Buhari sympathises with Jigawa flood victims
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Hadejia floods Which destroyed over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa State. President Buhari decried the tragedy that also claimed lives, lamenting that “this level of destruction as a result of a natural disaster is unprecedented and devastating.” […]
Flood submerges 50 houses, properties in Niger
No fewer than 50 houses and properties worth millions of Naira have been submerged and destroyed by flood in Gallah ward of Agwara Local Government Area of Niger. The Member Representing Borgu-Agwara Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Alhaji Jafaru Mohammedi, made this known on Thursday after commiserating with the flood victims. Mohammedi, who was […]
Insurance firm to pay farmers affected by flood in Sokoto
Mr Kenneth Egbaran, the Managing Director of Veritas Kapital Assurance has assured farmers affected by the 2020 flood in Sokoto State of prompt settlement of their insurance premium to defray their losses. Egbaran made the assurance on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen after he inspected farms affected by flood in Sokoto, Goronyo, Kware, Wamakko, […]
Kebbi lacks capacity to tackle flood disasters — Reps
As lawmakers beg FG to intervene By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Kebbi State Caucus of the House of Representatives has declared their State government as incapable of handling the devastating floods in the state, without the assistance of the federal government. Devastating floods have swept off huge swathes of rice farms and wrecked buildings, […]
Flood: 20 died, 50,000 houses, farmlands destroyed in Jigawa
By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse Jigawa State Emergency and Management Agency (SEMA) has announced that death toll in the state has risen to twenty-person with thousands of houses and farmlands destroyed as a result of a devastating flood that ravaged the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Mr Yusuf Sani Babura, told Newsmen in […]
Flood kills 4, destroys several houses in kano
The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed four persons killed and over 5,200 houses destroyed due to flooding in Rogo and Danbatta Local Government Areas of the state. Mr Sale Jili, Executive Secretary of the Agency, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Kano. […]
