Ekiti to spend N16.7bn to fight flooding in 2020
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 […]
FG orders NEMA to suspend agric intervention for flood disaster, herdsmen crisis victims
By Peter Duru The federal government has ordered the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to suspend the distribution of agricultural intervention for the 2018 flood victims and herdsmen attacks victims ongoing in 18 states of the federation. The NEMA Deputy Director and Supervisor for Benue project, Dr. Martins Ejike who made the disclosure yesterday when […]
President Buhari commiserates with flood disaster victims
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with victims of natural disasters, especially floods that ravaged some states, particularly across the Southwest and Southeastern parts of the country. The President made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday. According to the Nigerian […]
Filth: Sanwo-Olu, others defy heavy rainfall, embark on clean-up exercise of Lagos
… As Buhari, AbdulRazaq, storm Lagos for National Women Conference By Olasunkanmi Akoni As part of efforts to engender cleaner environment, wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Friday, defied heavy rainfall to lead other wives of the state government officials for a clean-up exercise in Ikeja, area of the state. The exercise was […]
Tragedy as flood sweeps two, destroys property in Lagos
Tragedy struck residents of Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in the Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday as the flood swept away an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, one Wasiu into a canal linking Aburo and Iyana-Ipaja on Ige Road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident observed a huge […]
Flood sweeps 11-year-old boy rescuer to death, destroys property in Lagos
Tragedy struck residents of Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday as flood swept away an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, one Wasiu into a canal linking Aburo and Iyana-Ipaja on Ige Road.
Flood takes-over Lagos community school, pupils trapped for hours
Following persistent heavy rainfall yesterday, a Nursery and Primary school in Agege Local Government Area, of Lagos State, was submerged in flood water.
Rainfall: Flood takes over Lagos community, traps pupils in school
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following persistent heavy rainfall on Friday, a community in Agege Local Government Area, of Lagos State, was submerged in flood water, trapping some students in a Nursery and Primary school in the area. The heavy rainfall which started as early as 8 am, paralysed both human and vehicular activities as most of […]
Flood renders people homeless in Akeredolu’s mother’s hometown
Dayo Johnson Akure Igbotu, the hometown of the mother of the Ondo state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and several other communities in the riverine Ese- Odo council area of the state have been sacked by flood. Consequently, thousands of people have been displaced, rendered homeless and now use canoe to access their destinations. Hundreds of houses in […]
How flood wreaked havoc in Ondo, Osun, Ekiti
THE torrential rainfall that lasted several hours wreaked havoc in Ondo, Osun and Ekiti states. The flood left in its wake a trail of destruction as a life was lost and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the three states.
My daughter is still alive, trapped, Ondo flood victim’s father says
Dayo Johnson – Akure Joshe Boluwaji, the father of the 25-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Doyin Boluwaji drowned by flood Wednesday said his daughter is still alive and will still come back home. He begged the state government to help bring back her daughter from wherever she was trapped. Yesterday […]
