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David Cameron In Nigeria And Other Events In History

By Njideka Agbo
19 July 2018   |   5:00 am
Here is a rundown of what happened in the past, on this day: 2010 Conrad develops a vaginal gel containing Gilead Science Inc.’s AIDS drug Viread. In a trial in South Africa, scientists announce that the gel has reduced HIV infections by 54%. 2010 A pipeline explosion causes the closure of one of China's biggest…

Here is a rundown of what happened in the past, on this day:

2010

Conrad develops a vaginal gel containing Gilead Science Inc.’s AIDS drug Viread. In a trial in South Africa, scientists announce that the gel has reduced HIV infections by 54%.

2010

A pipeline explosion causes the closure of one of China’s biggest ports, Dalian. The government say that 1,500 tons of oil were spilled.

2010

Two Pakistani Christian brothers are killed after being accused of blasphemy by alleged Pakistani Muslims.

2010

The mastermind behind a cyber malicious software code, Mariposa botnet, is arrested in Slovenia. The software, which steals credit card information, has affected 12 million computers.

2011

Harvard University student of ethics, Aaron Schwartz, is charged with hacking into the MIT computer network to intentions of stealing over 4.5 million academic articles from JSTOR.

2011

NASA releases the first image of the asteroid Vesta shot from its Dawn spacecraft.

2011

David Cameron, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is on a visit to Nigeria. He hopes to push the message of trade and democracy.

2011

Muslim and Christian in Jos, Nigeria have engaged in a clash that has left five people dead and 12 injured.

2011

Over 15,000 people are joined together in holy matrimony in Indonesia. Their intention is to receive free marriage certificates.

2012

A Chinese and an Australian man, who are part of an international drug syndicate, are arrested when drugs worth $133 million (N20,969,445,000) were seized.

2012

China indicates interest in offering $20 billion (N3,153,300,000,000) worth of loans to Africa.

2013

Zimbabwe’s first independent television station, 1st TV, goes on air. For 30 years, President Robert Mugabe has held monopoly over the media.

2014

Forbes Media agrees to sell a majority stake to Asian investors. Forbes is worth $475 million (N78,300,425,000).

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