•Floods Flooding has continued to ravage states despite the N39.62 billion ecological funds disbursed to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration from the Federation Account within the last one year. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently revealed that the 36 states received the above sum as ecological fun...
•Aerial view of houses submerged under water in Maiduguri The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the widely reported flooding in Maiduguri, Borno State is beginning to recede, and normalcy is returning to the metropolis. Director General, NEMA, Zubaida Umar revealed this in a statement on Thursday, while giving an update...
•Flood No fewer than 259 people have been killed out of a total of 1,048,312 individuals affected by the recent flood disaster that ravaged 29 states across the country. Speaking on the current trend of flooding nationwide, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, disclosed during the National...
•Borno flood The Director General of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Barkindo Mohammed, has described the situation in flooded Maiduguri town as “terrible.” He said he and some of his colleagues who were on rescued mission are currently trapped in the flood, NAN. Water from Alau Dam, which collapsed early today morning, has contin...
•Crocodile The Borno Museum Park has raised the alarm over incursion of deadly animals into residential communities. The General manager Borno State Museum Park, Ali Abatcha Don Best, disclosed this in a statement today. He said the flood disaster caused damage to properties and led to the deaths of over 80% of animals. “The General […]...
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have expressed concerns over the safety of residents around the submerged zoo parks in Borno State. It was earlier reported how thousands of residents fled their homes following a devastating flood in parts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, reports Daily Trust In separate statements on Tuesday...
Flood has ravaged communities in Kafanchan and other villages in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where two children were swept away and over 1,000 residents displaced. Vice Chairman of Jema’a LGA, Mrs. Christy Usman disclosed this when she received the Kaduna State Impact Assessment Committee on Flood on tour of affected communit...
•Flood Flood has cut off the Potiskum-Gashua federal road in Yobe State, denying six local government areas of northern Yobe from accessing Damaturu the state capital following a heavy flow of water from Jama’are river in Bauchi State. The six LGAs affected include Jakusko, Bade, Karasuwa, Nguru, Yusufari and Machina, reports Channels TV. The ...
•Low Cost Cemetery in Gashua ravaged by flood in 2021 Residents of Chikaji community in Sabongari Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State have called on the state government to do proper channelisation of the community. This followed a flood that occurred from the early hours of Monday to mid-afternoon after a heavy rainfall, reports [&hel...
•Floods Following the floods that have ravaged farmlands in the northern part of the country, agricultural experts and big-time players in the agro-allied industry have sounded the alarm over an impending food crisis across the country as agricultural fortunes dip in the North. The experts insist that unless urgent and very drastic steps are i...
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