Tag: Flood
Dep. Gov. says disease may breakout following flood in Bayelsa
By SHEDRACK FRANK
YENAGOA-The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has warned that there is the likelihood of an outbreak of diseases as a...
Flood: NEMA Donates Relief Materials To A’Ibom Govt.
By Isaiah Eka
Uyo, - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to this year’s flood...
Bayelsa Flood Impacted 1.3m Persons, 96 Deaths Says Emergency Agency
By Nathan Nwakamma
Yenagoa, - The Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA), says flood has affected no fewer than 1.3million people.
This is according...
NEMA Donates Relief Materials To Yobe Flood Victims
By Ahmed Abba
Damaturu, - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) donated food items to Yobe flood victims on Tuesday in Damaturu.
NEMA’s...
Floods, Landslides Kill 110, Affect Over 2.4m In Philippines
Manila, - The Philippines’ disaster agency, on Tuesday said floods and landslides, triggered by a tropical storm in the country,...
Traditional ruler in Bayelsa sleeps in car as floods sack palace
By BENSON IZIAMA
TUNGBO (BAYELSA)- His Highness, Amos Poubinafa, traditional ruler of Tungbo town in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa now sleeps in his...
98 Dead, 63 Missing In Floods, Landslides In Philippines
Manila, - The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 98, with...
Nigerians in the wilderness, By Chinedum Anayo
Nigeria now has multiple woes. A country plagued by avoidable afflictions.
The narrative about essential issues affecting this great country is that they are all...
Flood: My government will retool our disaster awareness apparatus-Atiku
By DEBORAH COKER
ABUJA- The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness...
Flood Destroys 2,790 Hectares Of Farmland In Nguru LG – AFAN
By Nabilu BalarabeNguru (Yobe) - The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on Wednesday said that 2,790 hectares of farmland...
Flood: Ex-commissioner urges Diri to approach Bayelsa Assembly for special funds
By NATHAN NWAKAMMA
YENAGOA- A former Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has appealed to Gov. Douye Diri approach the State assembly to...
5 die in Delta floods, Okowa urges FG to build dams,...
By IFEANYI OLANNYE
ASABA- Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in the...
How Flood submerged 300 Bayelsa communities, displaced 700,000 persons
....We’re facing humanitarian crisis, Diri cries out
...1300 displaced in Rivers community
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Bayelsa State government has expressed the concern that the...
Pathetic stories washed up by floods, By Azu Ishiekwene
Back in the day, weather forecasts were a joke. And I mean literally. The weather forecast segment which used to come at the end...
Flood Displaces 18,406 In Borno – SEMA
By Hamza Suleiman
Maiduguri, - The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that no fewer than 18,406 persons have been displaced by...
Gov. Soludo promises speedy intervention on flood victims in Anambra
By CHIMEZIE ANASO
AWKA- Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has promised that urgent help will come the way of those facing serious flood threats in...
Floods wash away 500 corpses in Niger — Chief Imam
By AMINU GARKO
MINNA- People of Mariga town of Bariga Local Government Area, Niger state are searching for more than 500 buried corpses suspected to...
Pakistan rains, floods leave over 900 dead
By CECILIA ODEY
ISLAMABAD- As many as 903 people were killed, nearly 1,300 injured and thousands left homeless as heavy monsoon rains and flash floods...
Flood cuts off Gulani LGA from Yobe – Gov. Buni
By NABILU BALARABE
DAMATURU- Yobe’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni said on Monday in Damaturu that floods, resulting from days of torrential rains have cut off...
Parts of eastern Australia in crisis due to severe flooding
Parts of eastern Australia are battling with severe flooding following torrential rains as officials warned on Monday of a life-threatening situation.
Many people, especially around...