Disaster Risk Management

Disaster Risk Management

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,...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Disaster Risk Management

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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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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Disaster Risk Management

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...
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