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Disaster Risk Management

Tinubu appoints Zubaida Umar as new NEMA DG

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs Zubaida Umar as the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This is contained in...

NEMA reviews activities, identifies coordination as cornerstone for successful disaster management

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), North Central Zone, has reviewed its 2023 activities and identified effective coordination as a cornerstone for successful disaster...

Flooding: Dredge Epie Creek, Yenagoa residents urge Bayelsa govt

Some residents of Yenagoa have urged the Bayelsa State Government to dredge the Epie Creek to prevent the yearly flooding in the area. They made...

Disasters: Govt inaugurates National Seismic Monitoring Station-5

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), National Seismic Station-Five, Katampe, that would assist in mitigating  impact of natural disasters...

Lion kills university zoo attendant while being fed

A veterinary technologist with the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Mr Olawuyi Olarewaju, has been killed by a lion. It was learnt that Olarewaju,...

Delta approves N15.7bn for Warri, Effurun flood control

The Delta State Government has announced the approval of N15.7 billion for the construction of Phase III flood control measures in Warri, Effurun and...

Nairobi gas explosion: Group underscores hazards of fossil fuels

Concerns have trailed of the gas explosion tragedy that has claimed the lives of three people and injured at least 270 others in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The...

Over 40 trapped, eight dead in China landslide

No fewer than 40 people have been buried in a landslide in the south-western Chinese Province of Yunnan and eight bodies were recovered by...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...
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