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This bird can fly 160 kilometres without flapping its wings

Global UpfrontJul 14, 2020July 14, 20200

Andean condor soars without flapping its wings 99 per cent of the time The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 14, 2020 8:58 AM ET | Last Updated:

China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June

Global UpfrontJul 13, 2020July 13, 20200

Floodwaters have inundated towns across southern and central China The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 13, 2020 A man paddles with an inflatable boat past submerged cars

Stop building, farming on waterways to avert floods during COVID-19, says Emergency boss

Global UpfrontJul 10, 2020July 10, 20200

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday advised against building and farming on waterways to avert floods and the negative impact of heavy rainfall

Rare gorillas in Nigeria captured on camera with babies

Global UpfrontJul 8, 2020July 8, 20200

Conservation efforts began two decades ago The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 08, 2020 Conservationists say the photos of the gorillas with their young are

Seven killed in explosion at NNPC oil platform in Niger Delta

Global UpfrontJul 8, 20200

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday said that seven people were killed in an explosion incident which occurred at Gbetiokun, Oil Mining Lease

Death toll from flooding in Japan reaches 55, dozen missing

Global UpfrontJul 7, 20200

Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwater flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns as heavy rain and floods spread across the region, leaving

Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe ‘dirtier’ than black market Niger Delta ‘bush’ fuel

Global UpfrontJul 1, 2020July 1, 20200

Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis John Vidal, The Guardian (UK),

Planned hike in electricity tariffs takes effect first quarter of 2021, not July 1, 2020

Global UpfrontJun 30, 2020June 30, 20200

The planned hike in electricity tariffs slated for takeoff on July 1st, 2020 have been deferred to the first quarter of 2021, the National Assembly

Egypt requests UN Security Council’s intervention over Ethiopia’s Nile dam

Global UpfrontJun 20, 2020June 20, 20200

Egypt has requested late on Friday the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to resolve the dispute over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Update: Review ECOWAS protocols on free movement to end armed herdsmen migration into Nigeria, Gov Ganduje begs

Global UpfrontJun 7, 2020June 7, 20200

Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, on Saturday called on the Federal Government to seek a review of the West African Protocols that allowed