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Disaster risk reduction better than managing humanitarian crisis, says FEMA D-G

The Director-General, FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mr Abbas Idriss, says it is more economical to invest in disaster reduction initiatives than to tackle disasters. “Experience...

CSOs list ways to combat climate change, curb disaster risk

Nigerian Civil Society Framework on Paris Agreement and SDGs (NCSFPAS) and Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) in collaboration with other stakeholders in the...

Amid climate crisis, UN agencies step up cooperation on disaster risk reduction

A UN report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020 confirms how extreme weather events have come...

Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Civil society in post COP25 review

Civil society actors in the South West region will in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 hold a review of Post COP25...

87 countries should account for disaster losses by 2020 – UNISDR summit

At least 87 countries should systematically account for disaster losses by 2020, which first and foremost constitute losses resulting from the impacts of climate...

Nigeria concretises disaster risk reduction blueprints

Three blueprints relating to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) have been authenticated, courtesy of a gathering of diverse government and private sector stakeholders, who rose...

Nigeria develops Sendai Framework plan to curb disaster risk

Nigeria has developed a National Plan of Action for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). This was the outcome...

‘Consider ecosystem-based approaches to climate adaptation’

Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it underpins can be the basis for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies as they can deliver...

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160 Anambra communities face gully erosion threat – Official

The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (ANSEWCCA), Prof. Philip Phil-Eze, says no fewer...
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Nigeria’s oil reserves stand at 37.28bn barrels, gas hit 210.54 tcf – NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Friday, April 11, 2025, said that the nation’s crude oil reserves...

Oando confirms three attacks on its pipelines in Bayelsa

Nigeria’s gas export has dipped following three sabotage attacks on a major pipeline in Bayelsa State which feeds the...

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160 Anambra communities face gully erosion threat – Official

The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and...

Nigeria’s oil reserves stand at 37.28bn barrels, gas hit 210.54 tcf – NUPRC

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Friday,...