Tag: flood
Flooding: Bayelsa enlists support of community-based groups
The Bayelsa Government has called for the support of community-based groups in sensitizing the coastal communities in the state in…
Flood affects over 5,000 Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara households – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that over 5,000 households in16 local governments of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States…
Flood: Kogi CJ appeals for land to relocate high court complex
Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah, on Wednesday appealed to Ohimege of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah-Koto, for land to…
Flood kills 9, injures 5 in Kano
The Kano State Government has confirmed the death of nine people and injury of five others from a recent flood…
Flood kills soldier, 9 others in Kebbi
Kebbi Government on Tuesday confirmed the death of a soldier and nine others in two separate flood disasters across the…
Flood: Cross River govt warns against dumping refuse in waterways
The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has warned residents living in flooded areas in Calabar metropolis to desist…
Flood claims 14 lives in Niger
The Director Relief, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Garba Salisu, says 14 persons have so far died due to…
8000 birds lost to flood in Benin
Flood occasioned by a four-hour downpour killed no fewer than 8000 birds at a poultry at Igiede Street, off Erediauwa…
Flood: Kebbi spends N33m on clearing of drains, waterways
Malami Muhammad Shekare, the General Manager, Kebbi Urban Development Authority (KUDA), on Tuesday said it had expended N33 million on…
Niger governor seeks help to tackle flood
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has solicited help from the Federal Government to tackle incessant flooding in the state.
Flood ravages 3 Kaduna LGAs
Houses in three Local Government Areas of Kaduna State were on Friday ravaged by flood after a heavy downpour.
Flood: India to decline relief assistance from foreign governments
India will not accept relief assistance from foreign governments for the flood-ravaged state of Kerala, the government has said, following…
Indian woman gives birth after rescue from flood
A heavily pregnant woman stranded by floods in the Indian state of Kerala gave birth just after being airlifted to…
Flood kills 324 people in India
At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala in what local officials…
Flood: Adamawa residents advised against building on water ways
Adamawa Gov. Mohammed Bindow on Friday advised residents in the state to stop building houses on water ways to avert…
Flood: Marine Police, Red Cross evacuate stranded Yola residents
Marine Police and members of Nigerian Red Cross have mobilised to evacuate stranded residents of Yolde-Pate Ward of Yola, which…
Flood kills 164, displaces 223,000 in India
The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than…
Flood destroyed over 50 houses in Kebbi
More than 50 houses were destroyed in Dakingari town in Suru Local Government area of Kebbi on Monday night by…
Flood: Anambra Govt. to begin sensitisation campaign
The Anambra Government says it will begin sensitisation campaign to prevent disaster along the flood prone areas of the state…
Flood kills one person, destroys 40 houses in Kano state
A heavy rainfall on Thursday claimed the life of one person and destroyed over 40 houses in Dambatta local government…
Flood claims 38 lives in NE India – Officials
Flooding in India’s northeastern state of Assam has affected around 60,000 people and claimed no fewer than 38 lives, local…
Flood ravages 25 billion Rojenny Sports Complex
Property estimated at not less than N50 million have been destroyed at the Rojenny Sports Complex and Games Village, Oba,…
Flood: Buhari commiserates with govt, people of Kebbi
President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathised with the people of Kebbi on the flood disasters that destroyed farmlands, crops and homes.
Nigerian Govt intervention projects will reduce erosion, flood – Official
Malam Mohammed Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, says the Federal Government intervention projects will reduce the dangers…
Flood: Kaduna Govt urges residents to keep drains clean
The Kaduna State Government has called on residents to regularly keep the drains clean to avert flooding.
Flood: Katsina Govt. tasked on drainage construction
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has appealed to the Katsina State Government to intensify efforts on drainage construction.
Protest as flood washes away 6-year old primary school pupil
As floods continue to ravage parts of the country with attendant death tolls, a six-year-old primary school boy identified simply…
Flood washes away 6-year old primary school pupil in Edo
As flood continues to ravage parts of the country with attendant death tolls, a six-year-old primary school boy identified simply…
Katsina: Flood destroys property worth N8m
Flood caused by downpour during the weekend washed away property worth N8 million in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina…
Flood: Lagos allays fear, says maintenance of drainage channels on course
In the wake of torrential rainfall experienced in some neighbouring States, the Lagos State Government on Monday allayed fears of…