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Gas explosion: Security personnel has diverted the road leading to Monaco Gas Filling Station which went up in flames on Monday in Lafia to avoid another disaster. A correspondent who visited the scene on Tuesday observed that personnel from various security agencies were on ground to control traffic on the road. Reports show that the State Fire Service, Police, Nigeria ...

When flood disasters occur, a traditional reaction is to suggest the straightforward, obvious, simple solution of not building on floodplains.  But what if building on a flood plain is the only option you have? In principle, not building on floodplains is the easiest and clearest solution and it is the solution which many locations have miserably failed to adopt so ...

  Relocation is defined as a process whereby a community’s housing, assets, and public infrastructure are rebuilt in another location. Often times people are relocated to other safe locations when a disaster occurs such that they are displaced almost permanently from their place of abode. This relocation is usually carried out by governmental or non-governmental bodies in a bid to ...