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NiMet forecasts three-day thunderstorms, sunshine from Friday to Sunday
TVC News Nigeria
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July 11, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency predicts thunderstorms and sunlight across the country from Friday to Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook, announced on Thursday in Abuja, predicted thunderstorms in the northern area on Friday. It predicted mild to...
NiMet forecasts 3-day thunderstorms, sunshine from Friday
News Diary Online
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July 11, 2025
By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and sunshine over the country from Friday to Sunday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms in the northern region on...
25th Anniversary: NDDC Hosts Arts, Culture Parade in Rivers
This Day
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July 11, 2025
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), as part of activities marking its 25th anniversary celebration, yesterday, held an arts and culture parade along the major streets of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...
UN Frontier report: Floods can release legacy chemicals from sediments, expose people to its harmful effects
Down to Earth
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Increased river and coastal flooding could expose people to legacy toxic pollutants that were long buried in water and sediments, the United Nations Environment Programme warned in its report Frontiers 2025: The Weight of Time. These legacy...
NDDC marks 25th anniversary with arts, cultural carnival in Rivers
The Sun Nigeria
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July 10, 2025
From Tony John, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) held an arts and culture parade along the major streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, July 10, as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. The street...
Nigeria’s BRICS partner status and initial gains, by Tunde Rahman
Eagle Online
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July 13, 2025
President Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with his haughty and self-aggrandising governance style, endless huffing and puffing, brinkmanship, and tendency to weaponise America’s often-stated exceptionalism and unilateralism. Last weekend, as...
When is flying ant day in the UK and why does it happen?
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Buhari: Legacy, Foibles of the Boy from Daura
This Day
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July 14, 2025
Decades ago, from the dusty streets of Daura in northern Nigeria, a young boy named Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a journey that would ultimately shape his life and to some extent, the destiny of the nation. Emmanuel Addeh writes on the late...
NiMet issues flash flood warning, predicts thunderstorms, heavy rain nationwide
Prompt News Online
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July 10, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a weather alert, warning of possible flash floods as thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are expected across various parts of the country on Thursday, July 10, 2025. In its daily weather outlook...
N’Delta Media Platform Set to Convene Oil, Gas Industry Dialogue in Abuja
This Day
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July 10, 2025
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja GbaramatuVoice, a foremost media platform in the Niger Delta, has announced that it is set to bring together key figures in Nigeria as part of events to commemorate its 10th anniversary, scheduled for August 27 and 28 in...
NiMet alerts Nigerians about potential flash floods, forecasts thunderstorms, heavy rains on Thursday
Daily Post
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July 10, 2025
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast widespread thunderstorms and rainfall across various parts of the country on Thursday, July 10, 2025. According to the daily weather outlook issued on July 9, northern states will experience...
Tanzania revives forgotten crops in agroecology push
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is among four countries set to benefit from the second phase of a groundbreaking agroecology programme aimed at transforming food systems by reviving traditional, climate-resilient crops. The initiative, titled the...
Olorogun Victor Okumagba Writes Open Letter To Urhobo Leaders In Defence Of Tantita Security Services
Daily Independent
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July 9, 2025
1 . Urges Them to Be Guided By Facts, Not Sentiment Wilson Macaulay WARRI – A prominent Urhobo son and respected Niger Delta voice, Olorogun Victor Okumagba, the ldjede of Okere Urhobo Warri kingdom has written a strongly-worded open letter to...
Bayelsa govt cries for help over flooding, coastal erosion, seeks FG, NDDC help
The Sun Nigeria
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July 10, 2025
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa As rain intensified in several parts of Bayelsa state in recent days, the Bayelsa State Government has cried for help from the Federal Government, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and other well-meaning...
The Dangerous Distraction of Population Decline Alarmism
New Security Beat - Washington DC
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July 9, 2025
As headlines warn of falling birth rates and a “world gone gray,” a more urgent and overlooked story is unfolding: in too many places, women and girls are still being failed – with profound consequences for human health, economic growth, and...
Burkina Faso Hosts First West Africa Regional Exchange Mechanism…
IUCN
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This inaugural regional workshop aims to foster dialogue and cooperation on the challenges and opportunities of dryland management in West Africa, with a particular focus on the DSL-IP eco-region. It places special emphasis on the role of...
Africa's Great Green Wall gets 222 mln USD in FAO grant to strengthen resilience
Xinhua News Agency
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NIAMEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Niger have signed an agreement on a 222-million-U.S.-dollar grant for stronger resilience of Africa's Great Green Wall project. The agreement was...
2027: Otuaro drums support for APC South South leaders’ resolution on Tinubu’s re-election bid
The Sun Nigeria
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July 9, 2025
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the Niger Delta to support the declaration of the leaders of the South South All Progressives Congress (APC) to...
International Awards Conferred to Narendra Modi: A testament to expanding global influence of India
Organiser Weekly
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Since assuming office as the 14th Prime Minister of India in 2014, Narendra Modi has emerged as one of the most globally decorated Indian leaders. As of July 2025, he has received 25 prestigious international awards—an unprecedented tally that...
Bayelsa seeks federal aid for flooding, erosion crisis
The Sun Nigeria
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July 9, 2025
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa As rains intensified in several parts of Bayelsa State in recent days, the Bayelsa State Government has appealed for help from the Federal Government, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and other well-meaning...