Tag: FLOOD
Flooding: Shettima to Visit Maiduguri Over Disaster
Kashim Shettima has conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s sympathy to all the victims of flood disaster across the country.Shettima, while speaking at a Conference in...
Maiduguri Flood: Tinubu Expresses Concern, Gives Order
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to assist the flood victims in Maiduguri, Borno state.Tinubu gave the order in...
President Tinubu Mourns Flood Victims In Jigawa State.
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the victims of the devastating flood in Jigawa State, assuring the state government of his administration’s support.Over 16 people...
Flooding: NEMA Activates States’ Emergency Centres.
The Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar has activated all Zonal, Territorial and Operation offices of the agency nationwide.To work with...
Flood: FG Names 31 States At Risk Of Heavy Rain In...
The Federal Government has warned that 148 Local Government Areas in 31 states of the federation fall within the high flood-risk areas.This was disclosed...
Flood: Perm SEC Visits Affected Sites In Trade More, Lugbe Condemns...
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Olusade Adesola has decried the repeated vandalism and theft of expensive gully inlets, manhole covers and...
FLOOD Alert: Council Tasks Environmental Health Officers On Enforcement Of Law
Environmental health officers have been tasked on enforcement of the Public Health Law in every local government area, to curb flooding across the country.The...
NEDC Pledges To Contain Floods In North-East
The North-East Development Commission NEDC has pledged to contain future occurrence of floods in the North-East.The Chief Executive Officer of NEDC, Mohammad Alkali, gave...
Flood: Buhari Directs Emergency Bodies To Offer Needed Assistance To Bayelsa
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief at the damage caused by flood in Bayelsa state, calling on all emergency bodies to provide all necessary...
North-Central, South-East States To Experience More Flooding – NIMET
Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NIMET has alerted that states in the North-Central and South-East zones in Nigeria will witness more flooding.Director General of NiMet, Mansur...
FG Approves Emergency Preparedness, Response Plan To Reduce Flood Impact Nationwide
Federal Government has approved emergency management plans to mitigate the impact of the flood nationwide.Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social...
Flood Destroyed Over 14,000 Farmlands In Kano
The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA has said no fewer than 14,496 farmlands were destroyed by flood in five Local Government Areas of Kano...
South Africa Mine Dam Wall Collapses, Killing 1, Injuring 40
The Provincial Government in South Africa says flooding caused by the collapse of a mine dam wall in Free State province swept away houses...
Flooding Water Engineers Task FG Citizens On Prevention Strategies
Nigeria Institute of Water Engineers, NIWE has called on the three tiers of government and citizens to adopt pragmatic ways and roles in the...
Pakistan Flood: Death Toll Tops 1,000
The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority...
Flood Sacks Karnaya Village In Jigawa
Heavy rainfall has rendered hundreds of the people of Karnaya village homeless as flood washed away more than half of the houses.Karnaya is a...
Buhari Queries Governors On Funds As Flood Kills Nigerians, Destroys Properties
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness about ravaging floods in some parts of Nigeria, asking governors to explain their efforts and usage of funds.Buhari...
South Africa: Flood Death Toll Rises To More Than 250
Flooding in South Africa's eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal has killedat least 259 people, officials announced on Wednesday.The latest figure eclipses the previous number of...
Kogi: Gunmen Kill Soldiers, Set Prisoners Free In Kabba
Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from the medium federal correctional centre in Kabba, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State.Gunmen in their tens attack...
Flood Predictions: FEMA Urges Abuja Residents To Be On Alert
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has urged Abuja residents to stay alert to the predictions issued by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and...
