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 …
Lagos, Yenagoa and Abuja — The coastal community of Ikebiri in Southern Ijaw Local Council Area of Bayelsa State has taken ENI, the parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to an Italian court seeking compensation for oil spill. The Head of Legal Resources at Environmental Rights Action/Friends of …
Member of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) attends a woman in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital. Thousands of men, women, and children in northern Nigeria have been affected by a meningitis C outbreak, reportedly the largest to hit the country in the …
Nigeria is seeking $5.2 billion from the World Bank to expand electricity generation, PREMIUM TIMES has gathered. The money is also meant to help the nation's economy recover from its first contraction in 25 years. The bank's private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, may invest about $1.3 billion in …
ZAMFARA, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When six-year old Mohammed Waziga arrived at a health centre in northwest Nigeria complaining of joint pains and drowsiness, he was given an injection and sent home without any concerns. However his suffering grew worse, and his family rushed him to a different facility …
GUILOKI, Niger (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Moumouni Abdoulaye and his fellow herders in western Niger used to set off on scouting missions in search of water, they feared for their livestock - and for their own lives. Unable to rely anymore on their traditional methods of predicting the weather …
Hundreds of irrigation farmers using water from Musawa dam in Katsina State are counting their losses following sudden drying up of the dam. Newsmen report that crops at various stages of maturity have wilted, forcing some of the farmers to commence early harvest to salvage what they could of the …
Scientists have called for quick, multi-institutional collaboration and co-ordinated action against the fall armyworm that has ravaged maize to avoid economic hardship for smallholders in the region and across Africa generally. "The frightening risk of the fall armyworm to food security in Africa must be recognised and tackled with a …
Nigeria is seeking $5.2 billion from the World Bank to expand electricity generation and help the economy recover from its first contraction in 25 years. The bank’s private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, may invest about $1.3 billion in power projects and electricity distribution companies. Its political-risk insurer, the …
The horizon appears brighter for cancer patients in low and middle-income countries such as Nigeria as the World Health Organization launches a pilot scheme that hopes to make some of the most expensive treatments for the disease more widely available in these countries. According to a press statement, the global …
Five months into 2017, there is still no budget or funding for 2.5 million Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children in the country. And like in previous years, about 500,000 of them risk death before year end according to a recent report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). At the …
Abuja – At least 66 people have been confirmed dead from a severe outbreak of the Lassa fever in Nigeria. Nigeria is already battling to halt a meningitis outbreak that has killed more than 800 people since the beginning of the year. Share this story Government has confirmed that 16 …
Abuja, Kaduna and Enugu — A Daily Trust independent water investigation reveals germs which are harmful to human health. Water samples obtained from different locations in Abuja, Lagos and Kaduna indicated the presence of microbiological organisms that exceeded the maximum permissible level by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the …
Social justice organisation Oxfam on Tuesday released a new report titled “Starting with people”‚ which details the crisis facing Africa’s poor and issues a challenge to African leaders “to champion new economic models”. “New data reveals Africa’s inequality crisis is greater than feared‚” Oxfam said in a statement accompanying the …
An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth, a study published in The Lancet has revealed. According to the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey report, Nigeria has a maternal mortality rate of 576 deaths …
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has unveiled plans to exit importation of petroleum products by 20I9. Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, made this known while fielding questions from journalists on the sidelines of the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, United States, yesterday. Baru who was represented …
The Ministry of Health has warned of the presence of acute malnutrition in different parts of the country. The ministry on Friday warned that malnutrition was not peculiar to Northern Nigeria, saying Delta State alone has about 40,000 proven cases of acute malnutrition. Speaking at a two-day media dialogue on …
At least, seven communities in Iluleha, near Sabongida-Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State are under threat of gully erosion that has destroyed the only road linking the community with the rest of the state. There are similar threatening gullies in Iruekpen and some other areas in the …
Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have revealed that over 93,000 persons in the country, particularly women, die every year due to smoke inhalation, while cooking with firewood. The Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE) and Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have revealed that over 93,000 persons in the country, particularly women, die …
As the World Asthma Day is marked tomorrow, medical experts have urged the Federal Government to subsidise medications on the ailment and create specialised centres to manage it. The international day is marked to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. The theme of this year’s event is “You …
As food stocks dwindle, people at risk of famine in north of country climbs to 1.5m The UN’s World Food Programme blames a funding shortfall for the deepening crisis, which comes at a crucial time. Seasonal rains due to begin this month are likely to make food deliveries impossible in …
