Monthly Archives: August, 2020

India records 77,266 new COVID-19 cases, 1,057 deaths in single day

India’s COVID-19 tally reached 3,387,500 and deaths reached 61,529 on Friday, August 28, 2020, showed the latest data released by the Federal Health Ministry. As...

Okomu Oil inaugurates seven projects in Edo communities

The management of Okomu Oil Palm Plc. says it constructed seven different projects within its areas of operations in Edo State to speed up...

Group begins nationwide UK protest on climate, ecological bill

Climate change activist group, Extinction Rebellion, on Friday, August 28, 2020 launched nationwide protests in Britain, with a series of initiatives in London and...

Opportunities clean energy transition offers Nigeria, by Melbourne

Sean Melbourne, Head of Climate Change and Energy (West Africa), British High Commission, speaking at the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) post-Covid Capacity Building...

‘Dangerous’ Hurricane Laura labelled ‘fossil-fueled’

As communities commemorate the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday, August 29, 2020, Hurricane Laura is sweeping through Southwest Louisiana bringing an “unsurvivable” storm surge,...

UK says low-income people in high-risk COVID-19 areas will be paid to self-isolate

The UK government announced on Thursday, August, 27, 2020 that people with low incomes living in areas with a high incidence of COVID-19 will...

Buhari congratulates AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina, on re-election

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on his re-election for a second term in office. The...

Bauchi floods submerge over 1,000 houses, farmlands in four LGAs

Floods have submerged over 1,000 houses, farmlands and damaged roads in four local government areas (LGAs) of Bauchi State. The flooding was caused by torrential...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene a one-day Hybrid Youth, CSO & Media Roundtable on Youth,...
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Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has inaugurated the “One Humanitarian-One Poverty Response System...

Ikeja Electric cites generation drop for Lagos outages

Ikeja Electric (IE) says residents and businesses across Lagos are experiencing reduced electricity supply following a nationwide drop in...

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Abuja technology forum to convene youth, CSOs, media

PROMAD, a civic innovation organisation, says it will convene...

Nigeria unveils plan to lift 50m out of poverty by 2030

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr...