Yearly Archives: 2020

U.S. COVID-19 assistance to Nigeria rises to N11.6bn

The United States says its coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency assistance to Nigeria has risen to $30 million (N11.2 billion). This represents an additional $23 million (N8.6...

UK’s confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000

Another 649 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in Britain to 30,076, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...

Coronavirus spreads among Indian Police enforcing world’s largest lockdown

Hundreds of Indian Police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce...

Dark side of COVID-19 on the building industry

Nigerians living in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states applauded president Muhammadu Buhari when he unveiled his plan to partially...

Lagos conducts air quality study amid coronavirus pandemic

Fourteen years after the World Bank supported the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to carry out a Vehicular Emission Monitoring Study in 2006,...

Covid-19: UK becomes Europe’s worst-hit country

Britain has overtaken Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe by the novel coronavirus, according to the latest official figures released on Tuesday, May...

34 Kano doctors test positive to Covid-19, one dies

The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the...

15 NYC children hospitalised with mysterious syndrome linked to coronavirus

Fresh fears that the novel coronavirus can trigger a mysterious syndrome in children have been raised after it was announced that 15 kids, many...

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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...

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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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...