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Diabetes drug could treat common heart failure syndrome

Diabetes drug could treat common heart failure syndrome

Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered that Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, might also be used to treat Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), a condition that is predicted to affect over 8 percent of people ages 65 or older by the year 2020.

Boko Haram kills more Nigerian soldiers in ambush

Boko Haram kills more Nigerian soldiers in ambush

At least two Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram jihadists targeting a civilian convoy close to the border with Cameroon, military and militia sources told AFP Friday.

INSECURITY: A threat to 2019 polls?

INSECURITY: A threat to 2019 polls?

APART from the polity being heated up by campaigns of calumny, mudslinging, and exchange of brickbats by leading presidential candidates, insecurity is gradually panning out as a threat to next month’s general election.