Traders, residents count losses as flood submerge shops, homes in Aba
ABA-Traders at the Ariaria International, Cemetery and the New Markets in Aba, Abia State, are now counting their losses after a downpour that hit the city last Wednesday.
Flood : Lagos Assembly tasks Ambode on drainage
THE Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to reactivate the Office of Drainage Service in the state in order to checkmate potential flood hazard.
Flood: NEMA distributes relief items to IDPs in Rivers
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed food and other items to more than 800 people displaced by flood in five local government areas of Rivers.
Flood destroys over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa – RIFAN
Alhaji Adamu Maigoro, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Jigawa Chapter, on Friday said the recent flooding in the state destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms.
Delta flood victims get succour
Occupants of three IDP camps in Asaba, Delta State, who are victims of the floods ravaging several communities in the state got some succour as Solace For She And Child Care Initiative, a Non Governmental Organisation supported by Ladycare sanitary pads, Sankin Nigeria Limited and other donors brought relief materials to them.
Flood: Reps seek NEMA’s quick intervention in Rivers
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, advised the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately address the plight of victims of the recent flood in Ahoada, Ogba, Egbema and Ndoni communities of Rivers.
