Mosquito

A graphic from Bill Gates’ blog clearly illustrates that the mosquito causes more deaths per year than any other animal on the planet. This killer insect has a nasty reputation for spreading the disease around the globe, prompting what some…

A Mapo Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday jailed a 20-year-old man, Olalekan Adebisi, for six months for stealing 50 pieces of mosquito nets. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Mercy Aderounmu noted that the convict had…

AS part of effort towards preventing malaria in Ondo state, about three million mosquitos’ nets will be distributed across the communities in the state between October and November this year. Disclosing this during a sensitisation…

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the insecticide used in bed nets to prevent the disease. Researchers say it is important to stay ahead of the resistance to avoid what they are calling a public health catastrophe.…

ON Monday, a gunman walked into a mosque in Quebec City and murdered six innocent people. And now, as is human after tragedies like this, we’re trying to figure out why. Much has been made of the prime suspect’s support for…