Tag: flood
Floods kill 10 , displace 7,342 in Plateau
Ten people lost their lives, while 7, 342 others were displaced by flooding in Plateau between May and July this…
Lekki Peninsular, Ikoyi, V/I residents task LASG on perennial flooding
Lekki Peninsular, Ikoyi, V/I residents task LASG to abate perennial flooding, have appealed to the Lagos State Government to revert…
Obaseki orders citizens to relocate from flood-prone areas
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday ordered people living around river banks and flood-prone areas of the state to…
Flood: Lagos to demolish properties on drainage alignment
In a bid to mitigate the incidence of flooding, the Lagos State Government on Sunday ordered owners of properties erected…
Flooding: Nasarawa governor warns against blockage of water channels
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has warned residents of the state against indiscriminate refuse disposal and blocking of water…
Flood Can Lead To Poor Harvest – NiMet
Prof. Sani Mashi, the Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), says the current flooding situations in many parts of the country…
Flood: Lagosians must desist from dumping refuse in drainages – LASG
Following heavy rainfall experienced in recent time, the Lagos State Government has warned Lagosians to desist from dumping refuse in…
Flood: Benue Govt Requires N300 bn To Dredge River
The Benue Government, said on Thursday it requires over N300 billion to dredge River Benue to mitigate the perennial flooding…
Flood: Federal Government commiserates with citizens
The Federal Government has commiserated with all Nigerians on the damage caused by recent floods across the country, especially in…
Flood: Lagos Assembly summons Commissioner
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday summoned the state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Adejare, to appear before…
Osun Speaker commiserates with flood victims
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, has commiserated with flood victims in Lagos, Oyo,…
Suleja Flood Update: 10 missing, 2 bodies recovered
The Chairman of Suleja Local Government Area of Niger, Malam Abdullahi Maje, has confirmed 10 persons missing and two bodies…
Flood Renders Many Homeless In Niger
A flood which followed many hours of downpour displaced many homes and caused deaths in Suleja, Niger, on Sunday, witnesses…
EKEDC attributes Lagos power outage to flood
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday attributed the power outage being experienced in some parts of…
The rich also cry: Flood throws Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki into darkness
EKEDC on Sunday announced that there would be power outage in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki and its environs because injection…
NTA Network service centre shut over Victoria Island flood
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) network centre on Ahmadu Bello way in Victoria Island, Lagos, has been shut owing to…
Flood sacks residents of Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Police move in
An unprecedented flood has taken over the entire Ahmadu Bello way in Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday, forcing some residents…
Flood: Zimbabwe appeals for $100m aid
Zimbabwe on Friday appealed to international donors for 100 million dollars aid after floods killed 246 people and left 2,000…
Major flooding hits German coastal areas
The worst flooding to hit Germany’s north-eastern coast since 2006 has caused serious damage, with weather forecasters predicting storms in…
Vietnam Flood: Death toll rise to 24
Six more people have been reported dead in central Vietnam’s floods, bringing the death toll in the region to 24…
Sokoto Government donates N30million to flood victims
The Sokoto State Government has said that it donated cash and assorted relief materials worth over N30 million to victims…
Flood destroys farms in 24 communities in Niger
Farm lands in 24 communities in Niger had been destroyed as a result of flood that ravaged Mokwa Local Government…
Gombe monarch decries erosion menace in Pindiga
Alhaji Seyoji Ahmed, the Emir of Pindiga, has decried the menace of erosion in Pindiga, Gombe State, saying that it…
Flood destroys over 4,000 houses, 13,000 farms in Cross River
Flood destroyed no fewer than 4,070 houses and 13,147 farms in Cross River in August and September 2016, the state…
Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19…
Flood submerge 30 buildings in Owerri
No fewer than 30 buildings located in densely populated Works Layout in Amakohia area, Owerri, were submerged by flood following…
Flood, windstorm displace 7,290 in 3 states – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says flood and windstorm displaced no fewer than 7, 290 people and destroyed many…
Flood kills 10-year old boy, destroys houses in Oron, Akwa Ibom
A downpour that happened on Wednesday, which lasted for several hours, wreaked havoc and drowned a 10-year-old boy along Stadium…
Flood displaces15 households in Enugu
Construction work on the Nsukka-Opi road in Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State has rendered at least 15 households…
Flood, windstorm kill 3-year old boy, destroy 100 houses in Sokoto
Twin disasters of flood and windstorm have led to the death of a three-year old boy, Sheriff Bashir, in Tudun-Yando…