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Hurricane Irma swept over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 11-bedroom Caribbean mansion on Wednesday, the first of several luxury Trump properties threatened by the storm’s path. It was not immediately known whether Irma damaged Trump’s beachfront Chateau des Palmiers, or Castle of the Palms, on St. Martin. The gated estate, for sale for $16.9 million, is…
September 7, 2017
Monster Hurricane Irma hammered the Caribbean island of St. Martin on Wednesday as it packed a potentially catastrophic mix of pounding winds and rain and surging surf that was expected to make landfall in Florida over the weekend. Irma could become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks, but…
September 6, 2017
By 'Dotun Akintomide A residential building has collapsed at Ilufe road, Alaba International Market, Ojo-Lagos. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed to The New Diplomat that the 3 storey building consisting of 8 blocks of flats collapsed in the early hours of today. According to LASEMA's investigation at the incident scene, the building…
August 30, 2017
More states and cities in the United States (U.S.) are ready for the worse as rescue crews raced to rush people and families to safety Monday night in the Houston area as Louisiana braced for flooding of its own from the mega storm, Harvey. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards warned people in his state that…
August 29, 2017
By John Oghojafor For the Delta State Ministry of Environment, the fear of 2012 flood disaster in the state is indeed the beginning of wisdom. Nearly every part of the state had its unpleasant share of the catastrophe the flood left on people and properties across the state. However, Ughelli South Local Government Area with…
August 25, 2017
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of malaria and cholera in the wake of last week’s mudslides and flooding in Freetown. Mr. Alexander Chimbaru, Officer in Charge of WHO in Sierra Leone, said the UN health agency was doing everything possible to prevent…
August 22, 2017
By John Oghojafor Going by the weather forecast of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), the rest of August and September 2017 is likely to witness heavier rainfalls and incidences of flooded areas across the country, especially among the coastal states, the Delta State government had made preparation, not only to address the adverse effect of the…
August 16, 2017
More than 300 people were killed when a mudslide struck the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes. The Red Cross said at least 205 bodies had been taken to the central morgue in Freetown. Police and military personnel were at the scene in the mountain town of Regent searching for…
August 14, 2017
2016 fast-forwarded till date, Nigeria has lost 106 lives to Lassa fever outbreak, with 651 cases recorded across 18 states in the country, The New Diplomat has learnt. The two deaths recorded on Tuesday had jacked up the earlier 104, as figure released by World Health Organization (WHO) on June 9, 2017 to the current…
August 11, 2017
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Hurricane Irma swept over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 11-bedroom Caribbean mansion on Wednesday, the first of several luxury Trump properties threatened by the storm’s path. It was not immediately known whether Irma damaged Trump’s beachfront Chateau des Palmiers, or Castle of the Palms, on St. Martin. The gated estate, for sale for $16.9 million, is…
September 7, 2017
Monster Hurricane Irma hammered the Caribbean island of St. Martin on Wednesday as it packed a potentially catastrophic mix of pounding winds and rain and surging surf that was expected to make landfall in Florida over the weekend. Irma could become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks, but…
September 6, 2017
By 'Dotun Akintomide A residential building has collapsed at Ilufe road, Alaba International Market, Ojo-Lagos. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed to The New Diplomat that the 3 storey building consisting of 8 blocks of flats collapsed in the early hours of today. According to LASEMA's investigation at the incident scene, the building…
August 30, 2017
More states and cities in the United States (U.S.) are ready for the worse as rescue crews raced to rush people and families to safety Monday night in the Houston area as Louisiana braced for flooding of its own from the mega storm, Harvey. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards warned people in his state that…
August 29, 2017
By John Oghojafor For the Delta State Ministry of Environment, the fear of 2012 flood disaster in the state is indeed the beginning of wisdom. Nearly every part of the state had its unpleasant share of the catastrophe the flood left on people and properties across the state. However, Ughelli South Local Government Area with…
August 25, 2017
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of malaria and cholera in the wake of last week’s mudslides and flooding in Freetown. Mr. Alexander Chimbaru, Officer in Charge of WHO in Sierra Leone, said the UN health agency was doing everything possible to prevent…
August 22, 2017
By John Oghojafor Going by the weather forecast of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), the rest of August and September 2017 is likely to witness heavier rainfalls and incidences of flooded areas across the country, especially among the coastal states, the Delta State government had made preparation, not only to address the adverse effect of the…
August 16, 2017
More than 300 people were killed when a mudslide struck the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes. The Red Cross said at least 205 bodies had been taken to the central morgue in Freetown. Police and military personnel were at the scene in the mountain town of Regent searching for…
August 14, 2017
2016 fast-forwarded till date, Nigeria has lost 106 lives to Lassa fever outbreak, with 651 cases recorded across 18 states in the country, The New Diplomat has learnt. The two deaths recorded on Tuesday had jacked up the earlier 104, as figure released by World Health Organization (WHO) on June 9, 2017 to the current…
August 11, 2017
