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Building on Nkwunonwo’s study on flooding in Nigeria, this article underlines the need for a robust and scientific approach to flood risk reduction in the area.

Unless preventive measures are put in place, Lagos will experience more flooding, according to Prof Iyiola Oni, the Head of Geography Department, University of Lagos. He suggested that river channels should be drained and people living near the banks should be informed about the flood risks, reports Leadership...

'The disaster risk management can be understood as a matter of life and death, of economic disaster, or prevention, or recovery. We all know that the poor are the most affected when a disaster strikes. So, I want to highlight the attention given to this issue by the government of Mexico,' said Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group...

Prof. Lekan Oyebande said that insurance is an adaptation measure for the adverse effects of climate change in the future. 'In that area what we are experiencing now is still small compared to what we expect in the coming decades, it could really be more serious so we need to really prepare'...

There is a 'political misunderstanding and misconception about the whole idea of having a State that is prepared because most of our politicians think that they can handle disasters only from a relief point of view'...

The Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi, has urged the media to give priority to informing the population on natural hazards to reduce the loss of lives and disasters to save lives and property, reports the Leadership...