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END OF HIV AT HAND: Nigeria Scientists Make Landmark Breakthrough In AIDS A group of Nigerian scientists have found what could be a novel treatment for Human Immune-deficiency Virus, HIV, infection that may slash the cost of treatment. The team of scientists, including graduate students and researchers from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia state, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Nigeria have been able to show that synthetic Aluminum-magnesium silicate (AMS) has antiretroviral effects that could lay a perfect track for affordable and effective therapy for HIV. Results of their work titled "Assessment of Antiretroviral Effects of a Synthetic Aluminum-magnesium Silicate" published in the British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research and featured on SCIENCEDOMAIN international shows a significant reduction in the titres of the virus when HIV positive plasma was incubated with AMS.Head, Department of...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC before the end of next week, according o indications that emerged yesterday. The decision to take the action and leave the party which gave him a platform to be Nigeria’s Vice President, was borne out of the frustration and humiliation the PDP has made him go through, just as he has concluded nationwide consultative tours of the six geo- political zones of the country where he brainstormed with stakeholders, leaders and supporters on his next political journey ahead of 2015 Presidential election, Vanguard reports. A source at his Jabi office told Saturday Vanguard yesterday that Atiku Abubakar has concluded plans to leave PDP for APC, adding, “I am optimistic that he will formally leave PDP for APC next week,” The 2011 Presidential aspirant on the platform of PDP has in the last two weeks visited associates, stakeholders, leaders, Elders in the South South, Sou...

Kentucky Republican, and heroic champion of limited government, Rand Paul had June last year expressed worry gay marriage will lead to marriages between humans and non-humans. It was at the time regarded as the world’s most insulting, ignorant, and nonsensical argument against gay marriage, but whether it was nonsensical or not, a man was joined with his dog in holy matrimony months later. Paul had said, “It is difficult because if we have no laws on this people take it to one extension further,” Paul said. “Does it have to be humans?” Apparently realising the backlash following his comment could do more bad than good, Paul called backsies on the comments later in the day. “I don’t think it will be with multiple humans, and I think it will be human and human,” Paul clarified on Fox News. Marriage will remain “human and human.” Like he was prophesying, 35-year-old Paul Horner was joined to his dog in San Francisco just months later, in an outdoor ceremony by Father McHale. McH...