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Flood submerges communities, radio station, market in Makurdi

Benue Radio Station, Wurukum Market and seven other communities were submerged following Saturday (August 26, 2017) night’s heavy downpour in Makurdi, the Benue State...
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Untold story of IDP camps

Poverty, hunger, sickness, regret, rape, sorrow, misery, wretchedness, death pool; these are probably what first comes to mind when you hear “IDP camp” –...
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Why ‘Liveable Cities’ rankings are wrong

Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University and executive editor of newgeography.com, in this article published in Forbes.com says that the ranking...
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Lagos is world’s second least liveable city, says report

Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos, has been ranked second on the World’s Least Liveable Cities. War-torn Damascus in Syria takes the bottom spot, just below Lagos,...
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Greener Lagos initiative: Why LASPARK should restrategise

“Well done is better than well said...” ( Benjamin Franklin, Founding father of the United States of America, 1706-1790.) In the 1950s to 1970, a...
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Transforming African cities towards low emission future

Experts have identified a number of key pathways to transform African cities towards a low emission and sustainable urban future. At the African Carbon...
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Stakeholders validate Liberia National Urban Policy paper

Between, April and June 2017, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Liberia led three validation sessions targeted at different urban stakeholder groups. During the...
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Brazil, UN-Habitat collaborate to improve Alagoas conditions

UN-Habitat and the State Government of Alagoas in Brazil have initiated a new project that includes a joint elaboration of urban, economic and social...
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