By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Government has announced the closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state for two weeks due to floods that had displaced many residents The Acting Director, Schools Services, Grema Bulama, said in a statement on Monday the development...
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The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that more than N7.81 billion farmlands and properties were destroyed by flooding in 16 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. The Director, Planning, Research, and Statistics of the agency, Mr Adamu Nayola, said this in an interview with the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Member of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Usman Jaha, visited Chibok town to condole with families of those who lost their lives in the recent flood disaster. The flood occurred while they were returning to Maiduguri after attending the burial of their...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has directed the immediate activation of all relevant government resources and machinery ahead of any possible overflow of water due to the unprecedented high volume of rainfall this year, to avert any flood disaster in Maiduguri, it’s environs and...
Twenty persons have died as a result of devastating floods that ravaged Bade Local Government Area of Yobe since early August, its Chairman, Alhaji Babagana Ibrahim, has said. Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Gashua that most of the deceased were people trapped under...
Flood caused by days of rains has displaced no fewer than 49,000 persons in Yobe. Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Mohammed Goje, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Friday. He said that 18,000 households were affected by devastating flood across...
Residents along the banks of River Yedzaram in Maiduguri, are apprehensive as the river has overflown its banks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also disturbing to the residents is the report that Alau Dam now filled to capacity will be opened to discharge the excess water...
By ABIEMWENSE MORU, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Earlier this year as the rainy season approached the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in its weather forecast, as it has done in recent years, warned of impending flooding. As forewarned, the rain is here so is the flood. The consequences, though...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed all the states of the federation to submit details of damages caused by the recent flooding in the country by Monday. Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa made this known while briefing state house Correspondents at the end of the 144 NEC meeting...
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), has called on the Federal government to declare state of emergency on flood-ravaged states to reduce its impact. Managing Director of HYPPADEC, Alh. Abubakar Yelwa, made the call during a press conference on Monday in Minna. He said that 80...
The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged 33 communities in the state. Mr Ibrahim Nalado, the Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News...
By MARY RONKE , Minna – No fewer than 7 persons have been declared missing in Magma and Mashegu Local Government Areas (LGAs), following Friday’s heavy flooding. The Director-General, The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna and made...
The death toll from devastating floods that have ravaged South-eastern Bangladesh for weeks reached 52 on Thursday. According to a report from the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, millions of people remained cut off in parts of the country. Twenty-one more flood-related deaths were reported in Bangladesh on Thursday,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep concerns over the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country. A statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said that the president was particularly worried about the plight of bereaved...
Residents of Chikaji in Sabon-Gari Local Government, Kaduna State, has appealed for assistance from government and philanthropists over flood that washed away cemetery, houses and properties in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood which ravaged the area on Monday was as a result...
At least 49 people have been killed and thousands displaced in Nigeria after heavy rains caused flooding in the northeast of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), said on Monday. Three states in the northeast, Jigawa, Adamawa and Taraba, have been hit hard by floods, with 41,344...
The Federal Government has said it would support states affected by flood with N3 billion to mitigate the effect of the menace. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, disclosed this while interacting with journalists at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. The...
Members of the Rivers House of Assembly have pledged to strengthen environmental laws and equip state institutions to effectively manage flood disasters. The Deputy Speaker, Mr Timothy Orubienimigha, stated this during a public hearing at the committee stage of the Rivers State Emergency Management Agency Bill 2024. Stressing the...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Thursday issued a stern warning to residents living in floodof-prone communities across 27 Nigerian states to start relocating. The Agency also reported that the floods caused significant damage to 32,837 homes and 16,488 hectares of farmland. NEMA’s spokesperson, Mr Manzo Ezekiel,...
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed 16 persons killed and 3,936 houses destroyed to flood disaster. It said the flood also submerged 2,744 hectres of farmlands following torrential rainfalls since the commencement of the 2024 rainy season. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Haruna...