Flood: FG to build walls round River Kaduna
…sympathises with flood victims By Ibrahim Hassan The Federal Government has said help was on the way for flood victims in Kaduna, following plans to build flood walls around River Kaduna to protect the people and their properties. The Acting Director, National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Dr. Martin Edufie, who disclosed this yesterday, regretted that […]
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. […]
Flood: 4 killed, 5,200 houses destroyed 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. […]
PACJA warns big oil firms against plans to flood Africa with plastics
THE Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, PACJA, has called on Africa and its people to rise against any trade deals and plans that may render their streets and communities a dumping ground for US waste.
