigeria (2011-2020 report), among the major challenges to quality education in Sokoto state are “…fewer schools to accommodate all eligible children, inadequate teachers in quality and quantity, especially in the areas of science and technology, and dilapidated infrastructures.”
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Tomatoes are good source of chromium, pantothenic acid, protein, choline, Zinc, Iron, VitaminB6, VitaminB1, Magnesium, plus major antioxidants like lycopene.
ASHENEWS reports that young climate change leaders in Enugu state, have pledged to plant 10,000 trees as part of activities to make the state greener.
The World Health Organization (WHO), on December 23, 2023, raised the alarm on the global increase in Dengue infections, where it said more than five million infections and 5,000 deaths from the disease worldwide were recorded in 2023. The UN agency described it as a potentially high public health threat.
ASHENEWS reports that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the France chapter of the Transparency International, (TI-France) have made joint call on the Nigeria and French governments, to uphold asset recovery laws ahead of the return of the $150 million looted by former Nigerian head of state, Sani Abacha.
If your immune system or drugs can’t stop a viral infection, why not pit a virus against itself? That’s the provocative idea several labs are pursuing. They are studying whether deliberately introducing engineered viruses into people infected with their natural relatives can “drive” a foreign gene into those viruses that ultimately wipe out an infection.
Several scientific studies indicate that there’s higher risk of breast cancer in drinkers. In 1988, investigators experimented all these by doing “meta- analysis” of all the pertinent studies on alcohol and breast cancer, and they found compelling evidence of dose- response relationship between breast cancer odds and alcohol.
New research has revealed that the GDF15 hormone is responsible for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. The discovery could lead to better treatment of “underdiagnosed and undertreated” forms of severe pregnancy sickness, DW has reported.
ASHENEWS reports that Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, presented N340.6 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly., with health, agriculture allocated ₦51.1 billion and ₦13.5 billion, respectively.
A Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Ethnoveterinary Medicine at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Bamidele Osho has emphasized the multifaceted benefits of the phytochemicals that are found in Nigerian pepper soup ingredients.