Bayelsa: How child ferry-canoe operators profited from election day floods
Young boys run ferry service with their dugout canoes for visitors to the town of the PDP candidate.
Young boys run ferry service with their dugout canoes for visitors to the town of the PDP candidate.
A total of 122 of the 227 inmates escaped after a flood swept the facility.
The flooding was worsened by the abandoned Samuel Ekundayo/Toga road project.
A total of 21, 223 people were affected by the floods in 20 local government areas with 123 communities submerged.
It was gathered that two young boys sent by their parents to buy cooking gas at a gas station unknowingly ...
An aged woman who was swept by the flood, but was rescued, eventually died.
The schools included Unik-Babba Junior Secondary School, Unik-Gana Primary School, Afarmo Secondary School and Guyu Primary school
The official asks the government to assist the victims of the flood with food and drugs.
Each of the victims, who are predominantly farmers, received 40 kg bag of rice/sesame, a sprayer, one bottle of pesticide ...
The local government has informed the national and state emergency management agencies for assistance.
Some of the affected areas include Polo, Gomari major roads and Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp
NIHSA issued flood alerts across Nigeria, especially in states straddling the River Niger where water levels have risen above the ...
The flood is threatening harvests in this cropping season.
Twenty houses were affected.
The flood submerged a section of the road within Galadimawa roundabout.
Poorly maintained and non-existent infrastructure as well as worsening security make life difficult in Abuja.
Many of the residents called for help amid planned demolition of the affected homes.
Lagos officials refuse to speak on the utilisation of funds to check the floods.
The emergency agency says help is on the way.
The men affected by the flood were aged between 20 and 21.
Three people reportedly died and properties worth N3.5 billion were lost in the flooding.
Items distributed were rice, sachets of tomatoes, cartons of milk, milo, salt, and detergent, among others.
The official said over 30,000 people were affected by the flood.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency warns that Rivers Benue and Niger have almost reached levels that resulted in deadly flooding ...
The number of communities affected by the flood is on the increase.
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