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Climate crisis, water-related disasters responsible for $2.97trn global economic loss – UN

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021News Agency

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, says the global climate crisis is exacerbating and intensifying water-related disasters, jeopardising lives and livelihood of four billion people, resulting to over 2.97 trillion dollars in economic losses. Guterres told the Fifth UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters on Friday that climate-related disasters had doubled in the past two […]

Lagos Govt to complete abandoned 70 million-gallon Adiyan Water Project in 18months

October 11, 2019Ayo Olowo

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced his resolve to complete within 18 months the 70 million-gallon Adiyan Water Project which was abandoned by previous administration. Sanwo-Olu said on Thursday during an inspection of the water works that the contractor handling the project, located in the north-western part of the state, had been mobilized […]

Why 52.7m Nigerians have no access to water – Adamu

March 25, 2019March 24, 2019Eben Tanimola

The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleman Adamu, has said that 52.7m Nigerians have no access to water supply in the country. He disclosed this on Saturday, while delivering a lecture titled “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Sustainable Development,” to mark the 3rd Founder’s Day ceremony of Edo University, Iyamho, Etsako West local government of […]

Kaduna rakes in N130m monthly from water rate – Commissioner

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018Ayo Olowo

Dr Ibrahim Hamza, the Commissioner for Water Resources in Kaduna State, says the state’s monthly revenue from water rate has increased from N30 million to N130 million. Hamza said this on Friday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on the sidelines of the International Conference of the Nigerian Water Supply Association in […]

RED ALERT! UN warns of impending water shortage

March 19, 2018Ayo Olowo

The planet earth will soon witness a decline in water supply if the report by the United Nations (UN) is anything to go by. The UN after release of the 2018 edition of World Water Development Report, warned that the water shortage is imminent as the global population expands and the planet warms. It expressed concern […]

UGH! 90% Nigerian households consume faeces-tainted and impure water

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018News Agency

Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the water and sanitation situation in the country was worrisome. She said although 64.1 per […]