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The Nigerian military imposed a curfew following the attacks. Borno State Emergency Management Agency Director General Dr. Barkindo Muhammad Saidu visited the site of the blasts in Gwoza Town. [8] He said the dead include men, children and pregnant women, and 19 seriously injured victims were taken to Borno State capital, Maiduguri. Two of the ...
More than 100 passengers were on board and 14 were rescued, while 17 bodies have been recovered and 73 people are missing, Ladan Ayuba, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency ...
Nigeria holds the unfortunate distinction of being one of the world's most severely deforested countries, having lost approximately 55.7% of its primary forests. Between 1990 and 2010, Nigeria witnessed a nearly 50% reduction in its primary forest cover, with an annual deforestation rate of 3.67% between 2000 and 2010.
The National Emergency Management Agency is an agency in Nigeria. [1] The agency focuses on disaster management in all parts of the country. [1] The agency was established in 1999, [2] and functions to formulate policies relating to disaster management in Nigeria. Directors general included: Muhammad Sani-Sidi; Abbas Idriss [3] Zubaida Umar [4]
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for the spread of waterborne diseases and racing to get drinking water to people after devastating floods last week that left at least 54 people dead and ...
On 5 June 2022, a mass shooting and bomb attack occurred at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in Ondo State, Nigeria. At least 40 people were killed, with the highest estimates being around 80. [1] Some in the federal government of Nigeria suspect the Islamic State – West Africa Province of carrying out the massacre.
Jagonews24.com is an online Bengali language news portal in Bangladesh. [1] [2] Launched on 10 May 2014, the portal is owned by AKC Private Limited.As of July 2021, Similar Web ranked the website 1,351 worldwide and 8th in Bangladesh [3] which is the 13th among the news-related websites in Bangladesh.
News Central TV is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, News Central Media, was founded in 2017 by Anthony Dara. It began broadcasting in August 2018. Its primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian and global issues.