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Vaccine alone cannot defeat coronavirus, UN chief warns

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has warned that vaccine alone cannot defeat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Guterres gave the warning at a news conference in New...
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Israel plans lockdown as infections hit record high four days in a row

Israel is expected to impose a lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the coming week as the health ministry reported 4,146...
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Mining, coal burning cause global warming, climate change, say stakeholders

Stakeholders in the environment sector have kicked against the method adopted in coal mining activities, saying such mining and burning are responsible for global...
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Legislators express satisfaction with pace of Ogoniland clean-up amid concerns

The Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Climate Change and Ecology say they are satisfied with the pace of work at the Ogoniland...
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UN chief seeks $35bn funding for WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine research

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, September 10, 2020 called for a “quantum leap in funding” for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)...
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COVID-19: AfDB approves $27.33m for AU’s response initiative

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s  efforts to mobilise a continental response to curb...
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Erosion: NEWMAP resettles 900 persons in Ebonyi with over N250m

Ebonyi State Project Coordinator, Nigerian and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Dr Philip Echiegu, has said that the organisaton resettled 900 ecologically disadvantaged persons in...
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Over three billion people protected from harmful trans fat in their food – WHO

Two years into the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) effort to eliminate industrially produced trans fats from the global food supply, the UN body reports...
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PETAN urges firms to leverage OTC for global expansion

Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has urged indigenous oil and gas companies to leverage the forthcoming 2026 Offshore...
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Weak tobacco tax regime profits industry, not citizens – CISLAC

The Civil Society Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has decried Nigeria’s newly approved 2026 tobacco tax policy warning  that the measure...
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NNPC refutes allegations of refinery scrap, equipment sale

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has described as false and misleading reports suggesting it is selling...

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