African Americans More Likely To Die From Coronavirus Illness, Early Data Shows

Update on CoronaVirus Pandemic – Wednesday 15th April, 2020 • U.S. reports 26,540 new cases of coronavirus and 2,384 new deaths. Total: 608,458 cases and 25,992 deaths. • France reports 4,560 new cases of coronavirus and 1,438 new deaths. (incl. newly linked non-hospital deaths) Total of 147,863 cases and 17,167Continue Reading

Update on CoronaVirus Pandemic – 11th April, 2020 • US records over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in a single day, the highest daily fatality count of any country during the pandemic. • Iran reports 1,837 new cases of coronavirus and 125 new deaths. A total of 70,029 cases and 4,357 deaths.Continue Reading

Update On Coronavirus Pandemic – Friday 10th April, 2020 • UK reports 4,344 new cases of coronavirus and 881 new deaths. A total of 65,077 cases and 7,978 deaths. • Netherlands reports 1,335 new cases of coronavirus and 115 new deaths. A total of 23,097 cases and 2,511 deaths. •Continue Reading

SSANU Joins ASUU, Withdraws Support for IPPIS Implementation

Good afternoon esteemed Comrades.  I start by sympathizing with NEC members and Branch Executives on the recent developments coming on the heels of the second salary payment made through the IPPIS. It is clearly evident that the February and March salaries were fraught with too many anomalies and irregularities suchContinue Reading

The Bauchi State Government is strengthening urban planning institutions to vigorously enforce social and physical distancing beyond  the Covid-19 pandemic.   The Commissioner of Lands and Survey in the state, Professor Adamu Ahmed, gave the assurance that  government is committed to taking proactive measures in dealing with public health issuesContinue Reading

Did you know that the Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected that some diseases were spread by microorganisms? To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with the method of isolating people for 40 days. He called this method al-Arba’iniya (“the forty”).   Traders from Venice heard of hisContinue Reading