water – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:59:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png water – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Drinking Water In Lagos Island Is A Mess – Didi Ekanem https://www.theinfostride.com/drinking-water-in-lagos-island-is-a-mess-didi-ekanem/ https://www.theinfostride.com/drinking-water-in-lagos-island-is-a-mess-didi-ekanem/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:59:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=336281 Nollywood actress, Didi Ekanem has come out to say that she is tired of spending so much money to buy clean water in Lagos Island despite living in a mansion. She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, if she calculates the money she uses [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/drinking-water-in-lagos-island-is-a-mess-didi-ekanem/feed/ 0 Eni, NNPC, FAO Commission 11 solar-powered water schemes in Northeast https://www.theinfostride.com/eni-nnpc-fao-commission-11-solar-powered-water-schemes-in-northeast/ https://www.theinfostride.com/eni-nnpc-fao-commission-11-solar-powered-water-schemes-in-northeast/#respond Sun, 27 Mar 2022 22:42:55 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=321574 Eni, through its Nigerian subsidiaries, Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) and Agip Energy & Natural Resources (AENR), and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have commissioned 11 water schemes in Borno and Yobe States, Northeast Nigeria.   The integrated water schemes comprise of boreholes, solar power systems, treatment facilities and fetching points [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/eni-nnpc-fao-commission-11-solar-powered-water-schemes-in-northeast/feed/ 0 It Is The Duty Of State Govts, Not FG To Provide Water For Citizens ― Suleiman Adamu https://www.theinfostride.com/it-is-the-duty-of-state-govts-not-fg-to-provide-water-for-citizens-%e2%80%95-suleiman-adamu/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 18:15:46 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241017 Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu has said State Governments should take up the responsibility of aiding the provision of water for its people. Suleiman revealed this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Friday. According to him, several state governments do not invest in the project and will rather [...]

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]]> Buhari Is Set To Declare State Of Emergency On Water And Sanitation – Alhaji Suleiman Adamu https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-is-set-to-declare-state-of-emergency-on-water-and-sanitation-alhaji-suleiman-adamu/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 23:31:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=219535 Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari would declare a state of emergency on water and sanitation come Nov. 8. Adamu made the disclosure during the Special Town Hall Meeting of the Federal Government held at Emeritus Prof. Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall of University College Hospital (UCH) in [...]

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]]> Godswill Akpabio Spent Money Like Water To Prevent His Arrest – Dino Melaye https://www.theinfostride.com/godswill-akpabio-spent-money-like-water-to-prevent-his-arrest-dino-melaye/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 01:14:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=208172 Any move to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari would be unsuccessful at the Senate, a source has said. This, the source said, is as a result of the recent treatment being meted out to Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye. After two separate meeting on Monday, June 4, 2018, a source said that some [...]

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]]> Dino Melaye Has Not Taken Even Water Since He Was Hospitalized – Bala Na’Allah https://www.theinfostride.com/dino-melaye-has-not-taken-even-water-since-he-was-hospitalized-bala-naallah/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:44:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=205700 Senator Dino Melaye has not eaten any food or taken water since he was hospitalized, Sen Bala Na’Allah has said. Na’Allah disclosed this after his visit to the National Hospital where Melaye was receiving treatment on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Na’Allah and his colleague who visited the hospital were denied access to Melaye. “We went [...]

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]]> Demands Of Roads, Water Will Be Critically Examined — Abdulfatah Ahmed https://www.theinfostride.com/demands-of-roads-water-will-be-critically-examined-abdulfatah-ahmed/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:36:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=195929 The Kwara State government has assured that no part of the State will be neglected in terms of infrastructure provision; even in trying times with the resources. Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed gave the assurance during an interactive session with indigenous youth development associations and youth assemblies from Asa Local Government in Ilorin. The governor said their [...]

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]]> Nasarawa State Workers Break Ramadan Fast With Water https://www.theinfostride.com/nasarawa-state-workers-break-ramadan-fast-with-water/ Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:44:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=168737 Striking workers of Nasarawa State Government on Friday said that non-payment of their salaries had made them to break Ramadan fast with only water. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Keffi, the workers called on the government to pay them their three months’ salary arrears and other entitlements to save their [...]

