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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 PublicÃÂ ...
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 aÃÂ ...
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 ofÃÂ ...
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 ofÃÂ ...
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 theÃÂ ...
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 aÃÂ ...
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 aÃÂ ...
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 aÃÂ ...
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 onÃÂ ...
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 toÃÂ ...
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,ÃÂ ...
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 thisÃÂ ...
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 theÃÂ ...
Premium Times
December 8, 2017
The Tukulor Empire, which emerged from the upper Niger River highlands of Futa Toro, in a series of conquests, beginning in 1856 by Jihadi forces under the command of Al Hajj Umar Tall, which incorporated the ancient city states of Masina, Timbuktu, Bambara, Segu and Hamdalahi, had long given way ...
Deutsche Welle
November 30, 2017
Most of the plastic in our oceans doesn't get dumped there directly, rivers carry it to the sea. As it turns out, a very small number of them do most of the damage. Wasserverschmutzung in China (AP). At last count, there were at least 8.3 billion tons of plastic in the world. Much of it gets discarded and ...
Business Day
November 28, 2017
Abuja — Royal Dutch Shell should face investigations in three countries for alleged complicity in Nigerian government abuses, including murder and rape, more than two decades ago in the oil-rich Niger River delta, Amnesty International said. Authorities in Nigeria, the Netherlands and UK should ...
The Punch
November 26, 2017
That must have been around 1492, when all these Mungo Park types wanted to know the end of the Niger River flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.
SowetanLIVE Sunday Wolrd
November 23, 2017
... nations breathe easy for a while at a comfortable transit centre in Niamey, a city on the broad Niger river south of the daunting Sahara desert.
Vanguard
November 14, 2017
... 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.
Seeker
November 14, 2017
... Pearl River, Amur River, Niger River, and the Mekong River. The 10 river systems have several common characteristics. They run adjacent to ...
The Nation Newspaper
November 8, 2017
... Benue River Basin Development Authority, Low Niger River Basin Development Authority, Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, ...
Task & Purpose
November 7, 2017
This included significant numbers of Nigerien and other Peul from central Mali and the Niger River Buckle. There were a number of reasons for ...
DailyFX
November 6, 2017
A militant group in the Niger River delta said it will resume attacks on oil infrastructure while Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his ...
Aljazeera.com
October 31, 2017
The clean-up of a contaminated fishing community in Nigeria has finally started, almost 10 years after two oil spills in Niger River Delta. In 2008Â ...
The Punch
October 27, 2017
... currently located at Ejiba, in Kogi State, engages in rice farming on 1,000 hectares of land, in the precinct of the Lower Niger River Basin.
Columbia Star
October 26, 2017
Before 1492, the Mali Empire was ruled by trading empires which spread of its language, laws, and customs along the Niger River. The current ...
Daily Press
October 24, 2017
Both countries take their name from the Niger River, which flows from Mali through Niger and Nigeria to the Atlantic Ocean. The name of the ...
Heavy.com
October 18, 2017
Niger is a landlocked nation along the Niger River. It neighbors Libya to the northeast, Algeria to the northwest and Nigeria to the south. It is a ...
Columbia Star
October 5, 2017
I woke up early, went to the dock on the Niger River, and waited for the boat to Timbouctou. The first boat, the weather- beaten General A-Â ...
Deseret News
October 5, 2017
FILE - Sunset is pictured over the Niger River in Niamey, the capital city of Niger. U.S. officials say three U.S. Army special operations ...
Bitcoin Magazine
October 3, 2017
Ogoniland, situated off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in southeastern Nigeria, is considered the most polluted region along the Niger Delta and ...
National Geographic
December 31, 1999
According to the map, for example, the Niger River flows underground for 60 miles and then re-emerges in a lake. In reality it does no such ...
News24
December 31, 1999
This included significant numbers of Nigerien and other Peul from central Mali and the Niger River Buckle. There were a number of reasons for ...
Pulse Nigeria
December 31, 1999
Located on the banks of the Niger river, Ayorou is home to an important rural market while its high concentration of hippopotamuses makes it a ...
Digital Journal
December 31, 1999
Located on the banks of the Niger river, Ayorou is home to an important rural market while its high concentration of hippopotamuses makes it a ...
Vanguard
September 19, 2017
Years later, both rivers had burst their banks, engulfing the small lakes and ponds, the Niger River had ballooned into a sprawling temporaryÃÂ ...
Mental Floss
September 18, 2017
Rennell, in turn, took this brief observation and, based on his own theories about the course of the Niger River, drew a map showing theÃÂ ...
BBC News
September 16, 2017
The bodies of at least 33 people, some children, have been recovered after a crowded boat capsized in the Niger River in north-westernÃÂ ...
News24
September 10, 2017
"We appeal to all residents downstream (of the Niger River)... because the water keeps rising," the NBA's Soungalo Kone said late on Saturday,ÃÂ ...
NAIJ.COM
September 8, 2017
It is worth seeing as the coffee-coloured waters of Niger River merge with the emerald waters of Benue River. You can view this naturalÃÂ ...
Guardian (blog)
September 8, 2017
... of the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road was also flooded around the Ganaja village axis of the state capital caused by the overflow from the Niger River.
Prensa Latina
September 7, 2017
06 de septiembre de 2017, 17:07Niamey, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Niger issued a yellow alert for floods in the Niger River,ÃÂ ...
Christie's
August 31, 2017
He also travelled to Cameroon and Togo, and along the Niger River. A lack of access to painting materials inspired him to start takingÃÂ ...
MWC News
August 30, 2017
Last year more than 50 people were also reported killed from flooding. Niamey lies along the Niger River, making it vulnerable to flooding everyÃÂ ...
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