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Scientists have developed a device using pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) that is capable of addressing post-operative pain, enhancing growth and repair in human tissues. Approved by the United States Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA), United States Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA), and the World Health Organisation (WHO), PEMF is employed as a drugless therapy for managing pains and reversing cell damage. ...

A US firm on Monday seized an Air Zimbabwe plane at London’s Gatwick International Airport over a $1.2 million debt. American General Supplies (AGS) seized the Boeing 767-200 plane when it landed enroute from Harare. The incident came barely a week after a South African company impounded another Air Zimbabwe plane over an outstanding debt of $500,0000. Bid Air demanded ...

The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) Disciplinary Commission has slapped a seven-match ban on Indomitable Lions captain Samuel Eto’o. The ban was the culmination of an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Cameroonians refusing to play a friendly match against Algeria away on November 15. Assistant captain Eyong Enow and Tottenham defender Benoit Asso’o Ekotto were also found guilty ...

A fistfight erupted in the Somali parliament Wednesday, a day after a group of lawmakers voted to oust Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan. The fighting began after the anti-Adan lawmakers tried to elect a replacement for the speaker, who is in Italy. The speaker’s supporters shouted objections and soon, the sides were trading punches and kicks. A witness told VOA ...

A crucial meeting of all petroleum products marketers in the country is currently holding in Abuja. The meeting, in session at the headquarters of the petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA), has in attendance top officials of the independent and major petroleum marketing companies in the country, National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) as well as those of government ...