…Urges residents to relocate to higher ground amid flood management measures By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living along the Ogun River banks to prepare for…
Gov. Babagana Zulum has submitted N61 billion to the Borno House of Assembly, to address critical infrastructure needs sequel to the devastation caused by floods in the state. The request seeks to amend the N358.7 billion budget signed into law…
Following the flood that submerged 70 communities in Kogi, the state government has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently intervene to mitigate the impact of the flood. The Deputy Governor, Joel Salifu, made the appeal during an inspection tour…
By Esther Agbo Access Holdings Plc has made a donation of over N1 billion to aid flood relief and recovery efforts in Maiduguri, Borno State. The donation, announced during a visit to the Borno State Government House, is part of…
National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged riverine communities in Nasarawa State on the fringes of River Benue to relocate to higher grounds in view of the impending flood. Mallam Lanre Onilu, Director – General of NOA, made the appeal during…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged communities in flood-prone areas to immediately relocate to highland as the Benue and Niger rivers approached danger thresholds. The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, gave the advice on Thursday when he led the…
The House of Representatives has rejected a proposal for a total sum of ₦300bn from the Federal Government to address the humanitarian crisis in Borno, following the flooding that swept through Maiduguri, the state capital. The heavy flooding, caused by…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of one and two missing persons in a Tuesday evening flood incident around the Joyce-B/Mobil area of Ibadan. The NEMA South-West Coordinator, Mr Kadir Olanrewaju, disclosed this to the Newsmen…
The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has donated N20 million to victims of the recent floods in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement by the Director-General of the Foundation, Mr Abubakar Gambo Umar, made available to newsmen on Tuesday…
The European Union (EU) has said that it supported Nigeria and five other Sahel countries affected by flood with 5.4 million Euros. In a statement issued by the bloc and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, the other countries that…
