Monthly Archives: April, 2020

Health

COVID-19: NABDA ready for antibody testing in working population

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says it is ready to assist in the management of COVID-19 by adapting and deploying advanced resources in...
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Climate Change

IPCC Working Group II extends Sixth Assessment Report schedule

Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which assesses scientific literature relating to impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, has revised the...
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Agric & Biotech

Will the African farmer survive COVID-19?

Mr. Wycliff Wephukhulu has just retired from a very productive day at his five-acre farm. He is trying to rush against time to finish...
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Cover

Groups charge govt, French Consulate on testing vaccines on Nigerians

International human rights and accountability groups have called the attention of the French Consulate in Nigeria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Director...
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Climate Change

UN defies Covid-19, continues to build climate resilience

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, work is said to continuing apace on efforts to build resilience to the inevitable impacts of climate change. Last month (March...
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Cover

Coronavirus spread undetected in U.S. for weeks in February, researchers say

The first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in New York City was reported at the start of March – but new research suggests...
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Cover

Buhari alerts ECOWAS leaders on challenges posed by COVID-19

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has called on fellow ECOWAS leaders to look beyond the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and tap into...
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Pollution

NOSDRA yet to establish links between oil spills, dead fishes on Niger Delta coastline

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) says it is yet to establish any link between oil leaks and death fishes that...
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Conservation

Argentina sets the stage for interoperable eCITES permit system

In recent years, countries that are signatory Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...
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Conservation

One in five assessed soil species at risk of extinction, data needed for thousands more – Study

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Oryx, warns that over 40%...
Oil & Gas

Dangote launches plan to sell 10% refinery stake via Pan-African IPO

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to sell a 10 per cent stake in its $20 billion,...

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Conservation

Argentina sets the stage for interoperable eCITES permit system

In recent years, countries that are signatory Parties to...
Conservation

One in five assessed soil species at risk of extinction, data needed for thousands more – Study

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published on...