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Water & Sanitation

Open defecation described as major cause of epidemics

The Executive Director, FCT Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Dr. Mohammed Dan-Hassan, says the practice of open defecation, especially during the rainy season is...
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Images: How Yemen struggles against cholera

Cholera continues to spread in Yemen, causing more than 390,000 suspected cases of the disease and more than 1,800 deaths since April 27, 2017. The...
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Health

Cholera in Yemen: Crisis requires unprecedented response – UN

Yemen is experiencing one of the world’s worst cholera outbreaks in the midst of a large scale conflict that has crippled vital health facilities....
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Yemen cholera outbreak worst in the world – WHO, UNICEF

The deadly cholera outbreak in Yemen is the direct consequence of two years of heavy conflict, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United...
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Health

Cholera kills 80 in Zamfara

Commissioner for Health in Zamfara State, Alhaji Suleiman Gummi, has said no fewer than 80 people were killed by a cholera outbreak in the...
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60 million people endangered as El Niño threatens

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners predict a major global increase in health consequences of emergencies this year due to El Niño El...
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Oil & Gas

Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat, Mr. Ed Ubong, has disclosed that Nigeria’s gas production rose...
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Waste Management

TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...
Conservation

40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

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Oil & Gas

Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat,...
Waste Management

TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of...