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Africa: Dozens of New Species Found in One of Africa's Last Biodiversity Blank Spots

[Daily Maverick] A major survey of Angola's remote Lisima plateau has uncovered species unknown to science, including new dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies, confirming the highlands as one of Africa's most exciting…

AllAfrica

Financial Times

SpaceX won’t make the S&P 500

Choose your index wisely

Financial Times

World Environment Day being marked today

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World Environment Day being marked today

Representational image. Photo: Pexels/ Artem Podrez: Kathmandu, June 5 World Environment Day 2026 is being celebrated today with the theme “Foundation for a Prosperous Future: Climate and Nature-Friendly Development”. Various events are…

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Nigeria has gone 17 years without a Population and Housing Census, yet governance continues as if we know our exact…

Nigeria has gone 17 years without a Population and Housing Census, yet governance continues as if we know our exact population. The National Population Commission admits that figures from the 2006 exercise are obsolete. Still, budgets…

Euronews

Denmark probes death of humpback whale that captivated Germany

Denmark has launched a post-mortem examination on Timmy, a humpback whale whose struggle to return to the sea captured public attention in Germany and beyond. Scientists hope to determine why the animal died weeks after being returned to…

Euronews

Insecurity: Stakeholders to meet in Abuja on way forward

Key stakeholders in the security sector are set to converge in Abuja on June 13 to deliberate on collaborative and innovative approaches to Nigeria’s evolving security challenges. The event, organised by the National Private Security…

'Embryonic spines': Trump faces growing Republican pushback

Dawn

'Embryonic spines': Trump faces growing Republican pushback

United States President Donald Trump is used to getting his own way with Republican lawmakers— but there are signs of dissent as his party nervously eyes the looming midterm elections. From a vote against the Iran war to dissent over his…

Dawn

CNBC

China may move toward U.S. path on AI as firms poach employees

Tencent Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu, who joined the company from OpenAI, said Friday he aims to pursue artificial general intelligence.

CNBC

Nature has been sending us signals. Our Farmers read them first

As the world marks World Environment Day, the most consequential climate-finance decision Nigeria and much of West Africa can make is closer to home than Baku: how we choose to finance the land and the people who feed us. By Mannir U…

Police rescue 3 trafficked children in Akwa Ibom

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said it has rescued three abducted children and arrested two suspected child traffickers along Ekparakwa village in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John…

Tricycle operators in 3 states spend N2.5m on fuel annually — Report

Tricycle operators in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states spend an average N2.5m to N3m annually on fuel, according to findings of a study on electric mobility in Northern Nigeria’s informal transport sector. The findings were presented at a…

FG launches clean hydrogen initiative

Nigeria has launched a clean hydrogen initiative to tap into rising global demand for zero-carbon energy and position itself as a key player in the hydrogen value chain. The project targets both sustainable development and environmental…