July 29, 2026
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ELECTRICITY: How Nigeria recorded two total system collapse, still counting

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ELECTRICITY: How Nigeria recorded two total system collapse, still counting By Eyo Nsima   There are strong indications that Nigeria’s power sector is still threatened by many problems, which culminated in the occurrence of two system collapse, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.   In its just-released Second Quarter 2020 Report, the Commission, stated: “The industry […]

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DRUG TRAFFICKING: EU authorities seize 25 tons of cocaine in Germany, Belgium

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DRUG TRAFFICKING: EU authorities seize 25 tons of cocaine in Germany, Belgium Determined to reduce or completely eliminate drug trafficking, European Union, authorities have seized 25 tons of cocaine in Germany and Belgium, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Comprising police raids at multiple ports in the European subcontinent, investigators seized a total of 23 metric tons of cocaine, or 25 US

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Farmers Dialogue on Healthy and Resilient Food System in Nigeria

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Farmers Dialogue on Healthy and Resilient Food System in Nigeria A resilient food and farming system is highly dependent on the protection and preservation of biological diversity. While industrial agriculture and market-based technologies destroy biodiversity, real farmers (smallholder farmers) are faced with the challenge of making healthy food available in large quantities. In recognition of

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Dangote Commits to Protecting Shoreline, Fishing Activities in Lekki Communities

Dangote Commits to Protecting Shoreline, Fishing Activities in Lekki Communities

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Dangote Commits to Protecting Shoreline, Fishing Activities in Lekki Communities The Management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on Thursday, reiterated its commitment to protecting the shorelines and fishing activities in Lekki coastal environment, thereby allaying the fears of fishermen and other residents in the area. Addressing communities at a meeting in Lagos, General Manager

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Danbatta, Others Endorse Book on Telecoms Law, Regulations

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Danbatta, Others Endorse Book on Telecoms Law, Regulations The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof, Umar Danbatta was among eminent personalities that have endorsed a new book on Nigeria’s telecommunications industry’s legal and regulatory ecosystem.   The book, “Nigerian Telecommunications Law and Regulation”, which is co-authored by Quasim Odunmbaku, a telecoms

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Mauritius: JICA provides $289 million support to fight COVID-19 under initiative with African Development Bank

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The loan is a parallel co-financing agreement between JICA and the African Development Bank under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa joint initiative to spur private The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended an Official Development Assistance loan of up to 30 billion Japanese yen ($289 million) to support Mauritius’ response to the

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COVID-19: Confirmed cases rise to 165,370 in Nigeria

Total confirmed cases increase to 2,789 in Eritrea

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Sixteen patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers in the Central, Gash Barka and Southern Regions. Out of these, thirteen patients are from Quarantine Centers in Asmara, Central Region; two in Omhajer, Gash Barka Region; and one in Adi-Keih, Southern Region. On the other hand, fourteen patients

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Central African Republic ‘very volatile’, despite important progress – UN peacekeeping chief

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In “a major achievement”, the country is on track to successfully conclude a democratic transfer of power within the constitutional timeline Despite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday. Jean-Pierre Lacroix,

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Coronavirus: Community informants employ mobile data collection tools to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance in Nigeria

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WHO is supporting engagement of more than 670 Auto-Visual Acute Flaccid Paralysis Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) informants to conduct house-to-house COVID-19 surveillance With the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, WHO is supporting government to leverage on the existing Auto-Visual Acute Flaccid Paralysis Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) system to strengthen community-based surveillance for the

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