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 …
Major political events in the US and Europe have preoccupied western media over the past year. Chief among these has been Donald Trump’s rise to US president and his continuing efforts to establish a credible domestic and foreign policy agenda. Before that, the inability of the European Union to agree …
More than 800 people have died in a meningitis outbreak in Nigeria but the disease is now spreading more slowly, health minister Isaac Adewole said on Wednesday. “As of yesterday (Tuesday), the number of deaths stood at 813,” he told reporters in Abuja after a cabinet meeting. “As of now, …
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his administration would prosecute and punish those who encroach on the state’s forest reserves, especially the Ogba Zoological Garden. He made this known while receiving the management and staff of the Forest Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), led by its Executive Director, Adeshola …
Worried by industrial pollution by the 430 industries operating in the State, the Ogun State government in conjunction with the State Ministry of Environment together with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry yesterday held a Stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta, the State capital to find ways and means to reduce the …
The UNEP had in its 2011 report presented to the Federal Government, recommended that at least $1 billion would be required in the first five years, which is expected to be completed in three decades. The Federal Government has earmarked $190 million towards the implementation of the United Nations Environment …
Another simultaneous study examines health spending trends globally between 1995 and 2014. Two-thirds of healthcare spending in India is out of pocket, or done by the common man, according to a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington. At 65.6 per cent, the study places …
ABUJA - A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed 745 people, an increase of more than 50 percent in barely a week, officials said on Wednesday, sounding the alarm over the feared epidemic. "We need all hands on deck," said Chikwe Ihekweazu, head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control …
There was a heavy downpour in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, yesterday that left many roads across the state covered by flood. For more than two hours, movement both at the mainland and the island became hellish due to the flooded roads and traffic, forcing commuters to trek long distances while …
Tanzania, with potential reserves of 5 billion tons of coal, is planning its first coal-fired power plant. Kenya wants to build for its own coal-powered plant, while Ghana and Nigeria are eyeing expanded use of coal for electricity. Landlocked Botswana is building a 1,000-mile railway to transport coal to a …
Determined to control the spread and fatality of the Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) serotype C epidemic in the country, the Federal Government (FG) has intensified preventive measures even as the disease has killed 745 and infected 8,057. A breakdown of the latest figures released yesterday by the CSM National Emergency …
For the past two years, the rains have been poor in Somalia. What comes next is tragically familiar. Dry wells. Dying livestock. Failed harvests. Migration. Masses of people in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The same is happening in Yemen, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. However, poor rains are not …
Deforestation is still increasing exponentially in tropical regions. Some of the worst regions in the world are the Amazon rainforest, South East Asia and Central Africa. Between 2010 and 2015 there was an annual loss of 7.6 million ha of forest leading to changes in rainfall patterns, loss of biodiversity …
Rwanda's government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya. Uganda confirmed last month that fall armyworm had entered its borders after devastating crops in several southern African nations in …
Adetunji Oredipe, World Bank’s Fadama Team Leader, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the fund is meant to revitalise the nation’s livestock sub-sector. Fadama is a Hausa word that generally means irrigable land. Mr. Oredipe said that the World Bank was working in tandem with the Nigerian government to formulate …
The World Bank on Wednesday approved 150 million dollars credit to help increase the mining sector's contribution to the Nigerian economy. The Senior Communication Officer of the bank, Ms Olufunke Olufon said in a statement in Abuja that the project would help to establish a strong foundation for mining sector …
The Federal Government spent more than N9.5 billion for the distribution of farm inputs to farmers during the dry season farming, an official of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said. Ohiare Jatto, the Director, Farm Input Support Services Department in the ministry, said this while speaking …
Nigeria’s crude oil production fell by 156,900 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.269 million bpd in March, from 1.426mbpd recorded in February. Consequently, the country lost its status as Africa’s top oil producer to Angola, according to latest data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). With the cumulative …
ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations' World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said, intensifying one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. In the northeast, 4.7 million people, …
Acting Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development of the FCT, Dr. Musa A. Aliyu, announced this yesterday in Abuja.He said: “In January, 2016, the agriculture secretariat was hit by an outbreak of the deadly avian flu influenza. The Agriculture and Rural Development Division of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)’s Administration has …
Millions of people in Nigeria’s northeast risks starvation after the United Nations’ World Food Programme warned it could in a few weeks run out of funding to run aid programs. More than 4.7 million in the northeast, many of them refugees from the conflict hit regions by Boko Haram, needs …
