A team of scientists from UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and Yale School of Medicine has created a new drug, MED6-189, that shows promise in fighting malaria. The drug works on both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite. In lab tests and in mice with human blood, MED6-189 was highly effective.…

The Vice Chancellor and students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) have pledged to support efforts targeted at curbing the prevalence of sexual harassment in the institution. They made the pledge at a one-day in-house sensitisation campaign against the menace, which was organised by the feminist non-governmental organisation, Alliances for Africa (AfA), in…

Ahead of the October 1st planned nationwide protest, the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Bethrand C. Onuoha, has engaged with the executive of the “Take It Back Movement” Kogi State Chapter at the Command Headquarters in Lokoja. Speaking to our correspondent, SP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the…

A 50-year-old man has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha south local government area of the state. The Guardian learnt that the minor was on an errand to her grandmother's house when the Suspect allegedly messed her up on Wednesday last week According to sources, the suspect…

The Soludo faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), led by Mr. Sly Ezeokenwa, on Sunday, criticised the recent move to suspend party leaders, including Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, by the party's national chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku. Ezeokenwa contends that Njoku lacks the authority to suspend Soludo or any other party leader.…