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COVID-19 vaccine: 165 countries engage in global access facility – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 165 countries have engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility. WHO said in a statement on...

COVID-19: FAO warns over rise in hunger in Africa

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned on the rising hunger in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Abebe Haile-Gabriel, the organisation’s Assistant Director-General...

Over 7,000 S/African police officers contract COVID-19, 140 medical workers die in Iran

A total of 7,021 South African police officers have tested positive to COVID-19 while 53 have died, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on...

Believing the reality of novel coronavirus in Nigeria

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, few months after the disease spread from...

Lagos conducts over 55,000 COVID-19 tests, as 175 die

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 said Lagos State had tested a total of 55,152 samples for COVID-19...

UN emphasises economic recovery that builds greener future

In a virtual address delivered on Monday, July 13, 2020 to the Oxford Climate Society, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, stressed the...

595 new cases raise Nigeria’s COVID-19 total to 33,153

Nigeria has announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 33,153. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

More people going hungry – UN

The United Nations in its latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report says more people are going hungry. Released on Monday,...

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Nigeria, Angola energy firms sign MoU to bolster trade

A Nigerian-energy company, Walcot Group, and Angolan National Agency for Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels (ANPG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
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Gov. Oyebanji, Adelabu, Kyari, Aiboni others decorated at Energy Times awards

Biodun Oyebanji, Governor of Ekiti State; Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power; Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of...

Lagos varsity, others lead seminar on managing Nigeria’s yearly 32m tonnes of waste

Speakers from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Coca-Cola Company, Lafarge Africa and Polysmart Group are set to lead brainstorming...

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Nigeria, Angola energy firms sign MoU to bolster trade

A Nigerian-energy company, Walcot Group, and Angolan National Agency for Petroleum,...

Gov. Oyebanji, Adelabu, Kyari, Aiboni others decorated at Energy Times awards

Biodun Oyebanji, Governor of Ekiti State; Adebayo Adelabu, Minister...