Tag: flood
Woman delivers twins in emergency centre for flood victims
A middle-aged woman, identified as Mrs Obiora, has been delivered a set of twins in an emergency shelter for victims…
Flood kills 9-year-old girl in Anambra
The flood disaster ravaging parts of Anambra has claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl, Benedict Uzo in Amiyi, Ogbaru…
Flood: Monarch wants Jigawa included among worst hit states
Alhaji Umar Baffa, paramount ruler of Auyo Local Government in Hadejia Emirate, Jigawa, has called on the Federal Government to…
Osinbajo orders NEMA to supply more relief materials to flood displaced people
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday ordered the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to urgently supply additional relief materials to all…
Winners’ Chapel donates foodstuff to flood victims in Kogi
The Living Faith Church (Winners’ Chapel), Lokongoma, Phase One, Lokoja on Thursday donated foodstuff to flood victims at Internally Displaced…
Flood: No cause for alarm over safety of corps members – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that there was no cause for alarm over the safety of corps…
Flood submerges 5 Benue communities, rice mill
Mr Emmanuel Shior, the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), said on Wednesday that the rampaging flood has…
31 killed, 10,000 houses destroyed as flood ravages Kano
The Kano State Government has confirmed the death of 31 people and destruction of more than 10,000 houses during the…
Flood renders many homeless in Bayelsa
Some coastal communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa have been flooded, with many residents rendered homeless.
Flood submerges rice, maize farms in Adamawa
The Adamawa Chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has said that with over 5,000 of its members…
Flood: FG approves N3bn to respond, mitigate disaster
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received N3 billion to respond to the looming flood disasters following a red…
Flooding: Anambra tells citizens to relocate
The Anambra Government has advised people living in flood-prone areas to immediately relocate to approved Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) centres…
Flood claims 53 lives in Katsina, Kaduna in 4 months
The North West zone of National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) on Friday said 53 lives were lost to flood in…
Flood: 175 houses destroyed, 3,000 rendered homeless in Cross River
Massive flooding has destroyed more than 175 houses, rendered at least 3,000 people homeless in Cross River, according to Mr…
Flood: NEMA tasks Anambra government to commence early evacuation
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has advised Anambra government to as a matter of urgency begin immediate evacuation of…
Flood destroys 5,000 hectares of rice farms in Kano
The Rice Famers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kano state says the recent flood has destroyed over 5,000 hectares of…
Flood kills 10, displaces hundreds in Adamawa
Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency ( ADSEMA) said flood had killed 10 persons and displaced scores of others, following the…
Flood Alert: Air Force set to collaborate with NEMA
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said it was prepared to collaborate with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)…
Flood: Benin residents appeal to Edo Govt. to construct drains
Residents of the flood ravaged Technical College Road in Benin metropolis have appealed to Edo Government to construct drains in…
Flood ravages FCT communities, kills 3
Another flood has ravaged some FCT communities including Kuruduma and Kobi, killing three persons ANF sweeping away houses. The flood,…
Flood: Adamawa government assures citizens of prompt response
The Adamawa Government has assured people of adequate preparation and prompt response by all stakeholders in disaster management to flood…
Flood destroys 1,000 houses, crops in Edo
Flood submerged no less than 1,000 residential houses in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo following Monday’s heavy down…
Kaduna Govt. warns residents against flooding
The Kaduna State Government, has called on the communities along the flood- prone areas of the state to be wary…
Anambra establishes 28 camp centers in flood prone areas
Chief Paul Odenigbo, Executive Secretary, Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said the state government has created 28 emergency shelter…
Flood: Jigawa Govt inaugurates committee to assess damages
The Jigawa Government has inaugurated a nine-member Special Committee to assess the damages caused by flood in some communities across…
Flood ravages 400 houses in Kano
Flood ravaged no fewer than 400 houses in Bar’kwari community in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State on…
Plateau: Flood displaces over 200 households
About 200 households have been displaced by flood in Rikkos community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau, following…
Flood washes away N25m fruits in Kebbi
Kebbi chapter of Nigerian Fruit Sellers Association, says its members have lost N25 million worth of fruits due to recurring…
Red Alert: 12 states including Anambra, Rivers, Edo to experience flooding
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the National Hydrological Services Agencies (NHISA) have warned that 12 states across the…
Flood: Lagos residents appeal to governments to fix roads, drains
Some residents of Lagos on Friday renewed appeals on the Lagos State and Federal Governments to fix roads and expand…