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Ebola: NOA director stresses importance of high sanitary standard

Mr Oliver Wolugbom, Rivers State Director of the National Orientation Agency ( NOA), has stressed the need to  maintain  high sanitary standard in order...

Man, 42, jailed 12 months for stealing speaker from church

A 42-year-old man, Adebisi Oluranti, was sentenced to  12 months imprisonment by an Ibadan Magistrates’ Court on Friday for stealing musical instrument from a...

Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone begins three-day lockdown

A three-day curfew has begun in Sierra Leone to enable health workers to find and isolate cases of Ebola, in order to halt the...

China approves plan to combat climate change

The Chinese central government on Friday approved a plan that maps out major climate change goals to be met by 2020.   This was contained in...

Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,622 —WHO

At least 2,622 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,335 people...

Boko Haram will end soon, says Shettima

Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Thursday expressed optimism that the Nigerian military will soon end the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. Shettima made...

Ebola outbreak: UN calls for $1bn to fight virus

More than $1bn (£618m) is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak - a tenfold increase in the past month, the UN's Ebola...

Davido nominated for MTV awards

 Multiple awards winning artiste, Davido, (real name - David Adeleke) has been nominated by the MTV European Music Awards (EMA), for the Best African...

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U.S. floods: UN chief condoles with families of 80 victims

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the deadly floods...
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Genome editing capable of enhancing livelihood of smallholder farmers – AU

Technical Lead, Genome Editing Initiative, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Centre of Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Olalekan Akinbo,...

SPP, DCR Ambassadors partner to drive climate education across Nigeria

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has signed a strategic partnership with the Ambassadors of Dialogue, Climate and...

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U.S. floods: UN chief condoles with families of 80 victims

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