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Health authorities in Canada’s Quebec province are investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious virus, public broadcaster CBC reported Wednesday.

Monkeypox: A rare disease with low fatality rates

May 20, 2022

Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said that it is only knowledge-based economy that would add value and create a new lease of life for all Nigerians.

Nigeria launches updated 2050 calculator to support low-carbon development

March 23, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government spent N8.9 trillion on infrastructure in 2020.

VP Osinbajo: Defunding gas projects unhelpful to developing countries

October 10, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the second Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in the Republic of Guinea.

VP Osinbajo off to London for UN meetings on energy transition

October 7, 2021

Professor Neil Ferguson believes that if Boris Johnson had put the country into lockdown a week earlier in March last year thousands of lives could have been saved. TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE

British scientist opens up on lockdowns, media scrutiny

August 7, 2021

FILE PHOTO - Empty vials of the second dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine are pictured at the San Martin hospital, in La Plata, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina January 21, 2021. REUTERS-Agustin Marcarian-File Photo

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial

February 2, 2021

Festus Marinho, the first group managing director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), died at age 87 on Tuesday.

Former NNPC chief Festus Marinho passes on

January 20, 2021

US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.

Moderna: Trials show new coronavirus vaccine 94.5% effective

November 16, 2020

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More research needed on virus reinfection – experts

October 28, 2020

The United Kingdom may need to consider reintroducing some national COVID-19 lockdown measures as it continues to record a steady rise in its cases, Reuters reports a leading epidemiologist to have said yesterday.

Britain may reintroduce national virus lockdown measures – expert

September 20, 2020

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: Registered nurse Heather Hoppe receives a flu vaccination in the trial clinic at Sir Charles Gairdner hospital on April 20, 2020 in Perth, Australia. Healthcare workers in Western Australia are participating in a new trial to test whether an existing tuberculosis vaccine can help reduce their chances of contracting COVID-19.PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: Registered nurse Heather Hoppe receives a flu vaccination in the trial clinic at Sir Charles Gairdner hospital on April 20, 2020 in Perth, Australia. Healthcare workers in Western Australia are participating in a new trial to test whether an existing tuberculosis vaccine can help reduce their chances of contracting COVID-19. Paul Kane/Getty Images

Oxford University pushing science to the limit in vaccine hunt

April 23, 2020

Notable African figures who have died of novel coronavirus complications

April 21, 2020

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode for abandoning the Lagos light rail project while he was the governor of the state between 2015 and 2019.

Ex-President Obasanjo, Gordon Brown, others demand action against pandemic

April 8, 2020

Ventilators are the most vital tool in helping those worse affected by coronavirus, and work by taking over the patient’s breathing function. The problem? The life-saving piece of equipment is in short supply across the globe, including in the UK.

Over 65 percent of coronavirus patients put on ventilators may die – NHS data

April 8, 2020

Disinfecting a street in Wuhan on Thursday. Hector Retamal-Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Wuhan lockdown bought health systems vital time – study

March 26, 2020