FG/NEWMAP install flood-warning system in 10 states
THE Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, has installed Automated Flood Early Warning System, AFEWS, in 10 states for early warning signal to communities living along the coastal/riverine plains.
Flood sacks 12 communities, destroys 3,000 farmlands in C-River
NO fewer than 12 communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River have been flooded, following two days of heavy rain, which equally destroyed more than 3,000 farmlands.
Flood sacks 12 communities, destroys 3,000 farmlands in C/River
Twelve communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River have been flooded following two days of heavy rain, while more than 3,000 farmlands were equally destroyed.
Breaking: Flood sack Imo residents
Residents in Imo state, Thursday were forced out of their houses following heavy downpour.
11 Insurance firms pressured by N40bn rising claims
WITH the recent flooding in some parts of the country, coupled with increased awareness by insurance consumers in Nigeria, insurance claims have grown by over N5.9 billion in the first half of 2017, H1’17.
‘I thought of killing myself’
And in that incident, fate again dealt a sad blow on Susan whose residence in Logo II, like others in her neighbourhood, got submerged in the flood. The poultry farm she had given her resources and energy to nurture in the last one and a half years went with the flood
Lions Club donates to Makurdi flood victims
International Lions Club, Ekiti State axis has joined their counterparts across the country to donate relief materials worth millions of naira to the displaced victims of Makurdi floods.
Residents groan under heavy flooding of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
IN practical demonstration of the unflinching commitment of the present administration in Lagos State, led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode towards implementing the Strategic Transport Master Plan, STMP, in January 2017, the Lagos State Government, through Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, disclosed that the 14 kilometre Oshodi-Abule Egba Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, corridor, project, construction of which commenced in first week of February, would be completed in 20 months.
Flood ravages 66 communities, including Deputy governor’s village in Niger
Niger Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said that 66 communities in Mokwa Local Government Areas of the state have been ravaged by flood.
NEMA alerts state govt, stakeholders over impending flood
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Yunusa Maihaja, has urged state governments and stakeholders to prepare for eminent flooding following signals from the Niger Republic.
Flood sacks over 20 Agatu villages
MAKURDI—Over 20 villages have been reportedly submerged by flood in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State after eight hours of downpour that also washed away several farmlands in the area.
