The Kwara Government has commenced the clearing and evacuation of debris on Asa River to prevent flood in Ilorin and environs. Mrs Oluwatobi Banigbe, the state Commissioner for Environment, said this during the commencement of the exercise at Unity Road, Ilorin metropolis, on Saturday. Banigbe said this in a statement signed by Mrs Taiwo Okanlawon, […]

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says flood has killed three people, destroyed 2062 houses and 6000 farmlands in the state this year. Dr Abubakar Gabarin, the Head of Operations, BASEMA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi that the flood-affected many communities in the state. The BASEMA head of […]

 Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, on Monday, forecast that there will be heavy rainfall in some parts of the country starting from Tuesday, and it will last for three days.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived at flood-affected areas in North Rhine Westphalia on Tuesday, her second trip to the flood-hit region in western Germany. Together with Armin Laschet, the state’s premier and Merkel’s possible successor as chancellor after September elections, she is in Bad Muenstereifel in the Euskirchen district. Merkel promised emergency aid for the […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Thursday, distributed relief materials including food items to 4,000 victims of the recent flood disaster in Jalingo, the Taraba capital. The Jalingo flood affected over 500 households and destroyed several farms. Alhaji Habib Mustapha, Director General of the agency, while distributing the items to victims of the disaster […]