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September 16, 2024 at 7:25 AM. By Ahmed Kingimi. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - People in Nigeria's flood-hit northeastern Borno state are struggling to get medical care as overwhelmed aid ...
September 18, 2024 at 7:41 AM. LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's hydrological services agency has warned of potential flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it was starting to release ...
Ope Adetayo. August 26, 2024 at 6:55 AM. By Ope Adetayo. ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast ...
Russo–Ukrainian war. August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion. The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that at least 56 Russian civilians were killed and 266 more were wounded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast, which the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies as Russian propaganda. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents.
Tinubu requested the Senate of Nigeria to authorize an intervention in Niger. Images revealed that in recent days Nigerian troops had accumulated on the border with Niger. [87] A former adviser to Bazoum told CNN that some 130 officials from his government had been arrested since the coup, while many others were in hiding. [88]
Lateef Fagbemi. On 31 May 2024, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) called for an indefinite general strike, demanding the country's monthly minimum wage be raised from ₦30,000 to ₦494,000. This came as a response to a national cost-of-living crisis, as the price of food and electricity overtook the minimum wage ...
August 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM. ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu named new homeland security and foreign intelligence chiefs on Monday, a week after their predecessors resigned ...
Over 200,000 homes completely or partially destroyed, 110,000 hectares of farmland destroyed. The 2022 Nigeria floods affected many parts of the country. From the Federal Government Data, the floods had displaced over 1.4 million people, killed over 603 people, and injured more than 2,400 people. About 82,035 houses had been damaged, and ...