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By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has directed the state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to evacuate, relocate and intensify assessment of communities affected by the recent flooding in Ivo and Ohaozara Local Government Areas of the state. Nwifuru also directed the agency to work with relevant federal emergency-management authorities to coordinate relief, […]

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By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Climate change is increasingly threatening Nigeria’s food production, disrupting farming calendars, reducing yields and exposing farmers to mounting financial losses, stakeholders have warned. Farmers and agribusiness operators who spoke with Vanguard said unpredictable rainfall, prolonged dry spells, flooding, rising temperatures, pest infestations and crop diseases were making agricultural production increasingly […]

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By Gabriel Ewepu Nigeria is losing an estimated N13.7 trillion annually to illicit mining and illegal trade in solid minerals, stakeholders have warned, calling for stronger enforcement, regulation and monitoring of the sector. The stakeholders said the continued exploitation and movement of valuable minerals outside the regulatory framework were depriving the government of revenue and […]

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The death toll in a mass shooting in a South African tavern has risen to 18 after one person died in hospital, police said Monday, announcing at least two of the dead were Lesotho nationals.

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