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COVID-19: Ghanaian experts welcome ban on global trade in wildlife

In his lifetime, Nana Yaw Amponsah was famous for his skills in hunting big game such as forest elephants, buffaloes and leopards. He was...

Rivers to test for coronavirus with Shell-donated equipment

Rivers State is set to start testing for COVID-19 in Port Harcourt, the state capital, with the receipt of its first set of testing...

Lessons for climate action from Covid-19 responses to the vulnerable

The Covid-19 pandemic has been on the frontline globally in the last few months. The attention it has received surpassed that given to the...

Covid-19 will cause 1.4m more TB deaths by 2025, says report

A new report says that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is having unintended yet drastic consequences on tuberculosis (TB) services, with lockdowns...

X-raying the infectious Infectious Diseases Bill, by Nnimmo Bassey

In these days of acute suspicion and uncertainty about who may be asymptomatic and who may just be harbouring early stages of COVID-19, sneaking...

U.S. COVID-19 assistance to Nigeria rises to N11.6bn

The United States says its coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency assistance to Nigeria has risen to $30 million (N11.2 billion). This represents an additional $23 million (N8.6...

UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...

Coronavirus spreads among Indian Police enforcing world’s largest lockdown

Hundreds of Indian Police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce...

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NDDC releases N10bn to boost entrepreneurship in Niger Delta region

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has released N10 billion to the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade,...
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Drone technology to be deployed for detailed Abuja topographical map

The Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation (OSGOF) has inaugurated a pioneering project to create a highly...

P-CNGi, LNG Arete sign pact for $27.3m gas plant project

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) and LNG Arete Ltd. on Friday, April 4, 2025, signed a Memorandum...

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NDDC releases N10bn to boost entrepreneurship in Niger Delta region

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has released N10...

Drone technology to be deployed for detailed Abuja topographical map

The Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation...