Yearly Archives: 2020

Gender

COVID-19: UN donates N38m palliatives to vulnerable Nigerian women

The UN Women says it has donated N38 million to Nigeria in the wake of the coronavirus, to boost palliatives for vulnerable women in...
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Human Welfare

Tobacco watchdogs express COVID-19 related concerns in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Indonesia

Global tobacco industry watchdog organisations, STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), are urging caution following a rash of reports that tobacco...
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Health

Six dangerous Covid-19 myths

Covid-19 has taken the world by storm, with the number of myths surrounding it spreading as fast as the number of cases itself. These...
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Health

10 people associated with Lagos State House test positive to Covid-19

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 10 people associated with the Lagos State House in Marina have tested positive for COVID-19...
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Cover

Lagos discharges 48 more patients as Assembly seeks account for COVID-19 donations

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 7, 2020 asked Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to account for expenses incurred from donations received in...
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Health

About 190,000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa if not controlled, WHO warns

Eighty-three thousand to 190,000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year...
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Cover

Late Francesca Emanuel was a distinguished administrator, environmentalist – Asiodu

In this tribute to the late Mrs. Francesca Yetunde Emanuel, a civil servant, administrator and conservationist, Chief Philip C. Asiodu, Chair of the Board...
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Human Welfare

UN, EU present Covid-19 protective equipment to Correctional Service

As part of ongoing effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the various correctional centres in Nigeria, the United Nations Office on Drugs...
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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...
Health

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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