FLOOD: Save our souls, Gov Obiano’s aide appeals to FG
Special Assistant, Liaison, Abuja, to Governor Willie Obiano of of Anambra State, Barr. Nonso Nwaebili has made a passionate plea to the Federal Government to come to the aid of his kinsmen in Odekpe community in Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State over the menace of flood.
Flooding: Ogun issues red alert to residents in flood prone areas
James Ogunnaike Ogun State government on Monday advised residents living in flood prone areas to relocate to safer places in order to escape from the flood expected between now and October ending. The State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, who gave the advice, while briefing newsmen in Abeokuta on the efforts of the state […]
Prison sacked, as flood wreaks havoc in Kebbi
…2,500 displaced in Kwara By Soni Daniel, Birnin Kebbi and Demola Akinyemi INMATES of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Bagudo Local Government Area of Kebbi State have been evacuated following the washing away of the centre by flood. The flooding has been adjudged the worst in the 22 local government areas of the state and […]
Flood displaces over 2500 Kwara residents in Jebba community
By Demola Akinyemi Jebba community in Moro local government area of Kwara state has been thrown into survival crisis as no fewer than Two Thousand five hundred residents have been displaced from their abodes by a devastating flood on Thursday. Meantime, House Deputy Leader, in Kwara State house of Assembly Hon John Olarewaju Bello who […]
Kebbi floods: Nigeria-Niger Highway to be shut as govt relocates citizens
By Soni Daniel – Bernin Kebbi Troubled by rampaging floods which have washed off many portions of the Nigeria-Niger Highway, the Kebbi State Government is considering closing parts of the road. Already, the state has revamped the Internally Displaced Peoples camp at Kalgo with a view to moving natives of 11 worst-affected communities to the […]
Floods kill 200 in NIgeria, other African countries
Floods generated by exceptional rainfall have killed more than 200 people and affected over a million more, in a band of countries from Senegal to Sudan, the UN and local authorities said Friday. Aid needs are likely to surpass 2019 levels, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. In […]
