Researchers detect toxic heavy metals in water samples amid kidney disease crisis in Yobe Preliminary findings from a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) study in Yobe State have revealed the presence of hazardous heavy metals in water sources used by residents of Gashua town. The lead researcher and Director of the Biomedical Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe State University, Damaturu, Prof. Mahmoud Maina, disclosed this on Monday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to NAN, communities such as Gashua, Jakusko and other settlements along the Yobe River...