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NEMA Unveils Early Flood Warning Campaign In Kaduna

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has launched an early warning campaign in Kaduna State to mobilise proactive response to anticipated flood risks during the 2025 rainy season. Zubaida Umar, Director-General of the agency, at a stakeholders engagement in Kaduna, said the campaign aimed to raise awareness and strengthen preparedness across flood-prone communities. Represented by, Sulaiman Muhammad, Head of NEMA Operations in Kaduna, said Kaduna North and Chikun Local Government Areas had been identified as high-risk zones due to flash floods and blocked drainage channels. She said flooding in recent years had resulted in loss of lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure, with damages running into billions of naira. “Many Nigerians have suffered injuries and lost their life savings due to unmitigated flood incidents and associated secondary hazards annually,” she said. She cited the 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction and Annual Flood Outlook as indicators of changing...
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Flood: NEMA, Stakeholders Sensitise Kaduna Communities To Avert Disaster

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday, engaged communities in Kaduna State to raise awareness and promote early action against the anticipated 2025 flood disasters. The outreach, held under the agency’s national preparedness campaign, was aimed at mobilising local support and preventive measures to reduce the impact of flooding in high-risk areas. Mr. Sulaiman Muhammad, Head of Operations, NEMA Kaduna Office, said the initiative was part of efforts to strengthen grassroots response before, during, and after emergencies. “The essence of this engagement is to bring disaster awareness to the communities, where floods usually strike first,” he said. Muhammad explained that warnings from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had identified parts of Kaduna as flood-prone, making early sensitisation critical. He stressed the need for communities to clear drainages, open waterways, and maintain hygiene ...
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Stop Threatening Coalition, South-South Emerging Leaders Warn Peter Obi

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*Say ex-Anambra Gov has another platform to contest in 2027 A group on the platform of South-South Emerging Leaders' Forum (Self) has cautioned former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to stop threatening the recently formed Coalition under the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC). The forum also alleged that it has reliable information that Peter Obi will eventually dump Coalition like he did before presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2022. In a statement released on Thursday, signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Benjamin Kolowei, said if Obi will continue to blackmail the Coalition to zone presidential ticket to the South, the Northern region too should start agitation to have it so as to complete the 18 years the Southern Nigeria has held sway in the presidency.  According to Kolowei, why is Peter Obi afraid of open and transparent primary election?  "We note that Mr. Peter Obi and his obedie...
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Timi Frank Condemns Killing Of Peaceful Protesters In Kenya, Asks Ruto To Stop Massacre

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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has strongly condemned the killing of unarmed protesters in Kenya by security forces. Frank who described the killings as barbaric and unacceptable in a democracy, pleaded passionately with President Williams Ruto of Kenyan to urgently halt the killings by calling the security agencies to order.  The Kenyan police had fired to disperse demonstrators in Nairobi marking the 35th anniversary of pro-democracy rallies on Monday, where police said 11 people were killed and about 567 arrested nationwide in the latest anti-government protests to end in bloodshed. The demonstrations mark the 35th anniversary of the historic Saba Saba - meaning "seven-seven" - protests of  July 7, 1990, which launched Kenya's push for multi-party democracy. The death of blogger, Albert Ojwang in police custody last month has given the protests fresh impetus, fuelling anger against the ...
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2027: Timi Frank Warns Coalition Against Agitating For Southern, Northern Presidency

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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has cautioned leaders of the coalition out to wrest power from President Bola Tinubu in 2027, to remain focused on their goal.  He warned that any attempt to exclude any region from participating in the contest to select a presidential candidate for the coalition would result in a stillbirth for the movement.  He also commended the leaders of the coalition for doing a great job so far and urged them not to be distracted by selfish agitation targeted at derailing their objective which is to galvanize opposition to win the 2027 presidential election.  Frank in a statement in Abuja on Monday,  said Nigerians need a competent and compassionate president that would help restore the waning glory of the country and not one elected based on  ethnic sentiments.  “Nigeria needs a president for all Nigerians, not president for northern or southern Nigeria...
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Applause As Signature Edge Delves Into Real Estate, AGELess Emerges Brand Ambassador

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A new Brand Ambassador, Anteyi Grace Ene popularly known as AGEless, was at the weekend,  unveiled just as erudite sports administrator and Chairman of the Benue State Football Association (BSFA), Chief Dr. Paul Edeh Esq, launched a real estate company named Signature Edge. The high-octane event, which held inside the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, was well-attended by a teeming class of societal men and women including captains of industry, business executives, politicians, among others. The real estate company’s founder and Chairman, Chief Edeh, at the unveiling, gave an overview as well as unique descriptive highlights of Signature Edge with its trademark Living The Future. While describing the making of the real estate firm as historic and symbolic, Chief Edeh said the choice of Ageless is because her personality attributes resonate with the characteristics Signature Edge stands for. The football club owner cum real estate doyen emphatically stated tha...
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Atiku Slams Tinubu As Trump Ignored Nigeria Due To “Chaotic Presidency”

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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu led-Federal Government over the exclusion of Nigeria among select African countries for commerical opportunities by US President, Donald Trump. This was contained in a statement signed by Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant, Public Communication to Atiku. The statement which was titled, ‘Tinubu’s Failure Is Complete: Nigeria Sidelined By Trump, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential candidate in 2023, said despite Nigeria’s $500bn economy, Trump ignored Nigeria due to “chaotic presidency” in the country currently. Atiku said, “On July 9, 2025, President Donald Trump will host five African leaders at the White House to discuss “commercial opportunities.” The invited nations are Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. “Not Nigeria. Not the continent’s most populous nation, the Giant of Africa which had an economy of $500bn and was among the world’s five fastest growing economi...
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