By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajara Wanka, has disclosed that 24 people have lost their lives while 163 others severely injured in flooding that affected 16 Local Government Areas of the State in 2024. She revealed this while briefing journalists...
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Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Maiduguri on Tuesday to sympathise with the people of Borno over the Alau Dam flood disaster that displaced thousands of people. Kashim, who led a Federal Government delegation to the beleaguered city, was received on arrival by Gov. Babagana Zulum, who took him to...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the governments and people of Borno and other states affected by flooding. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by his Senior Special Adviser, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari described the flooding as a national calamity. He expressed concerns about the widespread...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is working tirelessly to mitigate the devastating impact of recent flooding on its facilities in Maiduguri, Borno, particularly the Medium Security Custodial Centre. Abubakar Umar, Assistant Controller of Corrections and Service Public Relations Officer, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Umar...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A recent flood disaster has wreaked havoc on the Borno State Museum Pack (Zoo), resulting in the loss of over 80% of the animals. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the devastating incident has also led to the escape of deadly animals, including crocodiles and snakes,...
The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Barkindo Mohammed, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early Tuesday morning, has continued to submerge various wards in the town...
Many residents of Maiduguri in Borno have been displaced by flood following the collapse of water channels at the Alau Dam, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The flood submerged residential quarters, roads and bridges, making many areas in the metropolis inaccessible. A NAN correspondent, who went round...
Residents of Maiduguri in Borno are on high alert as flood has submerged many homes following the alleged breakdown of Alau Dam that has been filled to capacity for the past one week. A statement in the early hours of Tuesday by Prof. Usman Tar, the Commissioner for Information...
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...
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...