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]]> Khloe Kardashian Goes Water Skiing With Tristan Thompson https://www.theinfostride.com/khloe-kardashian-goes-water-skiing-with-tristan-thompson/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 20:41:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=142765 Khloe Kardashian seems to have found a new flame in the person of NBA star, Tristan Thompson. The 32-year-old reality star was pictured with the Basketball star on a water skiing trip on Saturday, September 3, 2016. Thompson, 25, couldn’t take his eyes of Khloe and her ample endowments wrapped in a red swimsuit as [...]

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]]> Enugu Government Sack Water Corporation Boss https://www.theinfostride.com/enugu-government-sack-water-corporation-boss/ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:47:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=140030 The Enugu State Government has dissolved the board of the State Water Corporation with immediate effect, Commissioner for Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele has said. Udeuhele announced this on Saturday in Enugu while briefing Government House correspondents on the outcome of the state executive council meeting held Friday night. The council also sacked the Managing Director [...]

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]]> Unidentified Infection Hit Abuja https://www.theinfostride.com/unidentified-infection-hit-abuja/ Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:55:10 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=139486 At least, 41 children are reportedly disease that has thrown a new challenge the World Health Organization, FCT public health department and the FCT Primary Health Care Development Board. According to a report by Daily Trust, several children in Abuja have been affected by the unknown disease. It was further reported that the epidemic has [...]

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]]> NAFDAC Close 30 Water Packaging Factories https://www.theinfostride.com/nafdac-close-30-water-packaging-factories/ Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:56:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=123191 The acting Director General of NAFDAC, Oyentunde Oyin during the annual water quality monitoring in Lafia on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, stated that in the space of one year, the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down 30 water factories in Nasarawa. According to NAN, Micheal Attah who represented oyin [...]

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]]> Water Corporation Workers Start Indefinite Strike In Kwara State https://www.theinfostride.com/water-corporation-workers-start-indefinite-strike-in-kwara-state/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:08:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=119267 Workers of Kwara State Water Corporation on Tuesday embarked on indefinite strike following the refusal of the management to pay their four months’ salary. The workers under the aegis Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) accused the management of not paying September to December 2015 salaries. Chairman of [...]

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]]> Lagos Governor Ambode Seeks Strict Usage Of Life Jackets On Waterways https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-governor-ambode-seeks-strict-usage-of-life-jackets-on-waterways/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:31:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=100870 Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday began his campaign of Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with distribution of 2,400 life jackets donated by Total Nigeria Plc to students of primary, secondary school and boat operators in Sabokoji community, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area. He also used the occasion to appeal to parents to ensure their [...]

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]]> #Nigeria > Air Force, Navy Restrategize To End Criminal Activities On Water Ways https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-air-force-navy-restrategize-to-end-criminal-activities-on-water-ways/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 11:30:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-air-force-navy-restrategize-to-end-criminal-activities-on-water-ways/ In a combined effort aimed at combating illegal activities along the Nigerian water ways, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Nigerian Navy (NN) at a recent joint maritime operation code-named “Operation Saukan Mikiya” re-strategized to wipe out criminalities. The two days operation took place on September 3 and 4, around Port Harcourt, Brass River, Bonny [...]

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]]> Benue Approves Bridge Road Construction To Check Flooding | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/benue-approves-bridge-road-construction-to-check-flooding-nigeria/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:30:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/benue-approves-bridge-road-construction-to-check-flooding-nigeria/ Benue State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Emmanuel Manger, said the state government has approved the construction of the Makurdi Old Bridge Road to check flooding. Manger, who is also the Chairman, State Committee on Erosion and Flood Control, said this in Makurdi on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. [...]

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]]> Ambode Gives Contractor Three Months To Complete Ipaja-Ayobo Road | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/ambode-gives-contractor-three-months-to-complete-ipaja-ayobo-road-nigeria/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:30:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/ambode-gives-contractor-three-months-to-complete-ipaja-ayobo-road-nigeria/ Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday pledged to complete the seven-kilometre Ipaja-Ayobo Road in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state within the next three months. Ambode made the disclosure during an inspection of some road construction projects in the State. The administration of former Gov. Babatunde Fashola awarded contract for the reconstruction [...]

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]]> Army Apologises Over Attack On Benue Community | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/army-apologises-over-attack-on-benue-community-nigeria/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:30:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/army-apologises-over-attack-on-benue-community-nigeria/ The Commandant, Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering, Makurdi, Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Ogunkale, has apologised to Governor Samuel Ortom for soldiers’ attack on a community in North Bank on August 15. We had reported here that 39 soldiers from NASME attacked the Hausa-dominated community at the weekend because a girl courted by one of them was [...]

