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 an analysis of historical data, climate forecasts, hydrological modeling and the report identifying varying degrees of flood risk across different regions and …
Save the Children International, in collaboration with Lagos State Government and other human interest organisations have launched a global report on Pneumonia. The report aimed at creating awareness about maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), as well as providing health education on pneumonia and other related ailments, including child protection …
The Cadre Harmonise report for food security situation across 17 states of the federation has revealed that 3.15 million Nigerians are experiencing food insecurity, emergency and famine. The report hinted that 80 percent of affected population is in insurgency states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, while Gombe, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kastina, …
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has commissioned several projects in Delta State worth N5.2 billion. The projects, which were mostly roads were commissioned at the weekend. They included the Tebu-Gbokoda road in Olero Creek community (LOT 1-3), Udo-Ajamita road and drainages, Ireto road in Sapele and Uloho Avenue road …
Milan — African leaders gathered at a summit to address the global crisis of malnutrition helped to galvanise US3.4bn including US$640 million in new commitments, organisers said today. The Global Nutrition Summit 2017, held in Milan, Italy, convened governments – including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Niger, Zambia and Ivory Coast – cities, …
For the first time since the onset of the Boko Haram crisis, hunger has considerably declined in northeastern Nigeria. In the three states ravaged by the violence, the number of people facing acute hunger has halved since June-August - from 5.2 million to 2.6 million people - according to the …
The researchers aimed to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of group B Streptococcus (GBS), including invasive disease in pregnant and postpartum women, fetal infection/stillbirth, and infants. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis is the current mainstay of prevention, reducing early-onset infant disease in high-income contexts. Maternal GBS vaccines are in …
The clean-up of a contaminated fishing community in Nigeria has finally started, almost 10 years after two oil spills in Niger River Delta. In 2008 and 2009, Royal Dutch Shell's 55-year-old pipeline ruptured and spilled millions of litres of crude oil into the creeks and shores of Bodo. Al Jazeera's …
Reviews of index-based agricultural insurance initiatives have identified several success factors that are relevant to the situation in Nigeria. First, successful initiatives have been designed to unlock particular opportunities for farmers that were previously constrained by particular risks. Second, initiatives are most successful when they are driven by demand and …
Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, Bayelsa Commissioner for Health, on Monday dispelled the romour that two new cases of monkey pox disease were detected in the state. Etebu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that the two cases were not fresh but old ones. According to him, blood samples …
Oldang electric and solar powered vehicle is an automobile propelled by one or more electric motors, using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device. * Sokoto partners German firm on electricity A memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by a firm, Oldang International Limited, with …
Oil spill victims under the aegis of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard (OSPIVV) have initiated a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), a subsidiary of the Royal-Dutch Shell Plc., over alleged $3, 600,191, 206 compensation to 168,000 persons and 350 communities affected by the …
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry discussed energy issues, including liquefied natural gas supply for electricity generation, with a range of African nations from Nigeria and Ivory Coast to South Africa. “The United States wants to be partners with South Africa and throughout the continent,” Perry told reporters in Cape Town …
The National Petroleum Authority is urging its Nigerian counterpart to reduce the sulphur content in its diesel fuel to about 50parts per million(ppm). Nigeria is currently doing 3,000ppm of sulphur content, which is considered to be toxic fuel. Mr. Tampuli who was speaking in Nigeria, Lagos during the Oil Trading …
Abuja — A new Nigeria research data has revealed how big tobacco companies violet legal framework which provides against advertising to young and vulnerable children. The Nigerian Tobacco Control Research Group (NTCRG) and the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN), in collaboration with the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) …
Lagos — Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has raised the alarm over high prevalence of diabetes among Nigerians, disclosing that the country constitute a quarter of 15 million cases of diabetes in Africa. Speaking in Lagos at the 2017 SANOFI Diabetes Summit, Adewole, said despite the fact that the …
AEDC Managing Director, Ernest Mpuwaya noted that there is a correlation between the amount of electricity pursued and the level of development in any country. A South Africa based independent consultancy, EOH Coastal and Environmental Services (CES), has rated Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) high in its diligent treatment of …
The Federal Government has renewed its commitment to deliver 30 per cent of Nigeria’s energy need by exploring renewable sources of power generation. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who made this disclosure in Lagos, emphasized the need to embrace solar energy to reduce pressure on the national …
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has pledged its continued support in the area of capacity building for greater efficiency and service delivery, just as it unveiled modern pollution and environmental equipment to tackle oil spills. The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, at the passing out …
A report has unveiled how tobacco companies entice Nigerian school children.Titled, ‘Big Tobacco Tiny Targets’, it samples 221 schools in cities like Ibadan, Kaduna, Enugu, Lafia and Lagos and concludes evidence shows a pattern in sale of tobacco products within 100 metres of school environments, linking the trend to leading …
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN-OCHA, said about 3.4 million people need nutrition assistance due to food crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east. This is contained in the UN-OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report for the month of September. OCHA explained that 2.7 million …
