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Disaster management: Group urges govts to reform emergency agencies

Women For Peace and Gender Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE), a non-governmental orgnisation (NGO), on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, appealed to the federal and state governments...

Disaster: NEMA, UNDP partner on risk reduction strategies

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are to develop a national disaster risk reduction strategy and action...

COP28: Norway bolsters Africa’s climate defenses with $6.5m disaster financing pledge to AfDB

Norway has announced a financial commitment of 70 million Norwegian Krone ($6.5 million) for an African Development Bank (AfDB) Group programme to boost Africa’s...

COP28: UK commits £7.4m additional funding to AfDB’s Disaster Risk Financing Programme

The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced nearly $10 million in additional funding to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) programme assisting...

Number of flood victims in East Africa rises to more than 200

Governments and the United Nations (UN) are reporting increasing numbers of deaths and displaced people after flooding caused by weeks of heavy rainfall in...

NEC recommends establishment of national flood management council

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday, November 23, 2023, recommended the establishment of a National Flood Management Council to ensure effective response to...

80-year-old woman dies in Oyingbo building collapse

Oyingbo building collapse has claimed the life of an 80-year-old-woman and displaced seven families on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Territorial Coordinator, the National Emergency...

Disasters: NEMA, UNDP collaborate on risk reduction strategies

The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed Habib, says the agency will collaborate with various stakeholders to build new strategies to...

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ACB demands national ban as glyphosate found in South Africa’s staple foods

Through a formal, comprehensive, and urgent submission, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) requests the Minister of Agriculture to deregister and ban...
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UK deepens partnership with Bayelsa on security, youth resilience, women’s empowerment

The British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Mrs. Gill Lever OBE, has concluded a three-day working visit to Bayelsa...

Over 127,000 pairs of glasses distributed as VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care services in Delta

In a major boost to community healthcare delivery, Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) in partnership with the Delta State...

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ACB demands national ban as glyphosate found in South Africa’s staple foods

Through a formal, comprehensive, and urgent submission, the African Centre for...

UK deepens partnership with Bayelsa on security, youth resilience, women’s empowerment

The British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Mrs. Gill...
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