Tag:COVID-19

WHO to probe coronavirus origin in China

An advance team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus...

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has announced live on television he has tested positive for coronavirus. “It came back positive,” a mask wearing Bolsonaro told a...

Coronavirus has existed worldwide before emerging in China – Don

The novel coronavirus has existed worldwide and broke out whenever and wherever favourable conditions occurred rather than starting in China, an Oxford University expert...

Climate action transparency intensifies amid global pandemic

Despite remote working arrangements due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 59 countries’ national reports, including 18 submissions on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest...

Remdesivir emerges first Covid-19 drug to receive EU’s green light

The first drug to treat severe cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the EU on Friday, July 3, 2020 was given the green light, with...

Standing against food colonialism – Nnimmo Bassey

A short video produced by the North Africa Network for Food Sovereignty showed the origin and solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. The video showed...

UK COVID-19 deaths hit 43,414 as another 186 patients die

Another 186 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Thursday, June 25, 2020, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to...

Concern over sustainability of wild plants used to treat COVID-19

Wild plant species used in herbal treatments of COVID-19 are set to come under heightened harvesting pressure, both as a result of increased demand...

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Stakeholders back Lagos toilet drive, stress sustainability

Stakeholders have described the provision of public toilets by the Lagos State Government as a positive step toward ending...
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Wildlife trafficking: NESREA, partners apprehend wanted suspect

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has apprehended a suspected wildlife trafficker, Shamsideen Abubakar, after five...

Group clamours outright gas flare ban, says penalties not effective

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has urged the Nigerian government to ban gas flaring outright, arguing that the oil...

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Stakeholders back Lagos toilet drive, stress sustainability

Stakeholders have described the provision of public toilets by...

Wildlife trafficking: NESREA, partners apprehend wanted suspect

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)...