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State governments in the North Central are employing measures to halt the perennial flooding ravaging parts of the zone and alleviate the sufferings of the victims. Residents steer a dugout canoe past flooded houses following heavy rain in the Nigerian town of Lokoja, in Kogi State. Photo credit: AFP / Sodiq Adelakun The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ...

In collaboration with the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) and Ford Foundation, the governments of Ekiti and Nasarawa states recently in Lagos publicly presented the Family Life Health Education (FLHE) Curriculum that will be used in secondary schools to teach students. The development, which is in apparent response to the rampant cases of sexual abuse among youths, now sees three ...

Indications have emerged that residents of thousands of communities in Northern Nigeria have begun relocating from their homes in order to avoid being engulfed by flood. Reports from Kaduna in Kaduna State say that some residents along River Kaduna have fled their homes as a result of flooding. Our correspondent reports that those affected have either relocated to Hotels or ...