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Cyclone Harold lashes Fiji after ripping through Vanuatu

Cyclone Harold on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 lashed the Pacific Island state of Fiji, just days after it ripped through Vanuatu. According to meteorological and...

Michael Simire - April 8, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

AfDB approves $2m emergency assistance to curb COVID-19 in Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 approved $2 million in emergency assistance for the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

Michael Simire - April 1, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

How we’re fighting COVID-19 – UNDP

New York-based United Nations' global development network, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), says it is helping countries to urgently and effectively respond to COVID-19 as...

Michael Simire - March 23, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Lagos explosion displaces 276,000 people

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 said 276,000 people have been displaced by Sunday’s gas inferno that engulfed the Abule Ado...

Michael Simire - March 18, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Govt asked to investigate ‘suspiciously different’ Lagos explosion

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to carry out forensic investigation of the immediate and remote cause of...

Michael Simire - March 16, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Lagos explosion caused by gas leakages – NNPC

Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, has sympathised with victims of an explosion which occurred at Abule Ado near Festac Town, Lagos State on...

Michael Simire - March 15, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

17 dead, 25 injured in Lagos pipeline explosion

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has said that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are...

Michael Simire - March 15, 2020

Disaster Risk Management

Barrage of dust and rain storms leave 20 dead in Egypt

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Friday, March 13, 2020 said at least 20 people died in accidents linked to Egypt’s worst weather in decades. Madbouli...

Michael Simire - March 13, 2020

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