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Nigeria: Two killed in latest Lagos building collapse

A 7-storey building under construction in the Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, collapsed on Sunday morning with two people confirmed dead and several others trapped. Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, and…

Niger flood kills three, injures seven

Heavy rains in Niger  accompanied by a violent wind on Saturday night to Sunday morning in Toudoun Aggoua, a village in the rural community of Tirmini in Niger Republic, haslled two girls and one boy while seven other people were…

Nigeria launches e-data tool for health Surveillance

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, and the State Public Health Emergency Operations have launched an electronic data tool aimed at supporting surveillance and response in the country's health system. NCDC Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, said the Data Analytic…

African leaders tasked on Climate Change strategies

African nations have been reminded of the need to develop strategies to address climate change, which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. President Bongo said…