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A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS-Kacper Pempel-Illustration-File Photo
Cybersecurity

Report: China attacks Russian cyberspace

August 18, 2022
Untreated Lyme disease can cause severe arthritis and damage the heart and nervous system [File- Judita Juknele-EyeEm via Getty Images]
Science

Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins

August 9, 2022
Tourists pose for photos in an underground tunnel that will be used as an air-raid shelter. [Ann Wang-Reuters]
World

Taiwan prepares air-raid shelters as China tensions grow

August 2, 2022
Indepedent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Politics

2023: Stakeholders raise concerns about polls

July 30, 2022
A commission set up by the UNHRC is investigating war crimes in Ethiopia. Spencer Platt-Getty Images
Africa

International human rights commission probes war crimes in Ethiopia

July 26, 2022
Nigeria

AUDA-NEPAD: We’ll ensure food security, economic growth

July 22, 2022
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has announced FCT senator, Philip Aduda, as the new Senate Minority Leader.
Nigeria

Nigeria’s senate president calls for review of curriculum in colleges of education

July 21, 2022
Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Athletics

Amnesty: Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah

July 20, 2022
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Athletics

France: Forest fire forces thousands more people out of homes

July 18, 2022
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Athletics

UN: World population to hit 8 billion by end of 2022

July 11, 2022
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the virus.
Athletics

WHO: Coronavirus on the rise in 110 countries

June 30, 2022
The overall power consumption of the Bitcoin (BTC) network recorded a drastic drop after mimicking the two-week-long fall in the mining hash rate, which reduced the commuting power for mining BTC blocks to 199.225 exahash per second (EH/s).
Energy

Bitcoin network power demand falls to 10.65GW as hash rate sees 14% drop

June 25, 2022
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS
Africa

African study: Coronavirus deadlier during pregnancy

June 13, 2022
Artist's illustration shows a large meat-eating dinosaur dubbed the "White Rock spinosaurid,
World

Europe’s largest carnivorous dinosaur found in UK’s Isle of Wight

June 9, 2022
The supreme court, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), seeking the review of a judgment ordering it to pay N17 billion to some Ogoni communities in Rivers state.
Nigeria

SANs reject calls for upward review of judges’ retirement age

May 23, 2022
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