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Flooding: Buhari Sends Directive To Water Resources Minister, Gives 90 Days Ultimatum

Breaking: Buhari Fires NDDC Boss, Effiong Akwa

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well as State Governments to come up with a comprehensive plan of action for preventing flood disasters in the country. According to reports, more than 600 people have …

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Flooding: Declaring a state of emergency is not yet necessary – Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu says (video)

Flooding: Declaring a state of emergency is not yet necessary - Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu says (video)

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has said it is not yet necessary to declare a state of emergency over the flood disaster across the country.   Speaking on Channels TV on Thursday night, October 20, Suleiman says the relevant authorities have not said they are not capable of handling …

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80 percent of the flood in this country is water that we are blessed with from God from the sky – Minister of water resources

80 percent of the flood in this country is water that we are blessed with from God from the sky - Minister of water resources

Minister of water resources, Suleiman Adamu has said that Cameroon’s Lagdo dam contributes little to the flood experienced in the country. Adamu who spoke at his ministry’s 2023 budget defence in Abuja, said social media posts attributing the floods to Cameroon are misleading as 80 percent of the floods in the country is water coming from …

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Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation

Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements on Water & Sanitation

Credit: United Nations Opinion by Manzoor Qadir, Guillaume Baggio (hamilton, canada) Thursday, October 20, 2022 Inter Press Service HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) – Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.” According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people …

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We don’t have any record of shooting – Lagos Police PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, speaks on why teargas and water canons were fired at Nigerians marking 2nd anniversary of EndSARS Lekki shooting

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The spokesperson of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has denied reports that gunshots were fired at Nigerians marking 2nd anniversary of the EndSARS Lekki shooting this morning.   Some Nigerians including rapper Falz and actor Mr. Macaroni, staged a memorial walk along the tollgate this morning to mark the …

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Bulletproof water: Kogi Govt seals church over alleged medical quackery and fraudulent activities, rescues chained people

Bulletproof water: Kogi Govt seals church over alleged medical quackery and fraudulent activities, rescues chained people

Kogi State Government has sealed a church, New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, located in Ageva, Okene Local Government Area of the state for alleged unwholesome practices.   LIB had reported that the pastor of the church, Adeiza Peter was arrested over allegations of running labour wards for pregnant women in his church …

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