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Flooding: Oyo, Ogun, Kwara step up preparations as NiMet warns of heavy rains

Governments of Oyo, Ogun, and Kwara states have put in place proactive measures to mitigate the impact of flooding following predictions by the Nigerian...

Michael Simire - August 10, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Flood preparedness: HEDA charges govt on accountability in ₦125.5bn intervention fund, warns against repeat of Ecological Fund failures

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the recently approved ₦125.5 billion flood...

Michael Simire - August 6, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Abia, Imo intensify measures to mitigate flooding

Officials of the Abia and Imo State Governments have said that adequate measures have been put in place to avert the perennial challenges of...

Michael Simire - August 5, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Pacific Ocean tsunami: How UNESCO’s early warning system displayed its effectiveness

Following the powerful earthquake originating off the coast of Russia, UNESCO's early warning systems triggered a tsunami alert within just 10 minutes. Thanks to...

Michael Simire - July 30, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Oyo moves to rehabilitate bridges crumbled by heavy downpour

The Oyo State House of Assembly Minority Leader, Waliu Salami, has raised a matter of urgent public importance, appealing to Governor Seyi Makinde to...

Michael Simire - July 30, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Natural disasters cause $131bn damage in first half of 2025

Natural disasters such as wildfires, storms, and earthquakes had caused $131 billion of damage worldwide in the first half of 2025. This is the second-highest...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Group questions Plateau’s commitment in early warning amid Jos flooding

The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), an environmental advocacy organisation, has expressed concern over the recent catastrophic flooding that devastated several...

Michael Simire - July 29, 2025

Disaster Risk Management

Flooding: NOA identifies, sensitises high risk prone communities in FCT

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called on high risk flood prone communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to take precautionary measures to...

Michael Simire - July 18, 2025

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