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Disaster Risk Management

Flood prevention: Buhari gives minister 90 days to produce masterplan

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with relevant ministries and state governments to develop a Comprehensive...
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Be wary of flooding from lagoon’s high tide, Lagos warns waterfront residents

The Lagos State Government on Monday, October 24, 2022, issued a fresh update to all waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island...
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Experts demand enforcement of relevant laws to check incessant flooding

Environmental experts and other stakeholders in the North-West region in Nigeria have called for the strict enforcement of laws on preservation of the environment...
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Navy provides humanitarian services to flood victims in Rivers, Bayelsa

The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commutters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt in Rivers State and...
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1.5m children at risk of devastating floods – UNICEF

More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria need humanitarian assistance, 60 per cent of which include children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, UNICEF...
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Flood washes up corpses at Bayelsa cemetery

The unending flood  across Bayelsa State has continued to wreak havoc as it has washed up several corpses at Azikoro Government Cemetery in Yenagoa, raising...
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Flood: Reps caucus urges Buhari to declare state of emergency in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State House of Representatives caucus in the National Assembly has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency in...
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Disaster Risk Management

Buhari, Commission commiserate with flood victims, three-day thunderstorms predicted

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, October 16, 2022, expressed sadness at the devastation caused by flood in Bayelsa, urging all emergency bodies to provide...
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