Serah Kwapo has had a nightmare for the 30 years she has been growing potatoes—that an infestation of late blight disease could wipe out her entire crop and livelihood. Not anymore. A crop of potatoes is bioengineered to resist late blight makes her harvest. And she’s getting hope: the sleepless nights that have made growing …
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Nigeria has reviewed and launched a four-year master plan to guide it’s dealing with nearly 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The plan remains in effect till 2027, but the country still ranks top for NTDs as snail fever (bilharzia) and river blindness. It also ranks third globally for lymphatic filariasis. But how well the country …
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Six federal monuments dot Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but the area is still very rural. In the shadow of any of the monuments, it is still quite easy for YabagiImame to take a dump in the bushes of Yangoji, but that’s becoming very unacceptable lately. The entire area council—all 1,206 …
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