By MARY RONKE , Minna – Niger State Government has announced the recovery of seven additional bodies from the recent flood disaster in Mokwa LGA bringing the number of casualties to 160. The Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry for Works to repair the damaged bridge linking the north and southern parts of the country washed away by recent flood in Mokwa, Niger state. Minister of State for Works, Malam Bello Goronyo, disclosed this on Tuesday when he led a...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has expressed deep sorrow over the devastating flood that recently ravaged Mokwa LGA of Niger State, describing the incident as a full-blown humanitarian crisis requiring urgent and sustained...
Federal Government has refuted claims that the recent devastating flood in Mokwa, Niger State, was caused by the release or failure of water from nearby dams. Addressing journalists at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said both the...
The former Governor of Anambra, and the 2023 Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has donated twenty million naira to the victims of flooding in Mokwa, Niger State, on Monday. Obi, who was received by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Yakubu Garba on behalf...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commiserates with the Governments and peoples of Niger and Kano states over the experiences of two recent disasters. According to ACF, Niger State had experienced an unprecedented flood which claimed many lives, destroyed property and disrupted livelihoods, submerged homes...
Devastating floods in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State have claimed at least 153 lives, destroying homes and displacing thousands of residents in the past few days. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) confirmed to Channels Television on Sunday that the death toll had risen sharply from...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the victims of the Niger flood and the Kano athletes that died in an auto accident. This followed the death of more than one hundred persons in flash floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents last week in Niger. The...
The Federal Government has initiated an action to ensure the collapsed bridge destroyed by flood at Mokwa in Niger State was immediately rebuilt. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen while responding to questions in Minna on Saturday. The News...
President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate nationwide sensitisation on dangers of flooding. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, stated this when he led a Federal Government delegation on a condolence visit to the Governor of Niger, Mohammed Bago in Minna on Saturday. The News...
The Federal Government has condoled with the families and victims of flood that occurred in Mokwa LGA of Niger State, which tragically claimed the lives of several persons. This is contained in a statement signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Friday in...
Niger State Deputy Governor, Mr Yakubu Garba, has visited victims of the flood disaster in Mokwa community as death tolls rises to over 100. Garba disclosed the casualty figure in an interview with newsmen during the visit to Mokwa on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Motorists are currently stranded as part of the bridge at Mokwa linking the North and Southwestern part of the country collapsed due to flooding in Niger state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The bridge collapsed on Wednesday after a heavy downfall on Tuesday night. Government agencies’...
Niger State Emergency Management Agency says 21 people have lost their lives following a severe rainfall that resulted into a flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director General of the agency, Dr Ibrahim Hussaini, disclosed this to newsmen in Minna on Thursday. He said...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that 1,243,638 Nigerians were displaced by floods in 2024, with 1,237 lives lost. The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said this at a stakeholders engagement on national disaster preparedness and response campaign 2025, held in Owerri on Tuesday. Umar, represented by...
North-Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe have taken measures to contain possible high volume of flooding, in view of a forecast by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet). The agency had predicted massive flood in some states, including the trio, in this year’s rainy season. Officials from the three...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched an aggressive and coordinated response to address the acute water scarcity affecting parts of Maiduguri metropolis and its environs, following the devastating flood disaster of 10 September 2024. The flood, described as unprecedented in scale,...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has warned that 1,249 communities across 176 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 33 states and the FCT fall within the high flood-risk areas in 2025. The warning was issued during the official presentation of the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) by the Minister...
) The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has given the assurance that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is being constructed to withstand flood for about 50 years. Umahi gave the assurance at a stakeholder engagement on Section 2 of the highway project on Sunday in Lagos. “We will make...