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WORLD WATER DAY, UNICEF BLAMES SCARCITY OF WATER ON DROUGHT AND CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

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Approximately one in four children worldwide will live in regions with extremely scarce water resources by 2040, UNICEF said in a report Wednesday. The Agency noted that drought and conflict are factors behind water scarcity in parts of Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the report says. Nearly 1.4 million children in those areas facing “imminent risk of death” from famine. In research released on World Water Day, the United Nations children’s agency warned that in just over two decades nearly 600 million children will be living in areas with severely limited safe water sources, as population growth and surging demand for water clash with the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures and droughts can leave children at risk for dehydration, according to UNICEF, while increased rain and flooding can destroy sanitation infrastructure and help spread water-borne diseases like cholera. More than 800 children under the age of five die every day from diarrhoea linked t

SOME NEWSPAPERS HEADLINE NEWS IN NIGERIA 22ND MARCH 2017

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British wrestler gets four-year ban for doping Lagos task force arrest two ‘one-chance’ operators NDLEA arrests 10 drug barons, 60 IDPs in Borno Women’s achievements, scandals top Google searches Man bags two months imprisonment for stealing cell phone Navy arrests eight suspects, destroyed 30 illegal refineries Driver in court for absconding with employer’s N166,000 I was asked to pay $11,550 for doubtful PHD degree – JAMB Registrar Court admits salesboy to N200,000 bail over theft 27 ships laden with petroleum products arrive Lagos ports Abuja Airport closure: First Nation seeks compensation Senate approves $500m Eurobond to fund 2017 budget deficit 22 traders die in ghastly accident in Kebbi Oyedepo proffers solutions to nation’s food deficit Eight Ways Ford Saves Water Commemorating World Water Day 2017 Housewife docked for beating woman to pulp Kwara govt. gives breakdown of March allocation