Flood: Group donates food, non-food items to victims
By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja AS part of efforts to cushion the devastating effects of flood disaster on victims, a group: The Care Pack Family, TCPF, has donated assorted food and non-food items to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The food and non-food items donated to the ministry include: Garri, bottles […]
Flood sweeps away Ondo secondary school student
By Dayo Johnson, Akure A Junior Secondary School student of St Carmel’s Girls School, lkare-Akoko, in Akoko North-East council area of Ondo State, Motunrayo John, has reportedly been swept away by flood. The victim’s identity was revealed when her mathematical set was picked floating on the river. It was gathered that the victim, who left […]
Tension over Petty trader swept away by flood in A-Ibom
*Angry youths block road, as govt assures to retrieve corpse By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo THERE is tension in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital, over a petty trader who was swept away in an open drainage along Nkemba Street by the torrential rain of Wednesday. It was gathered that the incident occurred about 4:30pm, when […]
Outrage trails video of pupils singing National Anthem in flooded Lagos school
Concerned Nigerians have expressed sadness and condemnation over a video that went viral on social media showing pupils of a yet-to-be named school in Lagos observing the daily morning assembly in a flooded school premises.
700,000 South Sudanese hit by worst floods in decades, says UN
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was alarmed by the humanitarian impact of the worst flooding in decades in South Sudan, as it affected more than 700,000 people across the country. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, disclosed this at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York, saying […]
Ogbomoso-Igbeti Road submerged, traders stranded
Ogbomoso-Igbeti Road was, on Saturday, submerged leaving several traders, farmers and other road users stranded.
