The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, in an enforcement operation, has clamped down on illegal roadside traders and shanties built on drainages in the FESTAC town area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement shared on X.com by the Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, today. Acc...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the demolition of 50 illegally constructed duplexes and bungalows in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, the Director of the Department of Development Control, led the demolition exercise today, emphasising that the structures had been built by land grabbers without the necessa...
•Aerial view of houses submerged in flood The federal government, through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has advised Nigerians living around river banks along the River Benue Basin to quickly move to safer grounds. In a statement today, NIHSA Director General, Umar Mohammed, warned that water on the River Benue has reached t...
•Cooking with firewood Nigerians, especially at the grassroots, have been urged not to resort to the use of firewood as a result of the economic hardship and recent hike in the process of cooking gas. The warning came from researchers and climate change advocates at a programme held in Abuja yesterday to discuss ‘Maximising energy […]...
•Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State The Kogi State Government has once again called on the federal government and international donor agencies to assist as floods have displaced over 200 communities. Addressing journalists at Kotonkarfe in Kogi Local Government today, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, w...
A four-hour downpour has caused significant damage in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, leaving residents struggling to cope. The flooding, worsened by the overflowing of the River Benue, primarily affected the southern part of the city, reports The Nation. The rain, which began at 3 a.m. and lasted until 10 a.m. today, submerged homes, with [...
•Flood According to a Report by the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, the recent flood claimed 280 lives, and destroyed 122,330 houses in 31 states. Presenting the Report at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Executive Director of NAERLS, Professor Emmanuel I...
•Crystal Mall The demolition of Crystal Place Mall, Ilorin, owned by former House of Representatives member, Moshood Mustapha, has raised dust in Kwara State. The development has further widened the rift between Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Mustapha who are of same party, the All Progressive Party, APC. The property was allegedly pulled...
•Dam oozing out excess water The federal government has issued a fresh warning to Nigeria regarding flooding in the country. A statement by the Director General Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, informed that Jebba Dam is currently spilling excess water as regulated by Kainji Dam operators, who had kept 53cm ...
The Yoruba Community in Borno State has called for urgent intervention and support following devastating floods that have affected at least 4,600 of its members, majorly artisans struggling for survival. The President of the Yoruba Community in Borno State, Saka Ganiyu Abiodun, made an appeal when speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri. According ...
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