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]]> I Will Complete Multi-Billion Naira Zaria Water Project, El-Rufai Promises https://www.theinfostride.com/i-will-complete-multi-billion-naira-zaria-water-project-el-rufai-promises/ Fri, 20 Mar 2015 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/i-will-complete-multi-billion-naira-zaria-water-project-el-rufai-promises/ The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday said he will complete the Zaria Water Project that has been abandoned for years. The spokesperson for the Kaduna APC Campaign Council, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists. The Zaria water Expansion project, is a regional [...]

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]]> Wow: Plateau State Allegedly Requests For N442 Million For Plates, Spoons and Curtains https://www.theinfostride.com/wow-plateau-state-allegedly-requests-for-n442-million-for-plates-spoons-and-curtains/ Sat, 27 Sep 2014 19:30:52 +0000 Wow, I almost choked when i read this report online. The money our politicians spend on everyday need sha!!! The Plateau government is said to have sent a supplementary budget of N23.4 billion to the state House of Assembly for review and approval – barely six months to the end of the administration. Included in [...]

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]]> Environmental Sanitation Programme: Zamfara Govt Employs 29,000 Youths https://www.theinfostride.com/environmental-sanitation-programme-zamfara-govt-employs-29000-youths/ Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:15:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/environmental-sanitation-programme-zamfara-govt-employs-29000-youths/ The Zamfara Government has employed 29,000 youths from across the state as part of its efforts to boost its environmental sanitation programme in oder to ensure a clean environment. Alhaji Sunusi Dan-Alhaji, the Director-General of the state Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday [...]

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]]> Jim Iyke Goes Into Bottled Water Business https://www.theinfostride.com/jim-iyke-goes-into-bottled-water-business/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:30:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/jim-iyke-goes-into-bottled-water-business/ Thirty-seven year old actor, James Ikechukwu Esomugha popularly known as Jim Iyke, has joined the list of entertainers who are trying their hands on the entrepreneurial skills available in the country. The Banking and Finance graduate of University of Jos took to Instagram few days ago to announce a new dimension in his life and [...]

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]]> SEMENITARI DONATES WATER AND ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS TO OKRIKA COMMUNITIES https://www.theinfostride.com/semenitari-donates-water-and-electrification-projects-to-okrika-communities/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:20:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/semenitari-donates-water-and-electrification-projects-to-okrika-communities/ Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari has donated 99,000L capacity water and Electrification projects to Abam-Ama and Igbiri communities in Okrika Local Government Area of the State. According to Mrs. Semenitari the projects were donated to alleviate the sufferings of the people stress “portable water in my community, Abam-ama II has been a [...]

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]]> Pastor Drowns In Flood Water While Observing Community Service In Ilorin https://www.theinfostride.com/pastor-drowns-in-flood-water-while-observing-community-service-in-ilorin/ Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:15:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/pastor-drowns-in-flood-water-while-observing-community-service-in-ilorin/ A Pastor who was a volunteer member of his Community Development Association, was yesterday drowned in a flood while creating pathway for the water’s free flow in front of his house at Kilanko area, Ilorin, Kwara State. The downpour which lasted for over 10 hours started about midnight lasting till about 11am, yesterday. According to [...]

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]]> Canada Providing Humanitarian Funding to Support UNICEF in Somalia / Canada's support is improving health, well-being and protection of children, women and their families in Somalia https://www.theinfostride.com/canada-providing-humanitarian-funding-to-support-unicef-in-somalia-canadas-support-is-improving-health-well-being-and-protection-of-children-women-and-their-families-in-somalia/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:05:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/canada-providing-humanitarian-funding-to-support-unicef-in-somalia-canadas-support-is-improving-health-well-being-and-protection-of-children-women-and-their-families-in-somalia/ OTTAWA, Canada, July 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells, announced humanitarian assistance funding to support the efforts of UNICEF in Somalia. The support will help improve the health, well-being and protection of [...]

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]]> Abuja Residents Groan Under Disruption Of Public Water Supply https://www.theinfostride.com/abuja-residents-groan-under-disruption-of-public-water-supply/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 19:15:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/abuja-residents-groan-under-disruption-of-public-water-supply/ Some residents of Karu and Nyanya in Abuja have appealed to the FCT water board to restore normal water supply to the area. The residents made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. They said that the area had no water supply in the last two weeks, [...]

