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As Nigeria looks to rebuild after catastrophic flooding, an innovative program is helping internally displaced children ...
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Flooding: Brace for impact
IN Nigeria, the rainy season often brings bad news. As the rains grow heavier and more frequent, both the government and citizens are gripped by the fear of flooding. Numerous areas have already ...
In Okitipupa, Ondo State, ten buildings collapsed after erosion breached a local stream bank. In Mokwa, Niger State, 265 ...
Climate change and its resultant effect on our daily lives is a reality. The effect of climate change is multi-faceted. It goes beyond increased rain, flooding, increase in temperature and drought.
A World Bank study finds that violent conflict in Nigeria significantly reduces household consumption, and the impact worsens ...
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, but such attacks are common in Nigeria’s north where local ...
Estimating the macroeconomic implications of climate change impacts and adaptation options is a topic of intense research.
Aliyu Abdulhameed, managing director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), ...
The Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris, has ordered the immediate reconstruction of the Makera-Kangiwa road, a key route ...
Nepal’s mountainous terrain is vulnerable to flash floods. Disasters have gotten deadlier in recent years in part because of ...
No fewer than a hundred houses were reportedly swept away following a heavy downpour that lasted several hours on Friday ...
The Jigawa State Government, through the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, has allocated N4 billion for flood ...