Food security: African countries pledge US$17 billion, commit to double agricultural productivity
May 1, 2021 A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing on Friday during a high-level forum, in a bold bid to…
Tokyo Olympics Could Be Held Behind Closed Doors – Games Chief
April 30, 2021 This summer’s virus-postponed Olympics could be held behind closed doors, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto told AFP on Friday, pledging to ensure the Games will be safe….
UI to benefit from 2nd Round Lacuna Fund for Projects Supporting NLP technologies Across Africa
April 30, 2021 The University of Ibadan’s Annotated Spoken Corpus for Igbo Natural Language Processing (NLP) Tasks, Nweya has been listed for 2nd Round of Lacuna NLP Funding across Africa….
Nigeria among 7 countries that account for Two-Thirds of global gas flaring – Report
April 30, 2021 In an unprecedented year for the oil and gas industry, oil production declined by 8% in 2020, while global gas flaring reduced by 5%, according to satellite…
Coronavirus: Risk of pandemic resurgence ‘remains high’ in Africa – WHO
April 30, 2021 The risk of COVID-19 resurgence remains high in several African countries due to poor adherence to public health measures, including mass gatherings, low testing and vaccination rates,…
U.S pledges support, solidarity to combat insecurity in Lake Chad region
April 28, 2021 The U.S. government has pledged support and absolute solidarity to combat the lingering and growing insecurity in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin Region. Mr. Anthony Blinken,…
A Social Media Platform for Africans by Africans set for launch May 10
April 27, 2021 MY! A social media platform is set to be launched in May 2021. “Having developed the app over a period of two years, with a series of…
Italian police target Nigerian Mafia group, Black Axe; arrest 99 in other operations
Security forces in Italy on Monday detained dozens of people across the country in a crackdown on Mafia organisations in a new onslaught against crime, including suspected members of Nigerian…
U.S Advises Citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria over banditry, terrorism, others, lists 14 high risk states
April 24, 2021 The United States government has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria over .security threats in some parts of the country to crime, terrorism, civil unrest,…
COVID-19: 16.6m African children miss measles vaccine doses since Jan. 2020 – WHO
April 23, 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) says about 16.6 million children in Africa missed planned supplemental measles vaccine doses between January 2020 and April 2021 due to the…