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]]> Renewed Central African Republic fighting displaces thousands of civilians – UN https://www.theinfostride.com/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:35:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/renewed-central-african-republic-fighting-displaces-thousands-of-civilians-un/ 27 June 2014 – Thousands of people are fleeing new violence and reprisal attacks in and around the town of Bambari in Central African Republic (CAR) that have already left at least 45 people dead and scores more wounded, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. Violence in the town, which lies some 380 kilometres [...]

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]]> South Sudan: UN agencies, partners appeal for $1B for life-saving aid https://www.theinfostride.com/south-sudan-un-agencies-partners-appeal-for-1b-for-life-saving-aid/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:35:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/06/south-sudan-un-agencies-partners-appeal-for-1b-for-life-saving-aid/ 14 June 2014 – Some 50,000 children in South sudan could die this year and thousands of rape survivors could go without psychosocial support, a senior United Nations humanitarian official today said, as aid agencies appealed for $1 billion they need to continue their work. “Now that the rains have set in, conditions in South [...]

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]]> Types of offshore structures for generating energy https://www.theinfostride.com/types-of-offshore-structures-for-generating-energy/ Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:08:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=48567 The generation of energy – in particular the sustainable generation of energy – is perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing the modern world. There is probably very little debate about our continuing need for energy, but the big questions centre on just how it might be generated. In this respect, some of the last [...]

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]]> #Experience: Blood not always thicker than water in World Cup https://www.theinfostride.com/experience-blood-not-always-thicker-than-water-in-world-cup/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:42:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=47274 Kevin-Prince Boateng and Jerome Boateng will be one of several pairs of brothers to line up at the World Cup finals, but unlike the others they will be on opposing sides. Even more unusually, just as in 2010, they will face each other in the group stage…

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]]> #BringBackOurGirls: Mothers weep in agony for lost daughters https://www.theinfostride.com/bringbackourgirls-mothers-weep-in-agony-for-lost-daughters/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:40:50 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=46927 Ruth Bitrus wailed uncontrollably and fell to the floor as she recounted the pain of separation from her two daughters, kidnapped nearly two months ago by Boko Haram militants. "I fasted for 15 days, living only on water," she said, sobbing profusely…

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]]> UNICEF demands action to save children of South Sudan from &#39living nightmare&#39 https://www.theinfostride.com/unicef-demands-action-to-save-children-of-south-sudan-from-39living-nightmare39/ Mon, 19 May 2014 17:35:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/unicef-demands-action-to-save-children-of-south-sudan-from-39living-nightmare39/ 18 May 2014 – With malnutrition and conflict stalking the youngest and most vulnerable citizens of South Sudan, the United Nations warned today that hundreds of thousands of children in the country’s most crisis-torn areas are at imminent risk of death and disease, including the threat of cholera. “The dream of a safe and peaceful [...]

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]]> Libyan navy intercepts 300 illegal migrants heading for Italy https://www.theinfostride.com/libyan-navy-intercepts-300-illegal-migrants-heading-for-italy/ Mon, 12 May 2014 18:34:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=42165 Libya's navy said Monday it had intercepted and rescued 340 illegal migrants off the coast of the western town of Sabratha when their boat began to take on water. The rescue came on the same day Italy's navy said at least 14 migrants had died when their…

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]]> Massive leap for africa as hayatou, blatter inaugurate caf centre of excellence https://www.theinfostride.com/massive-leap-for-africa-as-hayatou-blatter-inaugurate-caf-centre-of-excellence/ Tue, 06 May 2014 11:10:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/massive-leap-for-africa-as-hayatou-blatter-inaugurate-caf-centre-of-excellence/ CAF president Issa Hayatou and FIFA president Sepp Blatter commissioned the first of three CAF Football Centres of Excellence in Cameroon which the African football head said represented a massive leap for the continent’s soccer developmental strides. “The whole of African can be proud of this centre and is a great leap for this continent. [...]

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]]> Comeback has Olympic legend Michael Phelps ‘feeling like a kid’ https://www.theinfostride.com/comeback-has-olympic-legend-michael-phelps-feeling-like-a-kid/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:26:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=38410 Olympic legend Michael Phelps was "feeling like a kid" again after his first competition in 20 months, and eager to see where his comeback will take him. "As a whole, I felt pretty good just being able to get back in the water and race again," Phelps…

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]]> Clean Water Crisis: Women and Water Across the Globe https://www.theinfostride.com/clean-water-crisis-women-and-water-across-the-globe/ Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:31:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37618 Water is the most essential ingredient to life. In the developed industrial world, water is taken for granted; it flows unrestricted into homes and is always clean and sanitary. However, this is not the case for many in the developing and peripheral parts of the globe where women and children spend countless hours hauling water [...]

