EU launches 25 ‘Youth Sounding Board’ to deepen role of youth in decision making

The European Union (EU) on Monday lunched its ‘Youth Sounding Board’ (YSB) in Nigeria with 25 youth drawn from the six geo-political zones in the country as board members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja reports that, the EU-YSB, is a space created for young people to influence the EU’s  development cooperation in…

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1.6m eligible Nigerians fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – NPHCD

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says 1,692,315 eligible Nigerian have received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on Monday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this progress…

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China issues 2.7bn organic product labels in 2020

China issued a total of 2.7 billion organic product labels last year, the country’s top market watchdog said Monday. The country sold 999,000 tonnes of organic products in 2020, with sales standing at 80.43 billion yuan (about 12.47 billion U.S. dollars), according to the State Administration for Market Regulation. To date, China has granted 14,000…

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Nigeria reports 365 new COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths on Sunday

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed eight persons on Sunday, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reported 365 additional new cases in eight states of the federation. The public health agency, however, noted that the new cases recorded represented a fall from the 547 cases reported on Saturday. The NCDC, which confirmed the infections…

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