SCIENTISTS DISCOVER DRUG THAT FLUSHES OUT THE HIV VIRUS

Scientists believe they have discovered a way to 'flush' HIV out of a patient's system, raising hopes of developing a cure for the disease. Millions of people diagnosed as HIV positive across the world are put on anti-retroviral drugs when their viral load (the measure of how much virus is in the bloodstream) reaches a certain level. 

But, despite the highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) treatment, elements of the virus can still evade the drug. The virus has an in-built survival mechanism, allowing it to create reservoirs of latent, inactive virus that are invisible to the body's immune system and drugs used to treat the disease.

MEET VICTOR OLALUSI, THE NIGERIAN WHO BROKE RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY RECORDS

The Federal Ministry of Education today honoured Dr Victor Olalusi who graduated with a 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) in the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), Moscow in 2013. Making him the best graduating student in the whole Russian Federation that year. 

He studied in RNRMU under the Russia-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement. He previously had the best WAEC result (2004); JAMB Best Science Student with a score of 322 (2006) and won the Cowbell Prize Award.

BOLA ADESOLA JOINS THE BOARD OF THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL IMPACT

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Bola Adesola as a member of the board of the United Nations Global Compact.

Launched in July 2000, the United Nations Global Compact is a leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible and sustainable corporate policies and practices. Endorsed by Chief Executives, the UNGC seeks to align business operations and strategies everywhere with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. With over 8,000 corporate participants in more than 150 countries, the United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative.

NIGERIAN ARTISTES WINS BIG AT THE MTV MAMA AWARDS

The much anticipated 2015 MTV Music Awards was held today in Durban, South Africa amidst superlative entertainment and fanfare. With an array of musical talent from all over Africa and the rest of the world, the event was very memorable.

With several Nigerian artistes nominated for the various award categories, it promised to be a tremendous night where Nigerian musical talents will be celebrated. And it did not disappoint in anyway as many Nigerian musicians won big on the night.

NIGERIAN TEENS WIN INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR THEIR WASTE DISPOSAL MOBILE APP

Five brilliant girls from Nigeria  have emerged winners of the 2015 Technovation World Challenge pitch held in San Francisco, United States of America. They emerged victorious for developing a community waste disposal app aimed at tackling the waste disposal challenge in Nigeria.

The girls; Praise David-Oku, Nmesoma Ogbonna, Charlotte Takem, Sonam Kumar and Grace Akpoiroro who are members of Team Charis, pitched their app 'Discardious' to beat teams from 64 other countries.  Team Charis used the MIT inventor platform to create the app on Android phones.

IF SOMEONE BREAKS YOUR HEART...WASH THEM OUT OF YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR TEARS

If tears can bring back a lost love, ‎I bet you Yetunde 'bustline' Oduwole would have cried her estranged lover straight back into her arms with her effort. I have not seen a grown woman cry so passionately, not talk of crying over a man. I hear he is even a boy. Okay, whatever...my focus is not on what transpired between them but on the video that has caught everyone's attention lately. 

As I gazed at my laptop screen, my mind kept pondering on the following thoughts. Was it wrong for her to cry out of the hurt she felt from being twisted by betrayal? Was her crying in front of the camera totally unnecessary or was it the fact that she was not properly dressed for the occasion. Was this man even worth crying for?