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Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa Rejoins Kano Pillars

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:16:59 +0000

Super Eagles Captain Ahmed Musa Rejoins Kano Pillars Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa has rejoined Kano Pillars FC more than 10 years after he left the club. Musa will be with the Pillars for the remainder of the 2020/21 Nigeria Professional Football League season (NPFL). Musa previously played for the Pride of Kano in […]

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Pandemic Caused 8.8% Decline In CO2 Emissions- Study

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:23:17 +0000

Pandemic Caused 8.8% Decline In CO2 Emissions- Study Restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic has led to 8.8 percent worldwide decline in carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2020, an Institute said. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) said this in a study released on Wednesday. Measures imposed by national […]

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US-British Trio Win Nobel Medicine Prize For Hepatitis C Discovery

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:42:12 +0000

US-British Trio Win Nobel Medicine Prize For Hepatitis C Discovery By AFP Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel jury said. The three were honoured for their “decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne […]

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No Evidence That Turmeric Removes Fluoride From The Brain

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:07:37 +0000

No Evidence That Turmeric Removes Fluoride From The Brain A Facebook meme claims that turmeric, a commonly used spice, removes a toxin from the brain. “Curcumin, found in turmeric, appears to raise endogenous glutathione production in the brain, a major antioxidant defence system,” it reads “The study investigated the mechanisms through which fluoride induces […]

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NASA Plans For Return To Moon To Cost $28 Billion

Kazeem Tunde — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:05:43 +0000

NASA Plans For Return To Moon To Cost $28 Billion By AFP NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at $28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar landing module. Congress, which faces elections on […]

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ICT Deployment In The FCT: Administration Ready To Partner With NITDA

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:08:53 +0000

ICT Deployment In The FCT: Administration Ready To Partner With NITDA The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has reiterated the commitment of the FCT Administration to the deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the management of the FCT. Malam Bello who stated this when he received a delegation from the National […]

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SpaceX Brings NASA Astronauts Home Safe In Milestone Mission

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:28:24 +0000

SpaceX Brings NASA Astronauts Home Safe In Milestone Mission By AFP America’s first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. The successful mission, carried out jointly by SpaceX and NASA, demonstrated that the United States has […]

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Security Challenges: FG Set To Acquire Space Technology Assets — Defence Minister

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:10:30 +0000

Security Challenges: FG Set To Acquire Space Technology Assets — Defence Minister The Federal Government said at the weekend that it has set machinery in motion for the acquisition of more Space Science Technological asserts to give the nation’s Armed Forces competitive and operational edge in tackling national threats. This is just as it […]

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SpaceX Launch: NASA Astronauts Begin Historic Mission On Private Spaceship

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 31 May 2020 05:14:47 +0000

SpaceX Launch: NASA Astronauts Begin Historic Mission On Private Spaceship It’s the first time since the retirement of the shuttles nine years ago that an American crew has made the journey from US territory. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are not only trialling a new capsule system, they are also initiating a new business model […]

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Scientists Create Antibody That Defeats Coronavirus In Laboratory

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 04 May 2020 20:05:42 +0000

Scientists Create Antibody That Defeats Coronavirus In Laboratory Scientists have created a monoclonal antibody that can defeat the new coronavirus in the lab, an early but promising step in efforts to find treatments and curb the pandemic’s spread. The experimental antibody has neutralised the virus in cell cultures. While that’s early in the drug […]

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