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Human Welfare

Otodo Gbame evictees seek justice, compensation

The Nigeria Slum/Informal Settlement Federation is standing in solidarity with the over 30,000 people who were evicted in a state-led land grab from Otodo Gbame community...

Shell delivers N150m capacity development programme for Bonny youths

No fewer than 12 young entrepreneurs from host communities to the Bonny Oil and Gas Terminal in Rivers State have benefitted from a N150 million capacity...

Philippines hopes to totally eradicate hunger by 2030

The Philippines hopes to “totally eradicate’’ hunger by 2030, an official said on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. The official added that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would soon...

UNDP executes projects, develops recovery data base in Borno

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it has developed a Recovery Data-Base to fast track sustainable humanitarian interventions in Borno State. Ms Eno Jonathan,...

Lagos varsity students develop software to unmask human traffickers

After 29-hours of coding marathon, three students of the University of Lagos have developed the software to unmask human traffickers, track, rescue and rehabilitate victims while...

13.5m Afghans suffering from severe food insecurity, says UN

No fewer than 13.5 million Afghans across the war-torn and poverty-stricken country are suffering from severe food insecurity, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)...

Nigeria decries Cameroon’s denial of entry to 35,000 refugees

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons has expressed concern over Cameroonian authorities’ decision to deny entry to 35,000 displaced persons from Nigeria’s state of Borno. Head of...

A generation of unschooled Cameroonians, another generation of conflict?

Going to school in Cameroon Anglophone region has become a crime as an armed insurgency escalates, reports Arison Tamfu In November last year, Martha Lum and...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...
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International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

Onuigbo hails Tinubu’s reforms, backs Regional Development Commissions as path to national growth

The member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sam Ifeanyi...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

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