Kastina Govt warn residents of imminent flooding as heavy rains destroy homes
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to be on high alert following a heavy downpour that destroyed several homes across the state.
Flood: Cholera outbreak hits Borno, 451 cases recorded
Borno State Government has declared an outbreak of cholera with a staggering number of 451 cases recorded so far.
Flood disaster: How Nigeria lost 314 lives in 3 months; North accounts for 90%
“It all boils down to the issue of climate change. The on-set of rainy season has changed, forcing rainfall to accumulate more at the end of the rainy season”
UNGA 79: Nigeria secures $600,000 for flood relief, health, other reforms
The Federal Government has secured a $600,000 relief fund and commitments from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to hasten relief efforts for victims of the devastating floods, as well as health and agricultural sectors’ reforms.
FLOOD: How 5 northern states lost 141 lives in 2 months
SINCE floods started wreaking havoc in northern states in August, no fewer than 141 lives have been lost in Kano, Niger, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Impending flood disaster: Panic, fear paralyse littoral states as release of water from Lagdo Dam begins
‘The few yams and cassava we salvaged could not even last for one month and I don’t know how my family can survive the impending hunger’
