Oluwole Lawal has recently called out Lagos state residents as the reason for the recurrent flooding in major parts of the state.

By David Royal An early morning downpour on Wednesday and Thursday in Lagos residents of Anifowose Community, Ikeja, Agege, and most parts of Lekki stranded as roads and houses were flooded. Most Lagosians in the affected areas had to deal with struggling to go to work amid traffic caused by the floods. Many transporters also […]

Aftermath the heavy rainfall which many Lagosians woke up to, Macaulay bus/stop, Igbogbo/Bayeku at Ikorodu in Lagos State was flooded. Vanguard News Nigeria.

Perturbed by recent incidents of storm water flooding on some of the roads in Nsukka metropolis as a result of heavy rains, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed the state Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to immediately carry out detailed engineering survey and investigation of the affected areas. In a statement by the […]

By Festus Ahon, Asaba The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday flagged-off the distribution of relief materials to beneficiaries of 2019 flood victims in Delta State. Communities in Oshimili South and Oshimili North Local Government Areas of the state were among the first batch of beneficiaries of the exercise being coordinated by the Delta State […]

Britain issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks’ worth of rain in some places. One woman swept away by the floodwaters was feared dead. To the east, Dennis’ gale-force winds also left nine people injured in Germany as their vehicles crashed into broken trees littering roads and train […]

By Festus Ahon – Asaba As part of its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the people, the Delta State Government has given cash relief assistance to over 130 flood and fire disaster victims in Igbodo and Ogwashi-Uku in Ika North-East and Aniocha South Local Government Areas respectively. It would be recalled that part of […]

Says expect longer rainy season in 2020 By Emmanuel Elebeke & Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, Tuesday, warned government at all levels, stakeholders, multi-nationals and public-spirited individuals against possible high-level flooding and called for early preparation to avert consequential damages. This is even as the agency called for the building […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti In a bid to prevent a recurrence of flooding in the Ekiti state, similar to what happened in 2019, the government has set a sum of N16.7 billion to combat erosion problems across the state in 2020. Also, the government has set aside a staggering sum of N495 million […]

Indonesian country’s disaster agency on Monday warned of more heavy downpours as flooding and landslides hit the nation’s capital and its surrounding areas on New Year’s Day killing 66 people. Incessant rain started on New Year’s Eve, triggering flooding in Jakarta and its satellite cities, home to about 30 million people. In Lebak District, in […]

Nine people died after Indonesia’s capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said Wednesday, as torrential rains on New Year’s Eve left vast swathes of the megalopolis submerged. Thousands were evacuated to temporary shelters as electricity was switched off in scores of waterlogged neighbourhoods across greater Jakarta, home to about 30 million […]

  The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Wednesday that flood destroyed 4,370 houses and displaced over 51,000 people in 212 communities in the state. The Director-General of SEMA, Mr. Princewill Ayim, disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Calabar, the state capital. Ayim said the incident occurred between July and […]

  By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado Ekiti-In a bid to prevent the reoccurrence of flooding that ravaged some parts of Ado Ekiti and other towns in 2019, the State government set aside a total sum of N334 million to dredge waterways. Areas to undergo massive dredging in Ado Ekiti are, Ita Eku, Ureje, Eminrin, Embassy Island […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has expressed solidarity with the government and people of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the deadly flood disasters and devastating mudslides wreaking havoc in some parts of their country. In separate messages of sympathy and solidarity to the leaders of Kenya and DRC, two countries […]

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has expressed concern over the conditions of more than 40,000 displaced persons affected by flood in Rann, Kalabalge Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno. In a statement issued in Maiduguri on Saturday, OCHA said the affected persons including women and children lacked access to food […]