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Nigeria has heightened surveillance at all points of entry, following the outbreak of bed bug infestation in France and other parts of Europe. A statement signed by the Director…
Tankers explode in Lagos
Two fuel-laden tankers have exploded at the Lagos quadrapont bridge by National Arts Theater in Lagos state. Margaret Adeyeye, director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said the service…
FG asks Hospitals to treat patients first before demanding police report
Muhammad Ali Pate, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, says hospitals in the country should prioritise saving lives above a police report. Over the years, there have…
Flooding: Over 60 houses, property destroyed in Nasarawa, says NASEMA
Director General of Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA), Zachary Allumaga said on Saturday that no fewer than 60 houses and several properties worth millions of naira were destroyed…
Flood submerges Ebonyi college
Flood water emanating from heavy rainfall has displaced students of Government Technical College (GTC), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Principal of the school Rev Fr Godfrey Ozogene who conducted newsmen round…
REPORT: Flood Sweeps Away 2 Children In Anambra
Two children in Anambra State have been reported dead in a recent flood incident in Nkwele Awka, Awka South LGA of Anambra State. The children between the ages of…
Anambra residents seek help as erosion destroys buildings
There are indications that no fewer than 30 buildings have been destroyed and over 50,000 persons displaced in the gully erosion ravaging communities in Onitsha Inland, Onitsha North Local…
Manufacturer protests as Taiwan, Malaysia detect ‘cancer-causing’ substance in Indomie noodles
Indofood, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has reacted to a recall of its products in Taiwan and Malaysia over an increased cancer risk. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan…
Throat disease outbreak kills 61 in Kano
No fewer than 61 persons were said to have died from the outbreak of diphtheria in Kano State. Salma Suwaid, Kano Diphtheria Case Manager, spoke, yesterday, at a webinar…
NAFDAC Warns Against Use Of Weight Loss Pill
issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Adeyeye stated that the drug had potential to cause cancer. The NAFDAC boss added that result of…
Flood Displaced 90% Of Traditional Rulers In Our State – Bayelsa Monarchs
The traditional rulers in Bayelsa State have lamented that the lifetime saving of furniture and priceless equipment inherited by their forefathers have all been rusted away by the ravaging…
CD/HURIDE calls on Federal, State Governmens to rescue Ogbaru flood victims
.…Donates over 50 bags of rice The Human Rights, Liberty Access, and Peace Defenders’Foundation (HURIDE), and the South East Zonal Chairman Campaign for Democracy CD has called on the Federal…
Over One Million People Displaced By Floods In Nigeria – FG
Over one million persons have been displaced by the recent floods in Nigeria, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Mrs Sadiya Umar-Farouq said on Friday. She spoke…
Flooding: FG Relying On Bogus Data That Contradicts Reality – Bayelsa Govt
The Bayelsa State Government has faulted the Federal Government’s claim that the state is not one of the top ten states affected by the recent flooding recorded in many…
Flooding: Bayelsa Not Among 10 Worst-Hit States, Jigawa Is Number 1 – Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has stated that from an assessment carried out so far by the ministry, Bayelsa is not among…
