The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has issued a warning alert to six northern states, to prepare for severe thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds and heavy rainfall in the coming days. The warning was contained in a statement by the government agency yesterday. According to the agency responsible for weather forecasts, said norther...
The Managing Director of the Federal Housing Authority, Mr Oyetunde Ojo, has announced that the FHA has begun rehabilitating roads in Festac Town, Lagos, starting with 1st Avenue. This is as he noted that structures with integrity issues in the town will also be demolished, reports The PUNCH. He stated this yesterday, Thursday, August 22, [&he...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) today issued an urgent warning to the public regarding the rising water levels of the River Niger system. In a statement, the Director-General of NIHSA, Mr Umar Mohammed, noted that floodwaters from these countries are gradually moving towards Nigeria, starting with Kebbi. According to the agenc...
•A submerged area in Jigawa Floods have wreaked havoc in several communities in Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi and Kebbi states, submerging many houses and farmlands. The incidents have also left many people displaced, even as major highways have been damaged, making mobility extremely difficult in some of the affected areas, reports Daily Trust. More s...
•Flood Three people and domestic animals have been confirmed killed by floods, with houses, farmlands, and other valuables worth several millions of Naira being destroyed and washed away by heavy rainfall that lasted for three days nonstop in villages and communities in the Bauchi North Senatorial District. In response, Bauchi State Governor, ...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has decried the destruction of section three of the newly rehabilitated Kano-Maiduguri highway by flooding. In a statement by the minister’s media aide, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi said it was unfortunate that completed roads in the country did not last five years, reports Daily Trust. Umahi, who stated that [&...
•A collapsed building The federal government through the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has vowed that it will ensure the prosecution of those responsible for building collapses across the country. Dangiwa made this commitment during a review meeting of the Ministry’s Building Collapse Committee’s recommend...
•Governor Bala Mohammed visits the damaged federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri A heavy downpour has severely damaged the federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri, particularly between the Malori and Guskuri villages in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The flood has created a large crater in the middle of the road...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency ( NiMet) has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from today to Wednesday across the country. According to NiMet’s weather projection from Abuja yesterday, there will be morning thunderstorms today over portions of the states of Taraba, Bauchi, Borno, Kebbi, and Katsina, reports Nigerian Tribune. T...
•Flood Residents in 18 of Delta State’s 25 local government areas have been warned to brace for potential flooding. The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, issued this alert during a one-day Stakeholders Sensitisation Workshop in Asaba. The workshop, organised by NEMA in collaboration with th...
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