Health

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Oyo State Command, on Thursday said it has destroyed about 40 hectares of hemp plantation at Aba Tade, in the Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.

In almost two decades, a new strain (sub-type) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), has been discovered by a team of scientists from Abbott, a global healthcare company.

It is not yet over in Bauchi State as a disease suspected to be Yellow fever was reported to have killed 10 persons in different villages of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Following an appeal by one Ms Isioma Adeyemi who had requested to change her legal status from female to male due to the length of her clitoris, Nigeria's Supreme Court had declared that women in Nigeria who have clitorises longer than 7,5 centimetres (3 inches) can now be legally considered as men.

New research has found that eating a diet which includes yoghurt and is rich in fibre could help reduce the risk of lung cancer.

Social media users yesterday, 22nd October 2019 celebrated a new study by a German scientist, Karen Weatherby, where the scientist noted that staring at women’s breasts makes men live longer, healthier.