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Preparing Ukwa Pottage (African Breadfruit)

May 17, 2015 Africa 4287

What have you been eating lately? Beans? Plantain? Yam? Rice? Same same staples? Have you tried Ukwa? …Lately, I have been all about some of Nigerian whole foods; beans, yam, sweet potatoes, lots of vegetables;…

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Fake Honey on the Market: How to Spot the Difference

May 16, 2015 Feature Article 766

According to Food Safety News, around 76 per cent of all honey that you can buy in grocery stores is fake. By fake we mean ultra-filtrated, which means that it underwent a filtration process in order…

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28 children died of lead poisoning in Niger

May 14, 2015 Headline 707

At least, 28 children have been confirmed dead from lead poisoning in Niger State. “As at May 12, sixty-five cases and 28 deaths had occurred, giving a case fatality rate of 43 per cent. “All…

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Hotelier bites off employee’s ear over salary

May 5, 2015 Crime/Judiciary/Security 552

A Magistrates’ court in Lagos has ordered the arrest of a hotel director, Mrs Mary Joan Adeiekwe, 38 for allegedly biting off the ear lobe of her manager, Chinwendu Nkemakolam. She allegedly assaulted Nkemakolam for demanding her monthly salary…

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AfDB earmarks $300 million to support Post-Ebola Recovery Programmes

April 20, 2015 Africa 650

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – African Development Bank, President Donald Kaberuka, has announced $300 million to support the national Post-Ebola Recovery program of Ebola-affected countries during the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington. AfDB’s funding will…

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Strange ailment hits Ondo, kills 28

April 19, 2015 Headline 590

By our correspondent Health official in Ondo State are seriously battling to unravel the cause of a yet to be identified disease, which has killed 28 people, including children. Reports emanating from Ode-Irele, a riverine…

Jessica Brett pictured during treatment, left, and afterwards Photo: SWNS

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Girl undergoes tumour surgery in UK

March 9, 2015 Headline 2405

UK medical system is recording a first fit as teenage girl, Jessica Brett, with huge birthmark, undergoes pioneering ‘balloon treatment’ to grow new skin. Surgeons put balloons under Jessica Brett’s scalp to stretch skin…

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SierraLeonean health worker dies of ebola

February 25, 2015 Africa 73

A Sierra Leonean who worked with children orphaned by Ebola has died of the disease himself. Augustine Baker had been admitted to an Ebola treatment centre after becoming ill last week. He had worked for…

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Ebola: Liberia reopens schools after six months closure

February 17, 2015 Headline 579

Six months after closure due to scourge of Ebola epidemic that killed thousands,the Liberian Government reopens public schools on Monday. As the schools reopen in Monrovia, the Liberian capiotal, schools reopened Monday morning, students’ temperatures…

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Researchers find new way to combat resistant cancers

January 25, 2015 Feature Article 820

A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a new platform that can rapidly identify effective drug combinations for lung cancer patients whose tumors have stopped responding to targeted therapy. The research, which…

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