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Empowering refugees in fighting Coronavirus

UN Secretary General Antoni Guterres observes that many refugees across the world have put their lives on the line to save humanity in efforts...

Australian state extends state of emergency as coronavirus cases spike

Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, on Sunday, June 21, 2020 extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19, as it...

WHO warns of ‘new and dangerous phase’ as Nigeria records 667 new Covid-19 cases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday, June 19, 2020 that “the world is in a new and dangerous phase” as the global...

UK lowers COVID-19 alert level to ‘epidemic’ from ‘exponential’

Chief medical officers in the UK have agreed that the COVID-19 threat level should be lowered one notch to “epidemic is in general circulation”...

COVID-19: Agency says safe modern biotechnology can ensure food security

Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has said that the issue of the adoption of safe...

How a female drug user received a lifeline amid a pandemic

One out of every four people who uses drugs in Nigeria is a woman - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Report, 2018 Yemisi, a student in one of the...

USAID earmarks N427m to support Nigeria’s response to COVID-19

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has set aside N427 million ($1.1 million) to support Nigeria’s response to the coronavirus...

COVID-19 effects threaten food security, increase vulnerability

Mrs Motunrayo Ajagbe, 55, is a smallholder farmer in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She has a farm at Oluyole Local Government Area. She and...

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World Hand Hygiene Day: Govt urged to implement, disseminate hand hygiene roadmap

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (FMWRS) has been urged to implement the National Roadmap to Hand...
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NABDA urges farmers to embrace biotechnology to boost productivity

Director General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Mustapha Abdullahi, has urged farmers to embrace biotechnology to...

World Press Freedom Day: Minister calls for effective climate journalism

Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, has called for effective climate journalism in order to address environmental...

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World Hand Hygiene Day: Govt urged to implement, disseminate hand hygiene roadmap

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation (FMWRS)...

NABDA urges farmers to embrace biotechnology to boost productivity

Director General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NABDA),...
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