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Health

COVID-19 vaccine: 165 countries engage in global access facility – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 165 countries have engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility. WHO said in a statement on...
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Agric & Biotech

COVID-19: FAO warns over rise in hunger in Africa

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned on the rising hunger in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Abebe Haile-Gabriel, the organisation’s Assistant Director-General...
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Health

Over 7,000 S/African police officers contract COVID-19, 140 medical workers die in Iran

A total of 7,021 South African police officers have tested positive to COVID-19 while 53 have died, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on...
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Believing the reality of novel coronavirus in Nigeria

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, few months after the disease spread from...
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Health

Lagos conducts over 55,000 COVID-19 tests, as 175 die

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 said Lagos State had tested a total of 55,152 samples for COVID-19...
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Climate Change

UN emphasises economic recovery that builds greener future

In a virtual address delivered on Monday, July 13, 2020 to the Oxford Climate Society, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, stressed the...
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595 new cases raise Nigeria’s COVID-19 total to 33,153

Nigeria has announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 33,153. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...
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More people going hungry – UN

The United Nations in its latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report says more people are going hungry. Released on Monday,...
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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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Water & Sanitation

Mixed compliance greets sanitation exercise as Lagos introduces incentives for cleanest council

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, says the government will introduce incentives to...
Real Estate

Darma, new minister, pledges to tackle housing deficit with innovation

President Bola Tinubu on Friday, April 24, 2026, administered the oath of office to Dr Muttaqha Darma as the...

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Health

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

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday,...
Water & Sanitation

Mixed compliance greets sanitation exercise as Lagos introduces incentives for cleanest council

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources,...