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Monthly Archives: July, 2020

19 potential COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo,...

Govt asked to prioritise women and girls’ reproductive health needs amid pandemic

As Nigeria joins the World to celebrate this year’s World Population Day, Development Communications Network (DevComs) calls on the Nigerian government to provide for...

Union Bank to provide potable water to six geo-political zones in Nigeria

The Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) said on Friday, July 10, 2020 that it would provide potable water to the six geo-political zones in...

German scientists say coronavirus also infects the heart

A study published on Friday, July 10, 2020 by scientists based in the northern German city of Hamburg found out that the novel coronavirus...

WHO to probe coronavirus origin in China

An advance team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus...

NEMA issues flood alerts to 28 states, 102 LGAs

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 102 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 28 states in the country fall within highly probable flood risk...

FDA authorises marketing of IQOS as modified risk tobacco product

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 authorised the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International’s (PMI) electrically heated tobacco system,...

How genetic engineering technology can revolutionise world system, by biotechnologists

Biotechnologists say technological advances have dramatically triggered the rates at which plant transformation can be achieved to meet specific needs at every phase of...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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