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Vanguard
April 27, 2018
Dr Saheed Aremu, the Managing Director, Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Ilorin has challenged engineers to develop hydro-phonic method of communication to alternate the existing electromagnetic wave. Aremu made the call in Ilorin on Friday while presenting the 2018 Annual PublicÃâà...
eNCA
April 15, 2018
Visiting spots closed along Niger River after drownings. Africa; Sunday 15 April 2018 - 7:04pm. This photo taken on December 20, 2017 in Niamey shows the Niger River. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP. NIAMEY - Authorities in Niamey have indefinitely closed off beauty spots along the banks of the Niger river following aÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 8, 2018
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, said that the degradation of the environment in the Niger River Basin and its impact on the natural resources were the major concerns of countries, adding that the solutions entailed strengthened cooperation. He said that the combined phenomena ofÃâà...
Africa Independent Television
April 7, 2018
The Minister therefore tasked member countries to take regular remittance of funds seriously so as to expedite development of the Niger Basin. The Ministers are expected to submit recommendations on the efficient management of the Niger River Basin at the high level summit of heads of governments.
Guardian (blog)
April 6, 2018
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, said that the degradation of the environment in the Niger River Basin and its impact on the natural resources were the major concerns of countries, adding that the solutions entailed strengthened cooperation. He said that the combined phenomena ofÃâà...
The Eagle Online
April 3, 2018
The Executive Secretary, Dr Abderahim Hamid, said this at the opening of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Niger Basin Authority in Abuja. By The Eagle Online On Apr 3, 2018. 5 5. The management of the Niger Basin Authority, on Tuesday, expressed worry over the continuous shrinkage of theÃâà...
The Nation Newspaper
March 11, 2018
'There's a river – the Niger River, the mother and caretaker of all its peoples'. “Then I explain to people that beyond that, there's the possibility you balance development – modern development – with the old system. Then unite them so that in that harmony, you have a natural environment. Then you have aÃâà...
Vanguard
March 11, 2018
The Port Harcourt refinery is Nigeria's oldest, built in 1965, nine years after crude was first found under the marshy soil and creeks of the delta, where the Niger river meanders to the Gulf of Guinea. Refineries in nearby Warri and Kaduna in the north central region were built in the years that followed, while aÃâà...
WAAF.com (blog)
March 10, 2018
Are the brightest and bigger at the Niger river bridge on facts. Take that tiger called Mick the Tigger Tigger wanted to know where's the best place to go to dig for gold make the diggers said the Tigger the tiger. That the nuggets their biggest since our biggest of are bright as a bigger at the Niger River water.
Vanguard
March 9, 2018
The Port Harcourt refinery is Nigeria's oldest, built in 1965, nine years after crude was first found under the marshy soil and creeks of the delta, where the Niger river meanders to the Gulf of Guinea. Refineries in nearby Warri and Kaduna in the north central region were built in the years that followed, while aÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 28, 2018
In the village of Toya, 20 km from Timbuktu, people's lives are shaped by two devastating forces: climate and conflict. Overlooking sweeping sand dunes bordering the Niger River and – behind sparse trees planted some years ago to hold off the encroaching desert – patchy rice fields largely dependent onÃâà...
RFI
February 22, 2018
The soldiers were from a cavalry regiment based in Valence in southeastern France, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement. Their armoured vehicle hit the mine on the road between the town of Ansongo on the Niger river and Menaka, a bigger town about 200 kilometres to the east.
Citizen
February 21, 2018
The soldiers were from a cavalry regiment based in Valence in southeastern France, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement. Their armoured vehicle hit the mine on the road between the town of Ansongo on the Niger river and Menaka, a bigger town about 200 kilometres to the east.
Yahoo Singapore News
February 21, 2018
The soldiers were from a cavalry regiment based in Valence in southeastern France, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement. Their armoured vehicle hit the mine on the road between the town of Ansongo on the Niger river and Menaka, a bigger town about 200 kilometres to the east.
The Local Switzerland
February 19, 2018
Lausanne-born Swiss traveller and scholar Johann Ludwig Burckhardt lived an astonishing life during a golden age of European exploration. After studying Arabic, science and medicine at Cambridge University in preparation for a trip designed to discover the source of the Niger river, he went to Syria toÃâà...
The Intercept
February 18, 2018
... in the Tongo Tongo attack,” Soumana Sanda, the leader of an opposition party in the Nigerien Parliament and taekwondo champion, told me in an interview in his pristine and sparsely decorated office in Niamey, the country's quiet capital on the banks of the Niger River. “That was the moment I found out,Ãâà...
Sputnik International
February 14, 2018
The ruling of a UK court to reject Nigerian communities' claim to hold oil giant Royal Dutch Shell accountable for oil spills at the sites of its subsidiary in the Niger River Delta "deals a blow" to all victims of oil spills worldwide, a major non-governmental human rights watchdog said Wednesday. "With thisÃâà...
ICTSD Bridges News
December 31, 1999
... areas still lack access to electricity. To help tackle this challenge, Solar Sister supports African women entrepreneurs in establishing renewable energy businesses that bring solar technology to “last-mile” communities. The small community of Odeh sits on the banks of the Niger River in southeast Nigeria.
The Spokesman-Review
December 31, 1999
The experts said “the fragile security situation in the tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger risks to be exacerbated further as a result of environmental pressure.” “The Niger River basin has recorded its lowest level of water since 1994, which is likely to increase community tensions in theÃâà...
