Disaster Risk Management

Disaster Risk Management

NEC directs governors to submit details of damage caused by flooding

The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed all the states of the federation to submit details of damages caused by the recent flooding in...
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Disaster Risk Management

NEMA calls for comprehensive action plan on disaster risks

The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive action plan to address disaster risks...
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Disaster Risk Management

N-HYPPADEC calls for state of emergency on flood-ravaged states

The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has called on the Federal Government to declare state of emergency on flood-ravaged states to...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood destroys 2,517 houses in Gombe, 1,650 in Yobe

The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged...
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Nasarawa intensifies awareness on flooding

The Nasarawa State Government says it has intensified sensitisation to flood-prone local government areas to mitigate flood disasters in the state. Mr Yakubu Kwanta, the...
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Disaster Risk Management

NDDC seeks UN support to tackle flooding in Niger Delta

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is pursuing a partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to address environmental challenges...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis – UN

No fewer than 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed”, with 70 impacted overall, after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according...
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Disaster Risk Management

Families in Bangladesh forced to flee homes as floods wreak havoc

Families, who have lost everything in the ongoing Bangladesh flooding, are reliving painful memories of the day the floodwaters came gushing into their homes,...
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EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

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