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]]> Powdered alcohol product poised to hit US stores https://www.theinfostride.com/powdered-alcohol-product-poised-to-hit-us-stores/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:48:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37394 Just add water and stir. A US company says its new powdered alcohol product has been approved by US regulators and is poised to hit stores in the coming months. Palcohol is made by an Arizona company called Lipsmark and will come in six varieties of…

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]]> Riot police and protesters clash in Venezuela’s capital https://www.theinfostride.com/riot-police-and-protesters-clash-in-venezuelas-capital/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:45:14 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=37263 Fresh clashes erupted in Venezuela's capital, with hooded anti-government protesters hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot police who returned fire with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon. Four people were reported injured in the unrest…

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]]> Venezuela street battles leave seven injured https://www.theinfostride.com/venezuela-street-battles-leave-seven-injured/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:23:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32993 Venezuelan riot police fired water cannons and tear gas Thursday at stone-throwing student protesters in the capital Caracas, leaving at least seven injured. Demonstrators had initially been riled by armed vigilantes they link to the government after…

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]]> Turkish riot police fire water cannon at Ankara protesters https://www.theinfostride.com/turkish-riot-police-fire-water-cannon-at-ankara-protesters/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:19:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=32312 Turkish police fired water cannon at protesters in the capital Ankara Tuesday complaining about irregularities in Sunday's local elections. More than 1,000 people demonstrated outside the elections authority in the city, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip…

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]]> New study exposes panda sweet tooth https://www.theinfostride.com/new-study-exposes-panda-sweet-tooth/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:02:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=31254 In a blind taste test, eight out of eight pandas agree -- sugar is delicious. In a new study, scientists put the panda taste receptors to the test, wondering whether the cuddly critters would even notice the difference between plain water and the sweet…

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]]> Nigerians Ask For Revitalization Of Pipe Borne Water https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-ask-for-revitalization-of-pipe-borne-water/ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30100 As the world marks the 2014 World Water Day today (Saturday), many Nigerians have renewed the call for the erection of more pumps to ensure steady supply of pipe-borne water to the citizenry. . A cross section of people in some parts of the country expressed their views in separate interviews with reporters on Saturday. [...]

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]]> Water sector experts / professionals meet in Kaduna, earmark web portal development for Pan- African water training platform. https://www.theinfostride.com/water-sector-experts-professionals-meet-in-kaduna-earmark-web-portal-development-for-pan-african-water-training-platform/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:42:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/water-sector-experts-professionals-meet-in-kaduna-earmark-web-portal-development-for-pan-african-water-training-platform/ In order to address the dwindling manpower and spate on professionals in the water and its related sectors in Africa, experts and professionals are to meet in Kaduna, Nigeria on Thursday November 28, 2013 to deliberate on the solutions to the pressing challenges bedeviling the water sector in the continent. The meeting which is organized [...]

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]]> World Bank funding to boost drinking water supply in Bamako https://www.theinfostride.com/world-bank-funding-to-boost-drinking-water-supply-in-bamako/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:19:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/world-bank-funding-to-boost-drinking-water-supply-in-bamako/ WASHINGTON, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directorstoday approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of US$80 million to boost water supply for Bamako and improve access and quality of service in the capital city. “The Kabala Project is fully aligned with the Bank’s Interim Strategy Note (ISN) [...]

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]]> Nigeria to assist Niger Republic in bulk water irrigation https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-to-assist-niger-republic-in-bulk-water-irrigation/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-to-assist-niger-republic-in-bulk-water-irrigation/ The Nigerian Government is planning to assist the Republic of Niger with bulk water supply from Jibiya Dam in Katsina State to facilitate its irrigation projects. The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Reng Ochekpe announced this on Tuesday 19th of November, 2013 in a meeting with a delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture in [...]

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]]> FG launches construction of Zaria Water Supply Expansion and Sanitation Project https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-launches-construction-of-zaria-water-supply-expansion-and-sanitation-project/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/fg-launches-construction-of-zaria-water-supply-expansion-and-sanitation-project/ The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe has on Thursday 14th November, 2013 in Kaduna launched a project on the Contraction of Zaria Water Supply Expansion for supply of raw water as well as irrigation and power generation to the communities in Zaria, Kaduna State. Sarah Ochekpe during the launching said that the Zaria Water [...]

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