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Hurricane Dorian death toll hits 50, thousands still missing

The number of people confirmed to have been killed by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas has reached 50, with thousands still unaccounted for. Health Minister Duane Sands...

UPS Foundation commits $1m, supports recovery from Hurricane Dorian

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programmes for UPS, announced on Monday, September 9, 2019 it has engaged its network of preeminent relief organisations and committed...

Group decries cases of oil facility explosion, spillages in Niger Delta

The growing incidences of oil and gas facility explosion and spillages, with three occurrences in the last five months from April 2019, calls the activities of...

Floridians flee, hunker down as catastrophic storm Dorian nears

Just south of NASA’s famed Kennedy Space Centre, the evacuations have begun, as people wearily keep an eye on their televisions, watching the first footage emerging...

Anxious Anambra coastal communities seek dredging of River Niger

Ogbaru people living on the borderline of River Niger in Anambra State have called on the Federal Government to dredge the river as a permanent solution...

US, Germany offer Brazil support to help fight Amazon fires

U.S. President, Donald Trump, said on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 that his country is fully supportive of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro efforts to fight raging wildfires...

Flood ravages 10 out of 17 Yobe councils

The Yobe State Government has said that no fewer than 3,000 houses in 10 out of the 17 local government areas in the state have been...

Council warns farmers against destroying Hadejia River embankment

Chairman of Hadejia Local Government Council in Jigawa State, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, on Saturday, August 17, 2019 warned farmers in the area against destroying sand-bag embankment...

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International Women’s Day: CAPPA urges stronger protections, inclusive policies for women

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government and state authorities to adopt stronger protections and...
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Examining eateries and waste management in Ibadan

Introduction Waste management can be defined as the systematic collection, transportation, processing, recycling, and disposal of waste materials with the...

Group empowers Kaduna women with clean cookstoves, targets 50% less charcoal use

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Bridge That Gap Hope for Africa Initiative (BTG), is marking the International Women’s Day 2026...

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International Women’s Day: CAPPA urges stronger protections, inclusive policies for women

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the...

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