Iran battled torrential rain and floods across most of the country on Tuesday, warning citizens to stay vigilant after unprecedented flash flooding killed 23 people. The authorities also announced for the first time that seven people were killed a week ago in separate floods that swept the northeastern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran. The latest […]
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Over 1000 African children die of water-related diseases yearly – Report
Affecting over 1.1 billion people globally, lack of safe, clean water is gradually metamorphosing from challenge to problem. According to findings, this problem has become prevalent in low and middle-income countries; a great number of them in Africa.
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FG Secures €64.7m Loan For Provision Of Potable Water In Kano
So far, so fair
In its determination to unlock the economy, the Buhari administration is tackling headlong the challenges of transportation, writes ADEYINKA ADERIBIGBE The sector witnessed unprecedented activities across all the modes – road, water and air – last year. State of roads The Federal Government took off last January by reviewing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, approving N134 […] …
Water, Irrigation: PDP left N89bn debt abandoned 116 projects – Minister
The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, on Sunday said the Federal Government inherited 116 ongoing and abandoned irrigation and water projects from the immediate past government in 2015.
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Kwara to pass law against water travel without life jacket
Guinness, Water Aid undertake ‘Water of Life’ project in Kebbi
Guinness Nigeria Plc has entered into partnership with WaterAid to ensure sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene, while helping people to improve their health and well-being. The partnership, which has the Guinness Nigeria’s “Water of Life” programme and WaterAid Nigeria working with Kebbi State government through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (Kebbi […] …
We spent billions on 292 water projects in 7 years, minister tells SERAP in court
The Minister of Water Resources Engr. Suleiman Adamu has finally fulfilled his promise to render account on spending on water projects across the country by providing Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) with detailed information on spending of billions of naira on 292 projects between 2010 and 2016.The documents were presented last week before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
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EU disburses €221m on water, sanitation
The European Union disbursed €221 million for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in Nigeria between 2008 and 2013, the Head of Politics, Press and Information Section, Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria, Olivier Huot has said. He said that EU is trying to make people more concerned about climate change program andRead More …
Communities in Rivers State get improved water 100 years after
For communities that have lived without safe water for over 100 years, how would one expect the inhabitants to react when a modern borehole that produces more than enough quantity of water than they can use is now established in their midst?
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