•Flooding More than N109.5bn has been released from Nigeria’s Ecological Fund in three years. Yet, as the 2026 rainy season approaches, fear is creeping back into homes, farms, and riverine communities across the country, reports Sunday Trust. Figures obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation show that between July 2...
•Flooded road Lagos State government has reassured residents that the flooding on parts of Lekki today is a short-term occurrence and that normal conditions are expected as the waters recede. The development came after heavy rainfall led to temporary tidal lock-ups and flash floods, causing traffic congestion along key roads, including Chisco ...
•Residents use push poles to manuever their makeshift rafts over a flooded access road to their residential blocks at Kohoto estate in Naivasha The tourist boats that normally ply Kenya’s famed Lake Naivasha have had a different task in recent weeks: evacuating hundreds of flooded homes. Although the lake’s level has been rising for more [&he...
•Submerged by flooding The Ogun State Government has warned residents of communities adjoining the Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, and Yemule rivers, such as Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju, and those of the coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island, and Agosasa...
•Fishermen take advantage of the swollen RÃo Grande de Arecibo at its mouth after category 3 Hurricane Erin passed through the region in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on Sunday Hurricane Erin’s massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours yesterday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast late...
•Flood The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned 21 states at high risk of flooding. The agency, in its latest heavy rainfall forecast, listed the states at high risk of flooding between today and tomorrow, reports The Nation. The states are: Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Benue, Kogi, ...
•Emergency workers moving some flood victims to safety in Lagos The Lagos State Government has issued a fresh warning to residents in parts of Lekki, Ikorodu and Ajegunle areas of the state to relocate from lowlands to highlands to avoid being victims of flooding. “Those around the Ajilete axis of Lagos, that’s Ajegunle, they have […]...
•Scene of the recent flood in Mokwa, Niger State No fewer than 220 people in Nigeria have been killed and over 8,000 displaced following a series of windstorm, rainstorm and flooding across Sokoto, Kaduna, Taraba, Cross River, Ekiti, Ogun, Niger and Imo states between March and June 2025. An analysis of reports as compiled by […]
•Former President Goodluck Jonathan The All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, distanced itself again from an alleged splinter group, Team New Nigeria, after the group flooded Kano metropolis with the campaign posters of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The ruling party insisted the group did not emanate from its fold and were not known me...
•Bayelsa school flood The Bayelsa State Government through the Ministry of Education has extended the 2024 flood break resumption date by one week. This is to allow flood water that took over most schools in the state recede, reports Daily Trust. The state government had earlier scheduled the schools to resume from flood break on […]
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