Flood

Two persons including a 15-year old boy and 60-year old woman have lost their lives following a flood caused by a heavy rain in the Adamami village in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi on Monday night. The downpour which has…

‎The Search and Rescue team of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has‎ discovered the body of one Mr. Garba Joseph, 43, after two days search from a flooded river around TradeMoore Estate, Lugbe, in Abuja.‎ ‎The victim is a…

The Edo State Government has called on residents to commence the desilting of gutters, canals and moats in their area to prepare the state for the severe flooding predicted by the federal government. Special Adviser to Edo State Governor…

Determined to control flood and desert encroachment in the state, the Kano State government announced at the weekend that it has commenced planting of over two million tree seedlings. Commissioner for Environment in the state, Dr Kabiru…

Katsina State Emergency Management, Agency (SEMA) says hundreds of people have been rendered homeless by flood in the state. The Executive Secretary, Alhaji Babangida Nasamu told newsmen on Thursday that at least 15 out of 34 local…

Borno State government on Wednesday said 1,300 houses standing on waterways and river banks in the state capital, Maiduguri have been marked for demolition. Parts of the state capital in the last two months since the commencement have…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday in Umuahia, Abia state raised alarm over impending flood disaster in some communities in the state. The agency therefore advised the people of the state to make adequate…

Twenty-‎eight states will experience severe incidents of flooding‎ between mid-August and September, according to the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.‎ The concerned states are Abia, Adamawa,  Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa,…

Serious flooding as a result of heavy downpour wreaked havoc across several parts of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. In the process, many houses and roads were submerged; the most tragic being reports that five members of a…