United Nations reports 40,000 persons displaced by floods in Borno
The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has expressed concern over the conditions of more than 40,000 displaced persons affected by flood in Rann, Kalabalge Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. In a statement issued in Maiduguri on Saturday, OCHA said the affected persons including women and children lacked access to food […]
Rainfall: Flood takes over Lagos community, traps pupils in school
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following persistent heavy rainfall on Friday, a community in Agege Local Government Area, of Lagos State, was submerged in flood water, trapping some students in a Nursery and Primary school in the area. The heavy rainfall which started as early as 8 am, paralysed both human and vehicular activities as most of […]
Flood renders people homeless in Akeredolu’s mother’s hometown
Dayo Johnson Akure Igbotu, the hometown of the mother of the Ondo state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and several other communities in the riverine Ese- Odo council area of the state have been sacked by flood. Consequently, thousands of people have been displaced, rendered homeless and now use canoe to access their destinations. Hundreds of houses in […]
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 […]
