•Lagos flood The Lagos State Public Works Corporation has appealed to residents for understanding as the state grapples with prolonged rainy seasons, which have resulted in widespread flooding and damage to roads and other public infrastructure. The agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Samuel Ayetutu, disclosed this in a statement on behalf of...
•Lagos flood Weather forecasts have shown that Lagos is likely to experience rainfall on most days over the next eight to 10 days, with showers and thunderstorms expected across several parts of the state. While some days may only see light rain, the forecast suggests there’s a good chance residents will have to deal with […]
•Flood A one-year-old girl has died after floodwaters triggered by a heavy downpour swept into her family’s apartment in Calabar, Cross River State. The rain, which began at about 2 a.m. today, entered homes along Mayne Avenue, off Atu Street, in Calabar South Local Government Area, leaving residents counting their losses, reports Vanguard. Ac...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast widespread rainfall and thunderstorms across most parts of Nigeria today. The agency announced the weather outlook in a post on its official X account yesterday. According to the forecast, the wet weather is expected to affect states across the northern, central, and southern regions, wit...
•Blackout The Eko Electricity Distribution Company and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company have announced power outages across several communities under their coverage areas following heavy rainfall that disrupted electricity infrastructure. EKEDC in a statement issued yesterday, said electricity supply to its network had been reduced ...
The Lagos State government has removed illegal structures along Makanjuola Street in Iju-Ishaga as part of its ongoing environmental enforcement exercise. The exercise was announced in a statement posted on the official X handle of the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, today. According to the statement, th...
A late evening windstorm has killed three persons and injured several others in Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State. The Chairman of the Local Government Area, Ibrahim Babagana, told our correspondent that the windstorms, which lasted for only 30 minutes, destroyed buildings worth millions of naira and rend...
•Refuse heaps on the road median in Ketu in Lagos Residents of the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area in Lagos State who fail to place waste bins or drums in front of their homes may face a fine of N50,000 or up to six months’ imprisonment if a proposed environmental bye-law is passed into law. […]
•Dayo Bush-Alebiosu The Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dayo Bush-Alebiosu, has attributed the perennial flooding in the state to bad public habits and unauthorised land reclamation. Bush-Alebiosu said this during an interview on Channels Television today, explaining that these factors continue to make it di...
•Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project The federal government is convening a high-level stakeholder engagement on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway following an inspection tour of the project by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and members of the National Assembly, as part of efforts to address environmental concerns and strengthen flood ma...
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