GUINEA-BISSAU STOPS VACCINE STUDY FUNDED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

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 Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any links to autism. The West African country, one of the region's poorest, has high rates of hepatitis B, and the prospective study had drawn an outcry from scientists and international health bodies because only half the newborns in the trial would get the vaccine at birth. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said it was not ethical. Guinea-Bissau last month suspended the trial pending an ethical review. Critics had said it was being used to test theories linking vaccines to autism, long promoted by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr but contradicted by scientific evidence. Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira said in an interview on Tuesday that the study had been closed, citing concer...

POLICE ARRESTED 5 OF THE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ON ENUGU NIMBO COMMUNITY.{PHOTOS}.

                 The Nigerian Police Force in its renewed determination to rid the society of crimes and all forms of criminality,has arrested five of the suspects involved in the midnight raid on Ni,bo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on 25/04/2016,as operatives of the IGP's Intelligence Response Team {IRT} based on credible technical intelligence swooped on them.The IGP's IRT,based on the intelligence gathered on the attack,arrested the following suspects viz: Mohammed Zurai,Ciroma Musa,Sale Adamu,Suleiman Laute and Haruna Laute,and recovered one Gionee L88 mobile phone with memory card containing the video recording of the massacre in the community.Also,the Team on the 06/05/2016 busted a 3-man syndicate of deadly bank robbers/kidnappers and recovered arms,ammunition,dynamites and rifles servicing tools from them.The gang members,Gogo Daniel Ume,Ikado Michael and Ifeanyi Kalu had been terrorizing Rivers,Imo and Enugu state,respectively.Items recovered from them include 3 AK-47 rifles,1 LAR rifles; 301 rounds of live ammunition; 12 rifle magazines; rifles servicing tools; cache of dynamite explosive; 1 Toyota Highlander Jeep; 1 Toyota Venza jeep; and 1Ford Edge Jeep.In continuation of the IRT anti-kidnapping operations in Kaduna state,the team on 20/05/2016 as well arrested Babangida Ibrahim; Idris Abubaksr and Idris Mai Anguwa in the State for allegedly involved in kidnapping and robbery,while different caliber of weapons were also recovered from the bandits.The Inspector Geneeral of Police,IGP Solomon E.ArSE,fdc,NPM,has observed with satisfaction the high sense of patriotism and professionalism with which the members of the IGP's IRT have carried out their duties so far.He stated that the IRT relies on vital information made available to the Police by the public and attributed the recent break-through to the growing trust and cooperation between the Force and the Public.The IGP assured Nigerians that the Police will remain dynamic and creative in formulating new strategies for fighting crimes and criminality and urged Nigerians to continue to support the Force.One more photo below.                                                                                                                

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