Tag: Flooding
Lokoja-Abuja Highway closed
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Those travelling from Abuja and other Northern states to the Southern parts of the country and vice versa…
Gridlock on Abuja-Lokoja highway over
Mr Sonnallah Ezekiel, the Koton Karfe Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kogi, said that normal traffic flow…
Rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan again
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN After less than three hours rain, Ibadan, Capital of Oyo State, South west Nigeria suffered yet another…
Death toll rises in Adamawa flood caused by Cameroon
The death toll from flooding in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria after heavy rain and the release of water from…
5 Die, 50 Missing in Nigerian flood
No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead and more than 50 declared missing following torrential rains and flooding in…
Nigeria: Flooding kills 10, displaces 20,000
Flooding in north-eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced an estimated 20,000 following heavy rains and the…
Sanitary inspectors coming to Kaduna
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State has ordered the state Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to re-introduce sanitary inspectors.…
28 die, many missing as flood ravages Plateau state
Flooding caused by heavy rains in Plateau state, central Nigeria, has killed at least 28 people, with many others still…
Death toll reaches 35 in Jos flooding
More people have died in the flood that followed a heavy rainfall in central Nigerian city of Jos. The heavy…
Marine Geologist Predicts More Floods, Erosion In Lagos
The Director of Marine Geology at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Lagos, Prof. Larry Awosika, has…
National Assembly Set To Tackle Flooding
The National Assembly has given its commitment to tackle perennial flooding across the country to forestall further loss of lives…
Kudos To Lagos Environment Ministry
For sometime now, the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of the Environment, has embarked on measures to prevent flooding…
2 Markets Shut To Prevent Flooding, Epidemic Outbreak
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has shut Oke-Odo and Alamutu markets in Agbado Oke Odo and Mushin local…
Lagos Govt Issues Boycott Order Against Cart Pushers
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has again warned Lagosians not to use cart pushers in the disposal of their…
Collapsed Gutters Caused Flooding, Bad Roads —Lagos Mainland Residents
Residents of Coates, Ibadan, Abeokuta streets and the Oyingbo axis of Borno Way in Mainland Local Government Area, Lagos State,…