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Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, govt locks SA into deadly air pollution

With South Africa under a three-week coronavirus lockdown, the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, has gazetted sulphur dioxide (S02) air pollution standards (called minimum...

Nigeria confirms 20 new cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, March 30, 2020 confirmed 20 new cases of the of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The NCDC, through...

Water critical in fight against climate change, coronavirus, personalities agree

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the international community celebrated the 2020 World Water Day (WWD) on Sunday March 22, 2020, which was a reminder...

Activists term Japan’s revised climate plans ‘empty words and collective failure’

Japan on Monday, March 30, 2020 laid out its revised plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris agreement in the run-up to UN climate talks this year,...

NAFDAC endorses Chloroquine for clinical trial, treatment of COVID-19

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered for the manufacturing of the anti-malarial drug, Chloroquine, for emergency stock for possible clinical treatment of COVID-19 patients. Director-General...

Five COVID-19 survivors discharged, recount ordeal

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has confirmed the discharge of five patients who previously tested positive to the COVID-19 from the Infectious Disease...

Gov Seyi Makinde tests positive to COVID-19

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Nigeria on Monday, March 30, 2020 said he tested positive for the coronavirus and is in self-isolation.  The governor...

Nigeria records second COVID-19 death

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the second death from Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire,...

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COP27: World climate ministers converge on Copenhagen

World climate ministers and envoys converged on Copenhagen, Demark on Monday, March 20, 2023, to convene a two-day high-level...
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Kuwait Oil Company declares state of emergency over oil leak

A state of emergency was declared by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp, following...

IPCC Report: Guterres launches plan to ‘super-charge climate efforts’

At the launching of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in Interlaken, Switzerland, on Monday,...

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COP27: World climate ministers converge on Copenhagen

World climate ministers and envoys converged on Copenhagen, Demark...

Kuwait Oil Company declares state of emergency over oil leak

A state of emergency was declared by Kuwait Oil...