Lake Chad
26 Nov
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) strikes have killed over a dozen terrorists and destroyed their logistics and food depots in the Lake Chad Basin. NAF’s Public Relations Officer, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, in a statement, yesterday in Maiduguri, disclosed: “We’ve successfully destroyed food supply depots, and killed dozens of terrorists during the airstrikes,” stating that they…
23 Oct
Ahead of the Conference of Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, ActionAid Nigeria has called on the Nigerian government to advocate for the revitalisation of the shrinking Lake Chad. The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, speaking at a National Dialogue and Pre-COP 29 meeting organised by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and…
17 May
The Federal Government has announced measures to prevent the extinction of Lake Chad. This was made by the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, at the Water Summit and Exhibition held in Abuja. Professor Utsev highlighted several initiatives, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Lake Chad Basin Commission and…
16 May
Inadequate access to water and poor water management practices majorly contribute to Nigeria’s inability to tame water insecurity. While approximately 70 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water, water sources are frequently polluted with hazardous substances.
15 May
Troops of the Sector II Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) based in Bagasola, Chad, have neutralised one Boko Haram terrorist in an ambush on Litri Island, situated on the border between Chad and Nigeria. Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, Chief Public Information Officer of the MNJTF in N’djamena, Chad, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.…
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