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A study found honeybee venom destroyed 2 types of hard to treat breast cancer cells. Melittin on its own reduced cancer cell growth & can be produced synthetically. One venom concentration killed cancer cells within 1 hour with minimal harm to other cells
BREAKING: The Senate today passed for second reading a bill seeking stiffer penalties for offenders involved in counterfeit medicines and unsafe food products, including a proposed 15-year jail term for medicine hawkers.
BREAKING: Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote ๐ณ๐ฌ has picked Lamu in Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช for a proposed KES 2.2 trillion (US$17 billion) East Africa oil refinery.
In Germany, a 16-year-old girl went swimming in Kรถnigssee Lake and found a 500-gram gold bar underwater.
She handed it to police who spent months trying to find the rightful owner but no one came forward.
Under German law, the gold was legally returned to the teenager.
Jeff Bezos says he won the lottery with his mother, who had him at 17 while pursuing her education. She later invested $245,573 of her savings into Amazon during its early days.
25-Year-Old Corps Member Doctor D+es After Seeking for aย Sick Leave for 3 Weeksย
A tragic incident has sparked widespread reactions after a 25-year-old medical Doctor, Wisdom Oghenetega Enakirerhi, serving as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member reportedly d+ed days after his request for sick leave was allegedly denied.
According to reports, the young doctor was serving in the NYSC when he became seriously ill. He kept requesting a sick leave to recover for 3 weeks , but his request was initially turned down.
According to the report by a Dr Akpoyibo, โA 25-year-old medical doctor who spent 7 years in medical school, completed a one-year internship, and was serving in the NYSC was sick, asked for permission for good three weeksโ leave, but he was not granted permission and niw he is d+ad.โ
The report further stated that โfunny enough the father and brother of thus young man are doctors. They asked that he should be allowed to come home for care but they refused.โ
The report revealed that he was only allowed to go home few days before his demise.
BREAKING: The Oyo State Police Command has arrested the Asoleke masquerade over the alleged k!lling of a 24-year-old man, Sefiu Kehinde, during a masquerade procession in the Labiran area of Ibadan.
In a statement issued today, July 6, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, said the deceased was allegedly attacked by the masquerade and some of its followers during the procession on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
The hug that changed modern medicine.
In 1995, at The Medical Center of Central Massachusetts, premature twin girls Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were born weighing less than two pounds each.
While Kyrie slowly gained strength, Brielle struggled severelyโher oxygen levels plummeted, her heart rate became erratic, and doctors gave her little chance of survival.
Against hospital protocol at the timeโwhich required preemies to be kept in separate incubatorsโexperienced nurse Gayle Kasparian made a bold decision. She placed the sisters together in the same incubator. Almost instantly, Brielleโs condition stabilized: her breathing evened out, her blood oxygen rose, and her heart rate normalized. A now-iconic photo shows tiny Kyrie instinctively stretching her arm across her sister in a protective embrace.
Brielle made a full recovery. The photograph, dubbed โThe Rescuing Hug,โ went viral around the world and sparked intense medical interest. Subsequent studies proved what the twins had shown in real time: co-bedding and skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care) help premature babies maintain body temperature, fight infection, gain weight faster, and dramatically improve survival rates.
What began as one nurseโs act of compassion is now standard practice in neonatal intensive care units worldwide. A single hug between sisters quietly changed modern medicine forever.
BREAKING NEWS: President Bola Tinubu has directed the FCCPC to investigate major global technology companies specifically Meta, Alphabet (Google), X (formerly Twitter), and certain Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms for alleged anti-competitive practices and unlawful exploitation of Nigerian news content.