Tag: flood
NIHSA says Nigeria to witness more flooding in September
Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has issued a fresh alert warning Nigerians of imminent increased flooding, next month.
NEMA alerts states on impending flood
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted some state governments on the impending flood disasters especially those along Rivers…
Flood: Pregnant woman, 2 others dead in Jos
Three persons, including a pregnant woman, have been killed by flood that swept through some parts of Zinariya community in…
Flood: SEMA takes sensitisation campaign to Enugu residents
Mrs Nkechi Eneh, the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has advised residents in the state against…
SEMA commences flood awareness campaign in Enugu communities
The Enugu State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday embarked on its routine flood emergency awareness to rural communities across…
Anambra: NIMASA donates relief materials to flood victims
The Nigeria Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to Anambra government for…
Video: See how flood submerges Benin
Massive flood has raved Benin, Edo State with many houses flooded as weeping and wailing were heard in flooded houses.
Lamentation in Aba as flood destroys over N15m goods
A heavy downpour on Wednesday night in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, has left many homes, shops and markets…
Kogi moves to tackle flood disaster, Lassa fever outbreak
The Kogi State Government on Thursday said it had taken some measures to mitigate flood disaster and outbreak Lassa fever…
Photos, video: Anguish, pains as heavy downpour wrecks havoc in Lagos
Heavy downpour on Monday morning wreck havoc in Lagos as motorists, commuters and residents groan while flood sacked houses and…
Flood: Buhari condoles with South Africa over loss of lives
President Muhmmadu Buhari has commiserated with government and people of South Africa over the loss of lives resulting from torrential…
Kogi: 50,000 flood victims to benefit from free medical outreach
No fewer than 50,000 persons from the communities hit by a flood that swept through five local governments of Kogi…
Agency cautions against building on flood plains
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), says government agencies as well as individuals, should desist from erecting structures on flood…
Environmentalist advises FG on early flood warnings
An environmentalist, Mr Emmanuel Yerma, has advised the Federal Government to urgently alert the public on possible early flood.
2018 flood-ravaged Kogi communities to get N200m
Kogi State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) says it will soon disburse about N200 million to support communities in…
NEMA provides succour to over 2000 flood victims in Adamawa
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday presented relief materials to over 2,303 households affected by flood disaster last…
CBN okays compensation for 500,000 rice farmers affected by flood
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved compensation for over 550,000,…
Flood: NEMA distributes relief materials to Niger IDPs
Mr Mustapha Maihaja, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Monday supervised the distribution of food items…
Flood: Red Cross donates items to Anambra victims
The Nigerian Red Cross Society has donated food and non-food items worth millions of naira to 9,000 flood victims in…
375,142 persons affected by flood in Anambra
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said no fewer than 375, 142 persons were affected by flood disaster across ten…
Kogi Govt. donates relief materials to flood victims
The Kogi Government on Monday, donated foodstuff and other relief items to victims of 2018 flood in Idah and Igalamela/Odolu…
Commission donates N14.376m to Kogi flood victims
The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) has donated N14.376 million to 599 families affected by the recent flood disaster…
Jigawa Govt distributes farm inputs to flood victims
The Jigawa Government has distributed farm inputs to 32,859 victims of recent flooding in the North-east zone of the state.
Jordanian Minister resigns over flash flood tragedy
Jordan’s Tourism Minister Lina Annab, has tendered her resignation after the government was accused of negligence in flash floods that…
Flood: Lagos Assembly urges Ambode to rejuvenate Drainage Service
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday called on Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to rejuvenate the Office of Drainage Service…
Cooperative cluster loses 70 hectres of rice farms to Anambra flood
A cluster of five farmers’ cooperative societies in Umuuzu, Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra, has lamented the loss of…
Flood kills 20-year-old in Anambra
Ifejika Umuiza, a 20-year-old boy from Ogbetiti village in Odekpe community, Ogbaru, Anambra has been reported killed by flood.
Aboru residents groan as flood wreaks havoc
Residents of Aboru in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State on Monday woke up to count loses caused by…
Jigawa: Flood destroys over 100,000 hectares of rice farms
Alhaji Adamu Maigoro, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Jigawa Chapter, on Friday said the recent flooding in the…
Niger Govt. approves N300m to address erosion, flooding
The Niger Government has approved the release of N300 million to the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) as…