The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be “of concern” and named it Omicron. It had a large number of mutations,...
An experimental drug for severe Covid cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half, interim clinical trial results suggest. The tablet – molnupiravir –...
A malaria vaccine has proved to be 77% effective in early trials and could be a major breakthrough against the disease, say its developers from the...
The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers – Pfizer and BioNTech –...
Three scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for work to understand black holes. Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez were...
A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests.
GEEP, the micro-credit scheme of the Federal Government of Nigeria which include TraderMoni, MarketMoni and FarmerMoni is racking up awards and recognition
A Nigerian lawyer Ogedi Ogu has sued the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary for more than £20,000 (10m Nigerian naira) for mixing up the definitions...
Breastfeeding is not only healthy for babies, it may also reduce a mother’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke later in life. This is...
