Flooding: 60 Communities Submerged in Nasarawa
By David Odama – Lafia Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) Thursday said about 60 communities had been submerged by the flood that ravaged some parts of the state. The Executive Secretary, Allu Maga, disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists in his office in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Maga added that despite […]
How flood wreaked havoc in Ondo, Osun, Ekiti
THE torrential rainfall that lasted several hours wreaked havoc in Ondo, Osun and Ekiti states. The flood left in its wake a trail of destruction as a life was lost and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the three states.
My daughter is still alive, trapped, Ondo flood victim’s father says
Dayo Johnson – Akure Joshe Boluwaji, the father of the 25-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Doyin Boluwaji drowned by flood Wednesday said his daughter is still alive and will still come back home. He begged the state government to help bring back her daughter from wherever she was trapped. Yesterday […]
CLO seeks lasting solution to perennial flooding in Anambra
A civil society organisation, the Civil Liberties Organisation, on Saturday, urged the federal and Anambra governments to find a lasting solution to the yearly devastating flooding in riverine areas in Anambra. The Chairman of CLO in the state, Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Flood destroys 3,000 farmlands in Jigawa —AFAN
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Jigawa on Friday says reoccurring flood has destroyed over 3,000 farmlands in Guri Local Government Area of the state. Alhaji Yakubu Dolon-Zugo,AFAN Chairman in the area, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Guri, that farm produce destroyed by the flood included rice, cotton, sesame, maize, and […]
Health implications of flooding in Nigeria and possible solutions
By Greatman Adiela Owhor Flooding is currently an important topic of discussion in Nigeria. Flooding in Nigeria is not new as the country has experienced both major and flash flooding over the past 40years. The most recent National flooding was that of 2012; that began in early July 2012, killing over 363 people according Reuters(2012). […]
