Bonga oil spill: Fishermen appeal to FG to prevail on Shell to pay $3.6bn fine imposed by oil industry regulators
Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Sunday applauded Friday’s ruling by a Dutch Court that found Shell liable of polluting the farmlands of four farmers in the Niger Delta…
COVID-19: Politics, logistics cause of Pfizer vaccine delayed – FG
Nigeria says the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 is delayed because of “politics and logistics due to no fault of Nigeria.” The Minister of…
COVID-19: WHO team visits Wuhan animal market linked to first detected infections
A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the…
NDLEA seizures 26.850kgs of cocaine, biggest single seizure from an individual in 15 years
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has made the biggest single seizure of cocaine from an individual in the past 15 years. A statement from the agency…
Nigeria set to participate in Canoeing, rowing, sailing at Tokyo 2020 – Sports Minister
Nigeria is set to participate in the sport of Canoeing, Rowing and Sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sport and Youth Development, made the remarks…
Prioritise vaccination of health workers, older persons – WHO urges
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged governments to prioritise inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations as COVID-19 vaccines are currently…
MVNO Licence Framework Yet to Be Concluded in Nigeria -NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would like to draw the attention of the public to a report in an online publication purporting that the Commission had concluded work on the licensing…
COVID-19: WHO team on tightly controlled China mission visits Wuhan hospital that received 1st patients
The team of World Health Organization, WHO, experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus met staff Saturday at the Wuhan hospital that received the first confirmed Covid-19 cases, before a…
Oil spill: Shell, enviromentalists differ on Dutch court’s ruling
Divergent views have continued to trail Friday’s verdict by a Dutch court that found Shell liable for pollution of farmlands and fish ponds of four farmers in the Niger Delta….
Global Trial Shows Johnson & Johnson’s Single-Shot Vaccine Is 66% Effective
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company announced Friday, following results from a phase 3 trial of almost 44,000 people across many…