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As Nigeria joins the global community in marking the World Environment Day, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the federal government to learn from the positive fallouts of the COVID-19 global shutdowns and save the nations environment through concrete steps aimed at transiting from fossil fuels. CAPPA said its position…
June 5, 2020
Bayelsa state government will be hosting a global online summit on Friday to commemorate the 2020 World Environment Day Celebration with focus on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The virtual summit scheduled for 11 am themed: "the Impact Of Coronavirus Pandemic On The Aquatic Flora AND Fauna Of The Niger Delta", is expected to create avenue for…
June 4, 2020
George Floyd, whose death during an arrest in Minneapolis last week sparked protests against institutionalised racism in the US and around world tested positive for the coronavirus weeks prior to his death, according to a full-length autopsy report released Wednesday. A postmortem nasal swab collected on May 26 was found to be "positive for 2019-nCoV RNA," the report said,…
June 4, 2020
348 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Nigeria taking the total number of infections in the country to 11,166. This is according to the latest figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) late on Wednesday via its verified Twitter handle. Of the cases, 163 were recorded in Lagos, 76 in the FCT,…
June 4, 2020
TECNO Foundation has donated essential medical supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in support of the fight against the ravaging coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The material donation which was handed over to the Lagos office of the NCDC on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 by officials of…
June 3, 2020
World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed diseases and pre-existing conditions that actuate COVID-19 deaths. This came as the body warned against diverting attention and resources from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The body said people living with non-communicable disease (NCDs) are more likely to die from coronavirus. They include autoimmune diseases, cancer, cataracts, chronic kidney disease, diabetes,…
June 3, 2020
Nigeria has recorded 241 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle. According to the health agency, Lagos as usual recorded the highest number with 142 new cases, followed by Oyo with 15 and the FCT with 13. Other states with new…
June 3, 2020
Shortly after Nigeria moved into phase two of easing the lockdown protocol instituted to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the country, on Monday recorded 416 new cases of COVID-19 infections, its second-highest in a day. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via…
June 2, 2020
After a fallout with President Donald Trump over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its continuous support for China, the World Health Organization has pleaded for a continuation of its relationship with the United States. WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus disclosed this during a press conference at the agency’s Geneva headquarters. “The world…
June 1, 2020
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As Nigeria joins the global community in marking the World Environment Day, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the federal government to learn from the positive fallouts of the COVID-19 global shutdowns and save the nations environment through concrete steps aimed at transiting from fossil fuels. CAPPA said its position…
June 5, 2020
Bayelsa state government will be hosting a global online summit on Friday to commemorate the 2020 World Environment Day Celebration with focus on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The virtual summit scheduled for 11 am themed: "the Impact Of Coronavirus Pandemic On The Aquatic Flora AND Fauna Of The Niger Delta", is expected to create avenue for…
June 4, 2020
George Floyd, whose death during an arrest in Minneapolis last week sparked protests against institutionalised racism in the US and around world tested positive for the coronavirus weeks prior to his death, according to a full-length autopsy report released Wednesday. A postmortem nasal swab collected on May 26 was found to be "positive for 2019-nCoV RNA," the report said,…
June 4, 2020
348 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Nigeria taking the total number of infections in the country to 11,166. This is according to the latest figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) late on Wednesday via its verified Twitter handle. Of the cases, 163 were recorded in Lagos, 76 in the FCT,…
June 4, 2020
TECNO Foundation has donated essential medical supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in support of the fight against the ravaging coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The material donation which was handed over to the Lagos office of the NCDC on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 by officials of…
June 3, 2020
World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed diseases and pre-existing conditions that actuate COVID-19 deaths. This came as the body warned against diverting attention and resources from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The body said people living with non-communicable disease (NCDs) are more likely to die from coronavirus. They include autoimmune diseases, cancer, cataracts, chronic kidney disease, diabetes,…
June 3, 2020
Nigeria has recorded 241 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle. According to the health agency, Lagos as usual recorded the highest number with 142 new cases, followed by Oyo with 15 and the FCT with 13. Other states with new…
June 3, 2020
Shortly after Nigeria moved into phase two of easing the lockdown protocol instituted to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the country, on Monday recorded 416 new cases of COVID-19 infections, its second-highest in a day. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via…
June 2, 2020
After a fallout with President Donald Trump over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its continuous support for China, the World Health Organization has pleaded for a continuation of its relationship with the United States. WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus disclosed this during a press conference at the agency’s Geneva headquarters. “The world…
June 1, 2020
