The bee venom as HIV, cancer cure

If reports from the researches of a team of medical practitioners at the Washington University School of Medicine, USA, and the testimony of an Ibadan-based apitherapist are anything to go by, perhaps the world should get ready to heave a sigh of relief from AIDS and cancer.

Unlike most other ailments where the bodyfs defence apparatus fights foreign objects thereby protecting the body, in the case of HIV, it attacks the soldiers, the T-helper lymphocytes, also called CD4 or T4 cells. Noted Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia; gThese are white blood cells that are essential part of the human immune system. They are called helper cells because one of their main roles is to send signals to other types of immune cells, including CD8 killer cells.

Mayhem, deaths as cultists invade Lagos community

                                          Eniola Akinkuotu

No fewer than three people were killed while others were injured on Thursday and Friday after suspected cult members invaded Mushin, Lagos State, and unleashed mayhem on the residents.

Our correspondent, who visited the area on Sunday, reported gun battle between some youths and policemen along Ayetoro Railway Line, while vehicles parked by St Paul’s Anglican Church were vandalised.

It was learnt that the Friday killing was as a result of a long-standing feud between some youths in Fadeyi area on one hand and Mushin on the other.

Congratulations: Comedian I Go Save acquires customized 2012 Range Rover Vogue

The Warri-born comedian bought a 2012 customized Range Rover Vogue as a birthday present to himself. He will be a year older today May 20th. Heard the car cost about N11m.

I want my siblings educated – Crippled beggar

                                         Ismaila

A 15-year-old beggar, Mohammed Ismaila, is a regular face around Mile 12 area of Lagos State. Those who move between Mile 12 and Ikeja on daily basis, will, at one point or another, see him crawling on his stomach begging for alms.

He told Us that despite that begging had been outlawed in the state, he took the risk of crawling on the streets pleading for alms because he wanted to send his younger ones to school.

Ismaila, who said he was the first of five children, added that he had been on the road for almost two years.

Price of gari records 50 % rise

Eket (Akwa Ibom) - The price of gari has recorded more than 50 per cent increase in Eket area of Akwa Ibom, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Other items that also went up in the area, survey revealed, were the prices of other foodstuffs, including rice and fish.

The survey showed that a cup of gari, which sold at N30 between February and April, now sells at N70, while the cost of six cups of the commodity has risen from N100 to N200 at various markets in Eket and its environ.

2,000 flee Borno to Niger Republic

More than 2,000 Nigerians living in border villages in Borno State have reportedly fled as a result of the ongoing military operations targeted at routing insurgents from the area under the emergency rule.

The fleeing villagers were said to have headed to the neighbouring Niger Republic.

“Most of the residents of border villages of Borno have fled to Niger. About 2,000 people from Abadan, Malam Fatori and other villages are now refugees in Difa, Niger Republic,” a top security officer told one of our correspondents on Sunday.

Wizkid beat PSquare, Flavour, others to win African Artist of the Year

                                         Wizkid

In the just concluded Ghana Music Awards, Wizkid fell giants; beating super hot artists P-Square, Iyanya, Davido, Flavour and D-Banj to win the African Artist of the Year award.
The awards took place at the La Palm Hotel in Accra.