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Disaster Risk Management

Flood: Senate moves to add River Benue dredging project to 2024 appropriation bill

The Senate says it will facilitate the inclusion of dredging of the River Benue in the 2024 appropriation bill, to address the perennial flooding...

Michael Simire - November 7, 2023

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Flooding: Dredging of Rivers Niger, Benue, Kaduna to gulp over $20bn – HYPPADEC

The Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, says the dredging of Rivers Benue, Niger and Kaduna will cost...

Michael Simire - May 18, 2023

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Dredge River Niger, Benue to tackle flooding, group tells govt

A socio-cultural organisation, Kwararafa Peoples' Assembly (KPA), has urged the Federal Government to dredge Rivers Niger and Benue to tackle the yearly flood ravaging the...

Michael Simire - February 8, 2023

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Flood-hit Benue appeals to govt to dredge river

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday, July 25, 2020 appealed to the Federal Government to dredge the River Benue to permanently address the...

Michael Simire - July 26, 2020

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30 years of Nigeria’s failure to tackle Cameroon dam flooding

The annual large scale flooding experienced in Nigeria following the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon could have been curbed some...

Michael Simire - September 10, 2012

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Agric & BiotechApril 20, 2024

Agriculture stakeholders recommend more investment in post-harvest management

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for improved investment by government and private organisations in the area of...

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Oil & GasApril 19, 2024

NNPC, First E&P achieve 20,000bpd production at OML 85

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and its Joint Venture partner in OML 85, First Exploration and...

Climate ChangeApril 19, 2024

UN partners with global visual arts sector to increase climate action

UN Climate Change announced on Friday, April 19, 2024, that the global Art Charter for Climate Action (ACCA) will...

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Agric & BiotechApril 20, 2024

Agriculture stakeholders recommend more investment in post-harvest management

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for improved...

Oil & GasApril 19, 2024

NNPC, First E&P achieve 20,000bpd production at OML 85

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and...