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Nigeria on Monday began its long journey to end hunger and achieve food security by launching the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ), a programme initiated by the African Development Bank. According to the President of the African…

Nigeria is experiencing its worst flooding in a decade, resulting in more than 600 deaths and 1.3 million people displaced since June. The disruption of lives and livelihoods due to flooding is expected to continue through…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Nigeria is experiencing the worst floods in at least a decade, with a widespread impact in 29 of the country’s 36 states. Ongoing floods are damaging homes, infrastructure, destroying farmland and displacing people from their…

NEMA South South Zone led by the Zonal Coordinator Godwin Tepikor today coordinated the Nigerian Navy Ships (NNS Pathfinder and NNS Soroh), the Nigerian Red Cross and Local Volunteers in an evacuation operation of flood affected…

Children are the most impacted by the catastrophic floods that have prompted the suspension of essential services like education and healthcare throughout most of Bayelsa State. Nchekwube Nwosu-Igbo, Communication Assistant, UNICEF Nigeria Sagbama, Bayelsa State— Devastating floods are…

Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri, David Peiris, Seye Abimbola, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, Rohina Joshi, Blake Angell Correspondence to Dr Whenayon Simeon Ajisegiri; wajisegiri@georgeinstitute.org.au Abstract Introduction Community health workers (CHWs) constitute the majority of primary healthcare (PHC) workers in…

• Eighty-eight (88) new suspected cases reported in Epi week 42, 2022 (17 th to 23rd October 2022) from nineteen (19) states and FCT – Lagos (29), Imo (12), Delta (7), Ondo (7), Abia (5), Anambra…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS More than 12 million people benefited from the $900 million Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) that reinforced the country’s ability to fight climate induced erosion, natural hazards, and disasters. 52,000 jobs in the sectors promoting…

Thirty-one (31) new confirmed cases were recorded from twelve (12) states – Lagos (13), Ogun (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Anambra (2), Borno (2), Kaduna (2), Rivers (1), Bayelsa (1), Delta (1), Katsina (1), Osun (1) and…

CRISIS IMPACT OVERVIEW Since June 2022, heavy rainfall and strong winds have been severely affecting Nigeria (ECHO 12/07/2022). As at 6 October, flooding had affected 33 of its 36 states (SBMIntel 06/10/2022). The most affected states are…