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World Bank approves $1.5bn COVID-19 recovery, stimulus for Nigeria

The World Bank Group has approved a $1.5 billion package to help build a resilient recovery post-COVID-19 in Nigeria. This is according to a statement...

Why COVID-19 will not be last pandemic – UN report

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the latest crisis facing the world, will not be the last until humans release their grip on nature, says a...

Lagos gov, Sanwo-Olu, tests positive to COVID-19

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has tested positive for COVID-19. Abayomi, who disclosed this through series...

Germany records highest COVID-19 death toll amid calls for lockdown

The number of people who have died in Germany after catching the coronavirus surged to 590 on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 marking the highest...

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...

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...

U.S. firm, Moderna, announces COVID-19 vaccine with 94.5% effectiveness

American biotechnology company, Moderna, announced on Monday, November 16, 2020 that its COVID-19 vaccine could be up to 94.5 per cent effective. The news came...

U.S. reaches 10m COVID-19 cases as Pfizer says vaccine is over 90% effective

The United States officially hit 10 million COVID-19 cases on Monday, November 9, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracking data. The U.S. now...

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2024 on track to be Earth’s hottest year on record – Meteorologists

AccuWeather expert meteorologists have said that 2024 will go down in the record books as a hot and stormy...
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Empowering law enforcement officers to tackle illegal timber trade in Africa

Healthy forests sustain biodiversity, livelihoods, and local economies. Home to most of the planet’s terrestrial species, forests provide millions...

UN Special Rapporteur seeks inputs for upcoming climate studies

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Climate Change & Human Rights, Elisa Morgera, has issued two new calls for input...

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2024 on track to be Earth’s hottest year on record – Meteorologists

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Empowering law enforcement officers to tackle illegal timber trade in Africa

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