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Yearly Archives: 2020

Nigeria, 21 others in WHO campaign to help 100m people quit tobacco

WHO has launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 - “Commit to Quit."  The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication â€œMore...

British grandma first in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot...

Japan plans to burn 10m tonnes of Hydrogen annually by 2030 for climate-neutral goal

Japan plans to consume 10 million tonnes of hydrogen each year within a decade, an equivalent of more than 30 nuclear reactors to reach...

Mount Everest is higher than we thought – Nepal, China

Nepal and China on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 said Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, settling a long-running conflict over the height of...

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine: How it works, how to deliver

British nurses and doctors began administering a coronavirus vaccine by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer on Tuesday, December 8, 2020. Residents...

NEMA sets up disaster risk reduction club in Lagos schools

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has established Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Club in four public secondary schools in Lagos State. The DRR Club was...

UNICEF says 1,500 Bauchi communities now open defecation free

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 1,500 communities in four Local Government Areas of Bauchi State have been declared Open Defecation...

Nations display mixed fortunes in new Climate Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021 published on Monday, December 7, 2020 paints a mixed picture of progress by the European Union (EU)...

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Blue economy: Group advocates construction of 10 new ports

The Alfe City Institution, a leading promoter of Nigeria’s blue economy ecosystem, has called for the construction of 10...
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Closing gender gap in agriculture can contribute $1bn annually to GDP – Group

Chairperson, National Agric Show Youth and Women in Agriculture Committee, Mrs. Nkiruka Okonkwo, says closing gender gap in agriculture...

Stakeholders urge Nigerian women to unite, empower themselves

Nigerian women have been urged to unite and empower themselves to take up leadership roles in various sectors of...

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Blue economy: Group advocates construction of 10 new ports

The Alfe City Institution, a leading promoter of Nigeria’s...

Closing gender gap in agriculture can contribute $1bn annually to GDP – Group

Chairperson, National Agric Show Youth and Women in Agriculture...
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