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A forest fire in southwest China killed 18 firefighters and one other person, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday. The firefighters and a local farm worker who was leading them were trapped by flames while extinguishing the fire when the wind suddenly changed. The fire started on Monday near Liangshan Yi Prefecture, in
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The United States Government has announced a 7 million dollars (about N2.6 billion) emergency health and humanitarian aid to Nigeria amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is part of a 274 million dollars (N103 billion) assistance package to no fewer than 63 countries affected by the disease, according to a
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Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhuo Pingjian, on Friday, donated medical equipment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. Pingjian, while delivering the medical items at the ministry in Abuja, said the outbreak of COVID-19 has posed threats to people’s health and security
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President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bipartisan bill, which the Senate passed on Wednesday. The News Agency of
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By Mathew Dadiya, AbujaThe World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Friday, urged official bilateral creditors to provide immediate debt relief to the poorest countries facing COVID-19. This, the World Bank group and other international creditors believed would enable these 56 poor nations to prioritize their spending to curtailing the
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With over 40 African countries currently battling with confirmed COVID-19 cases, South Africa tops the chart of the deadly virus within the continent as shown in data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the John Hopkins University tally indicates that South Africa holds the top spot
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The rate of new coronavirus infections in New York is doubling about every three days, a “dramatic” increase that means the apex will be higher and sooner than anticipated, the state’s governor says.“We haven’t flattened the curve, and the curve is actually increasing,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a news
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Britain is looking for 250,000 volunteers to help the National Health Service (NHS) and vulnerable people hit by the coronavirus crisis, Health Minister, Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. “We are seeking a quarter of a million volunteers, people in good health, to help the NHS, for shopping, for delivery of
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a $3 billion facility, named Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA), to help African countries deal with the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obi Emekekwue, Director and Global Head, Communications and Events Management at the Afreximbank in a
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The United Nations says it has mobilised $2 million (N756 million) to assist Nigeria’s fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr Edward Kallon, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, made the announcement at a “national conference” in Abuja on Tuesday, the organistion said in a report on its
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