Nigeria annual flood outlook 2024
The 2024 Flood Outlook report offers a comprehensive assessment of flood risk across the country, highlighting critical areas of concern and strategic recommendations for mitigation and preparedness. Through
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East Africa remains fastest-growing in Africa in coming years: UN report
Projecting Africa’s aggregate growth and domestic product (GDP) to grow at 3.5 percent in 2018, and 3.7 percent in 2019, a new UN report reiterates that East Africa remains fastest-growing sub-region on
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Body cautions government on generating power from coal
Global Rights Organisation has cautioned government against plans to generate 30 per cent of its energy needs from coal. The body pointed out that not only is coal power the largest single contributor
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Nigeria: Jigawa Polio Free for 6 Years-Official
Dr Kabir Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary, Jigawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (JSPHDA) said that the state has not recorded any new polio case in six years. Ibrahim made this known in an interview
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Nigeria: Niger to Screen 1 Million Cancer Patients, Treat 20 Diagnosed Cases Annually
Minna — The Niger State government is set to screen no fewer than one million cancer patients and treat 20 diagnosed cases annually for the next five years. This is the major plank of a N400 million
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Nigeria experiences total power outage across country
The power ministry, in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday blamed the outage on fire at a gas pipeline system which interrupted gas supply and affected the national transmission grid. “The sudden
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Delta communities reject environmental report on modular refinery
Citing alleged irregularities, indigenes of Emu-Ebendo and Emu-Iyasele communities in Ndokwa West Local Council of Delta State have rejected the environmental impact assessment report (EIA) reportedly
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2017: Sad year in Nigeria’s health sector; over 1,000 die from preventable diseases
With 1,166 deaths, Nigerian govt formally declares meningitis outbreak over Meningitis: A killer disease Nigeria was not prepared for Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak: Death toll rises to 336 282
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The Lion in West Africa Is critically endangered
<p>The African lion has declined to <35,000 individuals occupying 25% of its historic range. The situation is most critical for the geographically isolated populations in West Africa, where the species
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China reduces tax on donkey skins despite population fears
China is reducing the import tax on donkey skins for use in traditional medicine despite fears over a global reduction in the animal's population. From Monday, the tax will fall from 5% to 2%, making
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Monkeypox: Nigeria records one death, confirms 61 cases
Fourteen weeks after the first suspected monkeypox case in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported the first death from the disease. The agency also announced 61 confirmed